Are You Stepping On My Toe?

Jon - I like your post, glad I missed the reason for your post.  People seem to really try to come up with some interesting topics for comments... and I agree with you :)  I have often read a post and if I cannot think of something to say, I move on!

I can't remember whether or not I read those two posts. I think I remember seeing them, and I think I did comment on the first one, but any more than that simply wasn't worth my time and effort.

By the way, I quit reading your post when I got to the vulgarity.

Can I agree and disagree?

I think that if you are going to comment, then you really should read the whole thing. Some writers get a bit mixed up, and what they really meant doesn't come through in the first couple of sentences. So those who comment without reading the rest are sometimes saying they disagree when they really do agree - or the other way around.

Now I think I'm the one not making any sense, so I'll stop here.

But yes - if you're trying to stir up a controversy for the sake of getting plenty of comments (or a feature), then you'd better be ready to get comments that disagree.

wish there was a link - don't know which blogs you are talking about.  there is a lt of non thinking posts, "I agree" and while people are entitled to post what they want it is annoying because I would prefer real comments which have been thought about - it is just the way it is.  Cute graphic and love your posts....

Drama is the spice of life!

Comments and feedback are welcome!

I would like your opinion of how this was handled?

Did I do the right thing?

AND then when they get lambasted they close comments, delete comments and get defensive!?!?!?!?

I agree!

Bill

Jon,

I had to say that.

I don't like the point system, but I admire it's shear brilance and what it has done for all of us.

I joined two groups the same day both had 10,000 members, more or less. Today Active Rain has well over 200,000 and the other 15,000. It's those points for pretsipation that gave us such a group!

I too, believed that points should be for content and use to resent points for garbage and evil. The features bothered even more!

But, the only thing the points and even the features do is encourage perception!

I don't worry about points, I worry about who reads my post. It means allot to me that more than half the top 50 bloggers read my work at least part of the time. It's not about how many people, it's about who your readers are!

I never miss your work, I comment when it's eductional or personal.

Bill 

Your article makes sense to me. If I can't make it thorugh the entire article maybe it's because I don't need to. My choice completely. I did make it through yours though :)

Jon I missed those 2 blogs. I  Never pay attention to anything having to do with how points should be allocated or to bloggers who have the idea, their idea of what should be blogged about is the right way.  I read your entire post though.