Thank You and Proper Comment Etiquette…
Dear readers,
Please allow me to thank ALL of you who stopped by and commented on yesterday’s post. I never imagined I would get a response like I did. Some of you even de-lurked! While pacing back and forth in a panic yesterday, my MacBook pinged every few moments with your comments as a reminder of how sweet and helpful all of you are. YOU. ALL. ROCK! I cannot thank you enough for keeping me afloat throughout this turbulent time (In case you missed it, I posted an update on yesterday’s post regarding our loan).
In lieu of all your support, I want to pass this lovely bouquet of flowers LaskiGal awarded me with to everyone who came out and left a comment yesterday.
Your responses were so incredible, that it is currently 1:00am and I have still not been able to catch up with everyone’s posts.
So this brings me to today’s topic. I noticed Grandy posted about wanting to know how to respond to blog comments yesterday. And when I came to think of it, I have no idea! When I began blogging a few months ago, I wrestled with this same question throughout the day as kind readers dropped their pearls of wisdom or well wishes at the end of my posts. Should I leave replies on my blog within the comments page? Then I checked my Feedburner stats, and find that a whole 2 people are signed up for my comment feeds. Scratch that idea. So instead I send most of you a personal reply via email (since my host sends me individual email notifications when you comment). But what I try to do most of all is run over to your blog and read up on your latest post so that I can return the comment love.
I’ve been trying to do this for about 3 months now, and it’s still a bit of a conumdrum. Am I doing it right? Am I annoying you? Do I make you feel unloved?…
I’m feeling a bit naked standing here confessing my behind the scenes blog habits to you.
What is proper blog comment etiquette? How do you treat the comments and traffic on your blog? Do you respond on your own comment page? In an email? Do you return the comment love? Are you completely bored by this post and wish I would just shut up and just post more pictures of me with my head buried in my hands? Well it’s past 1 am and I must socialize the toddler in a few hours.
Please leave a comment and share your comment habits and tips. And if you do so, please take this award that Baby-Amore gave to me as a thank you for Spreading The Love!
Have a fabulous Tuesday,
Sandy
p.s. Still squatting like a pretzel, keeping everything crossed for our home loan to be approved!
p.s.s. LOL!!!! Dawn over at Alex Year One is throwin’ down a post about commenting too! (check her, she rocks)
Fingers and everything crossed – I can’t imagine how stressful it was to get that letter. Words do fail me. I would have been in the corner rocking.
Comments – I do a mixture of things – I sometimes comment in my comments box, I return to the commenter and comment on their blog and I also write emails if the question warrants it.
The big memes I try to visit everyone who visits me mainly.
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February 5th, 2008 at 2:22 am
I really think you rock the best. You’re just too cool!
LOL, really.. As for etiquette, well, you know, I honestly believe you should do whatever pleases you first and foremost! No need to be a lemming just coz. You have your own style, everyone does.. You can even change your style one day, you know? There shouldn’t be any rules anyway.
Love the pretzel stance..
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February 5th, 2008 at 2:23 am
Hope everything goes well with your loan.
For me there is no right or wrong on how to reply to your comments you can do what ever please you the most. As for the etiquette again it’s all up to you.
I did the same like you –> run over to your blog and read up on your latest post so that I can return the comment love.
That works for me, coz sometimes people don’t leave their email address so it’s hard for me to reply one by one with email.
Have a good day
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February 5th, 2008 at 3:04 am
I will work out fine with the loan, it will!
As far as comments go, I think returning the love is nice if you are able – that whole “u comment I follow” thing. And I agree, if a question needs to be answered, I think it’s best done in email. But in the end, just do what you want!
How’s that for wishy-washy?
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February 5th, 2008 at 4:23 am
Uff, just read yesterday’s heart attack post.
Thank goodness you found a solution!!!
Am currently posting from hubby’s puter and line.
Mine is till on severe strike.
Oh well…
I will keep my fingers crossed for you guys!!!!!
Re commenting:
I comment back on everyone’s blog who leaves a comment on mine (which is not such a busy task).
For people which get bazillions of coments, well, I don’t know how I would handle THAT
I have various people in my reader (if it works…) and try to visit them and leave coments.
If no interest in my blog’s there, then I usually quit reading after a while.
The day only has 24 hours after all
Take care and have a good day!!
February 5th, 2008 at 4:52 am
I believe in etiquette which can be somewhat disconcerting weird when you’re dealing with new media. The magical thing about LiveJournal is that when you reply within your own blog to someone’s comment, it becomes a thread and the original commenter is immediately notified. I love this community aspect of LiveJournal–it’s why I have not been able to leave it.
