Do they even READ those posts?
Today Charita Cadenhead wrote a post about how we comment on Newbie Posts. She was recommending that we leave a thoughtful comment that relates to their post rather than just saying "Welcome."
I agree, although some of those posts don't say anything except "I'm new here and this is my first post."
Newbies aren't the only ones who get lame comments.
Quite often I read comments – on my blog and others – that seem to shout "I read the headline and now I'm commenting."
Some of them make no sense and you can see that they've missed the entire point of the message. Often, if there's an example at the beginning of the post, they respond to that and ignore the message.
What it says to me is that these are folks who are just trying to get their 10 comments made. They aren't bothering to read.
And then there are the robo-commenters. Some days we see the exact same comment on every post on the Daily Drop. Usually it says something like "Nice post, thanks for sharing."
That's frustrating for those of us who make it a point to respond to every comment. I just say "You're welcome" and move on, knowing that the person doesn't care if I respond or not.
All I can say is that it's their loss. We can all learn so much from each other here that to make the whole exercise about nothing but points is really a waste.
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