In the event that someone outside of LiveJournal comments in my blog, I do as you. I follow them to their blog and comment on one of their entries thanking them for their comment, responding to it is necessary and then addressing the entry I have just read. I always try to address the entry I have just read to let them know I am not just hitting them back. I put a lot of time into responses to people who have put thought into their responses to me.
Sometimes if we’re having a discussion or if I think my response somehow enriches my entry, I cross-post it within my own comment section so that I can look back on it without leaving my blog.
And, if you didn’t notice already, I think it’s fabulous that you’re talking discussing this. I think it’s time we sat down and started putting some etiquette guidelines together for the blogosphere.
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February 5th, 2008 at 5:05 am
You give me so much bling. I think I love you!
Now I reply to people via email, because I know I was always rapt to get a personal reply from the author.
I also try and get over to everyones blog and comment back.
If I feel something needs to be added to the conversation, or something needs clearing up, I will reply in my own comments.
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February 5th, 2008 at 6:20 am
Keepin’ my fingers and eyes crossed about the loan. Now, for the blog etiquette… Personally, I like knowing that my comment is acknowledged. Whether you reply on your blog or via email doesn’t matter. I just like to know that what I say matters somehow to you. If I leave a comment that doesn’t merit a response (like if I say, “how cool!”) then if you come over to my blog for a vist, that’s great, too.
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February 5th, 2008 at 6:22 am
OMG, the drama! Good luck with the second loan – they make home-buying so overly stressful when it doesn’t need to be. We have had such craziness ourselves when buying/selling. I hope it resolves quickly!
Also – I read in your about page your daughter doesn’t look like you – I have TWO little kiddies that look nothing like me (super white skin, light eyes, etc.). But they are mine! And it cracks me up when we meet people who dont’ know what to say and come up with “She looks just like you!”
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February 5th, 2008 at 7:30 am
I do a mixture of everything! I try to comment back to everyone though. Any personal questions… I try to answer on my comment page!
Beth
February 5th, 2008 at 7:55 am
I comment back in my comment section, but I would personally email too if I had a clue as to how to do that…
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February 5th, 2008 at 8:31 am
Same as Funny Farm… I always try to comment back (unless a comment was in response to my leaving a comment). Blogger doesn’t track email, that I am aware of!
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February 5th, 2008 at 8:45 am
I mostly comment back via email and copy onto my comments section if I think others will want to know but lately I have been down, and I never want to spread the funk so I haven’t been replying pretty much at all. I better get on the ball.
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February 5th, 2008 at 8:54 am
I just realized I forgot to post yesterday!! When I first read your post I was in such a state of shock I didn’t know WHAT to say *lol* I’m glad to see that everything is being rerun. Hopefully it delays absolutely nothing and you’ll be in your new house with a story you can laugh about and tell at your housewarming party!!!
And as far as comments go…I usually get so few yet that I do the comment back thing. If my blog’s been commented on, I’ll generally visit the blog and attempt to comment back (although we all know sometimes comments are lost to us). More often than not I end up adding them to my list of blogs to visit on a daily basis…I’m still cultivating my list as I feel “new” in the community still
So yes, comment back for me…but I usually don’t have more than 20 comments on my list.
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February 5th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Fingers XXXXXXX toes XXXXXXXX eyes XXXXXXX legs XXXXXXXXX (and not because i have to go potty)
I have taken, lately, to responding ‘in comment’ to commenters – because when I hit ‘REPLY’ in my mailer I get a ‘no-reply’ address to talk to. And because it won’t make any sense to go to their blog and reply to the comment – it will be out of context on their blog. But when I can, when I know the email address already, I will reply via email. That’s the kind of reply I prefer, so I figure other people do, as well.
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February 5th, 2008 at 9:35 am
I posted a comments policy on my blog so people know what to expect – I reply in the comment section unless the subject requires a personal reply.
Some high-traffic blogs I read say that while the writer appreciates comments, they just don’t have time to reply to every one.
I’m sorry about all the loan hassles, too! Good luck!
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February 5th, 2008 at 9:45 am
I so appreciated your blog love!
I do think everything will work out just fine for you on this house and this loan thing…
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February 5th, 2008 at 9:46 am
I love to have you visit my blog! I always know I will get at least one comment! I have been doing that too. Visiting everyone’s blog who visits me. It’s also been a great way to find new bloggy friends!
I am still sending you good mortgage loan thoughts today!
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February 5th, 2008 at 10:10 am
LOL! Love the pretzel visual;) As for commenting on blogs and such, I find that as long as I get some kind of reply that the author of the blog notices i’ve commented that’s good enough for me. Some of these blogs i’ve been on I can comment to every single post, trying to communicate with them and they never reply. I even had one blogger tell me that her blog was just for married couples and even though my comment was apprieciated….. Hhmmm….insecure much?
This blogging thing is a whole new world for me and I enjoy meeting new people and actually getting to know them. My blog is somewhat a diary for my kids to have for future reference. Growing up, I had always wanted to know what my parents were thinking and why they did what they did. My kids wont have to ask themselves the “why” of it. Just go to my blog and start reading. They’ll understand what went through my head when they were younger and hopefully, God forbid, if anything should happen to me, they have my thoughts and special memories to hold close to them.
Anyway, I got way off topic but I did want to say thank you to you as well. You’ve been nothing but kind and I do so enjoy reading your day to day thinking. You take the time out of each and every day to acknowledge everyone that stops by your “house” so to speak and that means a lot to us. Have a wonderful day;o)
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February 5th, 2008 at 10:40 am
i love the way you respond. i respond to my comments in the comments. i like the dialogue it keeps up w/my readers. its fun.
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February 5th, 2008 at 11:39 am
How do I handle comments? Depends on the day of the week. And the number of hours in the day. I do try to get to everyone’s blog who comments on mine, but I don’t like to get caught in a never-ending cycle of “I’m only commenting because so and so did” and vice-versa. I have noticed that a few bloggers seem to only comment on mine AFTER I comment on theirs, so I don’t bother in the future unless I really have something to say. I hate to make someone feel obligated to visit me just because I commented. If I regularily comment on a site, it’s because I geniunely enjoy what I read and I don’t expect recipricol comments. (You do know where YOU stand, don’t you? Me loves me some Momisodes!)
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February 5th, 2008 at 11:53 am
I do my best to respond to every comment I receive within the comments section itself. I’m not sure if people go back to check to see if I’ve responded or not. I usually go back to someone’s comments to see if they’ve responded to a comment I’ve left them.
It’s a nice touch that you respond to your comments via e-mail. It’s always nice to see an e-mail from you in my inbox. =)
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February 5th, 2008 at 11:55 am
I’m praying for you non-stop … and am confident this loan situation will get resolved, eventually becoming the topic of a memorable story in your family (and no doubt many posts), but for now it’s gut-wrenching for all of us on your behalf.
I passed along this lovely bouquet today (that you awarded me previously) to all who comment regularly at Small Reflections (and, of course that includes YOU Sandy) along with a reminder about the May You Be Blessed video link I’d posted previously on each of my blogs. I’ve watched it daily since I found it because it lifts my spirits. Thanks for the additional “bling” today … you are so caring and supportive. Now I can pass it along to my Sacred Ruminations’s readers too
I don’t know how you keep up the way you do, but I’m glad we met after NaBloPoMo. I might never have completed my list of “101 Things About Myself” if you hadn’t kept popping in and leaving encouraging words. I encouraged you to pick up the bouquet and the “blogger friend” award I posted over the weekend … so there’s more “bling” for YOU too!!!
As for responding to comments, in the beginning it was a simple thing to leave a reply on MY blog and visit other blogs too … reading & responding to whatever they had posted and thanking them for their visit to my blog, but that’s become more challenging the more traffic that comes through my blogs … especially when life is throwing ME curves … which makes what YOU do all the more amazing to me!!!
I wish Blogger provided email addresses like some of the other platforms do to make it simpler to respond to comments. Some folks (like me) have email available on their Profile Page, but I’ve only just learned about that and how to use it. Sometimes I’m astonished at what I don’t know how to do just yet … (like a friend just told me that if I right-clicked on a link I could choose to open it in a new window or tab) … and I’m wondering how I didn’t know that before while feeling relieved that I know now.
The tough thing with responding in the comment section of my blog is realizing that if bloggers don’t remember to click to box to receive follow-up comments, they might never see my response … yet if they DO click it, they end up receiving all the comments others leave me … and that just clutters their life and email box. It seems like a “catch-22″ to me. In any case, I’m glad you raised the question … I’m interested in what your readers have written so far … and yes, I try to remember to click the box though I’m not perfect in that regard. And now that this comment is about the length of a post, I’ll stop and wish you well.
Hugs and blessings,
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February 5th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Here from Angela.
I try to send an email to most new commenters and any old commenter who makes a comment of particular weight. I love these little conversations and find them incredibly supportive.
I do not reply to a comment on my blog on someone else’s, because I think your blog should be about what you posted, not what I posted.
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February 5th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
I really love getting your little emails, Sandy. Love it so much I even gave you a little something today….go see.
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February 5th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Love your pretzel stance. I can see it in my mind’s eye so clearly. I would try it on your behalf, but I tend to get muscle spasms when I move my body in ways it doesn’t like. So – I will mentally cross all my appendages for you.
When I had been blogging long enough to understand that I need to be polite and respond to others I took my cues from some of the blogs I visit that seemed to handle this with grace. I have taken you and Lotus as my most constant examples in this area.
If I get a comment that I think is of general interest or receive the same type comment several times, I leave a reply in the comments section. I figure others are interested, too. Something more personal I try to answer with an e-mail. And since I have no life I try to visit the blogs of all my commenters. (It’s how I’ve discovered some of my favorite blogs.) If someone leaves a short comment (Good job! Great pics, etc.) I will visit their blog. I try to leave a comment apropos to their post and a thank you for visiting me.
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February 5th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Since I am a comment addict, I go to people’s blogs and comment on theirs. Seems like a courteous thing to do, for one. For two, I discover new blogs (not that I have time for any more) and three) I figure if someone comments, they must love comments as much and me and I believe in sharing the love.
KEEP BELIEVING
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February 5th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
My fingers are crossed for you too! And it’s so funny that you were asking about proper comment etiquette! I was just thinking about that myself. I am new to blogging, so I was really wondering, what is the right thing to do? I do not get too many comments yet, but the ones I do, I cherish and I try to reply back by email, but sometimes they don’t go to them. I’m not sure what I should do! I do, however, go and visit their blogs and comment there, so I hope that works for them! I just don’t want anyone to think that I don’t appreciate their comments, because I really do!!!
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February 5th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Haha. I just wrote this big long thing about comments and your comment thingy ate it. Grrr. Ok – I’m not sure how best to handle comments and am thinking about switching to Word Press so that I can email back to anyone who leaves me a comment. Although now that your Word Press ate my original comment, I might not!!!
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February 5th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Grr… I don’t know if this is going to post twice. What I was trying to say, but maybe the page didn’t load, was that I face the same dilemma. I’m pretty inconsistent – writing e-mails sometimes, commenting within my blog sometimes (like yesterday), and forgetting too often. I think I’m going to try to comment consistently within my comments section on my blog.
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February 5th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
I guess it all depends what you want to do. I usually reply on my post’s comment and run to the commenter’s blog
Some emails sometimes but very few.
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February 5th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Hi there,
(YOU GO GIRL!!!)
I’m not sure exactly what you are suppossed to do with comments, I know you are right on the ball with getting back to everyone and also leaving comment luv on their pages as well…. but man that has to be tiring… I think you can do one or the other.
I know I love the the chatting back and forth between us and I love the comments I get left on my blog… but that is a lot of work for one person to be doing… especially with the amount of comments that you are now receiving.
I try to go back and leave a comment on their page and sometimes thank them for comment(s) they made on mine… I think that by leaving them a comment back is enough… I haven’t read the other comments you got here today about this… I wanted to type with sort of an open mind and see what came out… always scary with me at the keyboard… but this is really coming out pretty good.
Now, I’m going to go back and read the other comments… and see what others are saying.
I think any way you communicate back and forth is great… we are all making really great friends through this and having a good time while doing it!
Have a good day… I’ve got a bunched crossed for you too… w/ the mortgage stuff… but man oh man is it really hard to type with crossed fingers and eyes… lol
HUGS, Jenn
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February 5th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Good luck with the loan. I have started considering feeling out what it might cost me to get one so I know the stress.
Comments- If whomever replies has an email I usually email them back. If it just shows up with the generic blogger form “you recieved a comment from XYZ” than I’ll usually hop over to their blog and spread the blog love.
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February 5th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Something we all think about! I think you have to do whatever comes most naturally for you, as with many other things in life!
Personally, I reply by email to A LOT of my comments (ok, almost all). But if I don’t have the time, I give myself a pass. I often hop around and read posts – but again, time. If I notice I might need to add something to the discussion, I leave something in comments.
Basically, I’m all over the board. Just as long as I feel like I’m keepin’ in touch with people. It’s good for me, and I hope no one feels smothered by me! LOL
Oh, and can I be a total turd and ask you to link your PSBN image on the sidebar to http://sarcasticmom.com/?p=214
Thanks, babe!
(Still praying for you that everything from here on out goes ultra-smoothly!)
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February 5th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
I actually like to visit the commentors blog instead of an email. It takes more work, but it seems friendlier. I think either option is completely acceptable however.
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February 5th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Well, I know I like to get a return visit & comment, so that’s what I do. There are a couple great people who do that AND send personal email replies. Maybe someday I can be that good of a hostess…. maybe..
Good luck on your loan! I keep seeing you pop up on mutual friends’ blogs, so thought I’d come introduce myself!
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February 5th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Oh I’ve so got everything I can cross crossed for you. That’s not much since I am in no way flexible, but it’s an A for effort, right?
And your email responses are wonderful, I love it, but I do ask myself how you have time for anything else! I’m horrible about commenting back or emailing. I usually just hop on over to the commenter’s blog. And I don’t have nearly as many readers as you do!
February 5th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
omg – great minds – go look at my blog
I’m gonna link to this
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February 5th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
good luck on the loan..w/ the scores being good and an agent working you seem to be doing all you can..fingers and toes crossed..
As for comments. If I leave a comment or two or three on a blog and that person never gives me love (email or blog visit) I normally just don’t visit that person again..except on the case of Pioneer Woman.
I don’t usually comment on people’s comments….but will go visit them. If they ask me a question in the comments I normally answer it back in my post or in the comment section of that post.
I’ve never heard a wrong or right way to do it.. but in my opinion if you are just blogging betty and someone leaves you a comment it is flat out rude not to acknowledge it somehow…and believe me there are a few out there.
ps..love the diaper box on the head..why do we buy them toys again?
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February 5th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
oh – and you heart me and I heart you – come see me when you can and only email if you really want to
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February 5th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
i almost NEVER go back and check the comments to see if someone posted a reply to me. i have blogger, so unless someone actually leave their email address, i can’t reply to their comment. it pisses me off, really especially since i’ve made it abundantly clear that ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS PUT THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS IN!!! anyway..
i reply via email to their comment. because obviously, i’m not going back to the appx 50 people i comment on (and i comment on almost every blog i read once a day), to read 100 posts’ comments a second time. i’m just not going to. i’ve read it, i’ve read what was above me in the comments, if you want to tell me something, reply to me via email or on my blog if you must, yes, i want you to come visit my blog, but really, why should i type in my name, mail and website for you to comment inside your comments i wont ever look at?
not you personally of course! dreaming of pretzels keeping things crossed for you.. good luck!
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February 5th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
I don’t quite receive nearly as many comments as you! Lol, but I sometimes comment back on my site, and I make sure to go to other sites and return the love.
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February 5th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Actually– I feel very loved! You show such consideration e-mailing and posting–To take the time is so sweet! I most certainly appreciate it.
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February 5th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
I love this discussion. Recently I have started replying back by email. I also make an effort to get over to the commenter’s blog and see what they have been writing about. If I notice that someone has been commenting often, I add their blog to my google reader so I can stay on top of their all the time.
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February 5th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Well, you must be doing something right – ‘cuz look at all these comments! I sometimes reply to the comments via email, or sometimes comment on their site.I like to do one or the other, and sometimes both. I like it when my comments are replied to or my site is visited and commented on, so I try to do the same… it’s not always timely, but I try.
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February 5th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
I’m with Blogger and it doesn’t allow me to know email addresses, so I’ve no choice but to reply in my own comments. Sometimes I will track someone down in their own comments and leave a follow-up. I’ve been contacted by others via email and quite frankly I think it’s great. I love the personal thought, and getting mail.
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February 5th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
You always do well with the comment response. I love getting a visit, but sometimes that isn’t always feasible! I am on blogger so I usually can’t do that cool email back…someday….
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February 5th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
First of all, sorry to hear that the US mortgage crisis is affecting you like that. How terrifying! 11 days isn’t much but hopefully you can do something–especially if you have awesome credit (congrats).
Second, yes, my strategy is to try to comment ‘back’ after reading their posts. I got into this habit while on Flickr.
February 5th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Proper comment etiquette…commenting ON the post, adding some value to it maybe…and returning a comment (ie visiting someone who visited you).
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February 5th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Yes I always feel the love from you!
If someone comments then I try and get to their page and comment there. And it’s a great way to figure out which blogs you really LOVE! those I visit almost daily. But I do try and return the love to everyone, even if it takes a while. I wish I had the option to email back personal replies, there are times that I really would like to do that!
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February 5th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Hang in there and I’m hoping it all works out. The most trying and stressful times of my life have been selling and/or buying homes.
Hugs!
Beth
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February 5th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Hope everything is going through.you are such a sweet blogger friend.You deserve the award.I will pray for you!Don’t worry too much.I am sure your loan will approve.:)
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February 5th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Let me know what the consensus is. I’d love to know, because I’m in a similar boat.
Keep us posted on the house situation.
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February 5th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Wow! I don’t know how you do it, keep up with all of us, that is. I am on blogger so I don’t have the e-mail option. Sometimes I leave comments back on my page but I am not always sure that everybody goes back there and sees them so I try to go visit each blog site and stop and visit a bit as I can. I think you are doing an amazing job. It would be totally understandable if you did less than you already do. I don’t know how I would handle it if I had 50 comments on my blog in a day.
Christine’s last blog post..How fast can you type?
February 5th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
I never checked in yesterday because I was so nuts, but holy crap! I’m glad there was a good update at the very end, and I’m keeping fingers crossed that you get good news soon.
As for comments – I don’t know what good etiquette is! Mostly, I try to return the comment love on that person’s blog, because I just don’t have the time to respond to lots of emails (and, I write my blog under a fake name, so to email people back would be to send my real name all over the place, which isn’t cool with me). Sometimes I’ll respond to the comments in my own comments section, but I mostly go with returning the comment love.
February 5th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Ok, there are so many comments here that I couldn’t read all of them…and it makes me think you should post a poll — one with two very specific questions, like “how do you respond to comments MOST of the time?” since most of us seem to do more than one thing; and then “what’s your favorite way to GET a response to a comment that you leave?” I’d be very curious about the breakdown of this. I mostly comment back within my comments, but I don’t have a lot of readers yet, and they mostly seem to “get” that, so this is starting to create a little bit of conversation where people will come back to see the response and even write again. I don’t know how many people do that though.
I always go check out the blogs of new people who leave me a comment, but I don’t always comment the first time I show up on a new blog. Just my 2cents.
BTW, I LOVE the email response, but Blogger doesn’t make this easy at all, as it takes multiple links from each comment even to GET an email address, and then you have to multiple link back to the comments to read the next one, and so on… So that’s not really an option on that platform.
As for the house loan, I’m sending all the good vibes I’ve got!
MommyTime’s last blog post..O Mary Poppins, where art thou?
February 5th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
I love getting comments, so I try to at least visit back and say a few words. And I always try to say something personal, not copy paste the same nonsense on every blog.
Sometimes, just saying you enjoyed the post or the picture or whatever is just as good. It shows you appreciate the effort the writer of the blog has done! Blogging would not be the same without the comments I think, and I always try to keep that in mind! Although I am a lurker from time to time too, if I’m too tired, or I can’t find the right words to leave something significant …
I always look forward to your comments, I really do!
Jientje’s last blog post..Wordless Wednesday …. Grab a bite to eat?
February 6th, 2008 at 5:23 am
I am always impressed that not only do you post everyday but you respond to each comment with a personal message. Which can’t be a small feat considering how many comments you get.
I believe I read that proper etiquette is to either respond with an e-mail, in the comments section of your own post, or to comment on the other’s blog. I would just do what’s best for you.
Kristi’s last blog post..Herbs and Such
February 6th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
I try to comment back to my blog commenters – at least to say Hi and thanks for dropping by (you can do this in one fell swoop). I think the most flattering thing is to just drop by their blog and comment if you find an interesting post or at least say hello. I comment for several reasons, first to say hello to friends (because I do consider my bloggers friends), to maybe lend some helpful advice or add value to their post (we all love praise), and to get people interested in following me and commenting on my posts.
Michelle’s last blog post..The New Bohemians
February 6th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
I do a little bit of each! Just depends on how I feel or (I admit) it depends on who it goes to.
Sometimes its fun to converse back and forth in e-mails. The nosy part of me that likes to go full circle also likes to see all the comments and people banter back and forth.
Still sending positive vibes your way!
Angela’s last blog post..Born Without An Imagination
February 6th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
You are my hero in so many ways, Sandy! Thanks for asking the question as you definitely hit a much larger audience than I. You did catch the part in my post where I excused you from the assignment, if you could tell me about how you get all the commenters? I just think you ROCK!!! I can see it’s all your hard work and sense of blogging community that brings you the readers and the commenters.
When I grow up, can I be like you?
grandy’s last blog post..Some Super Tuesday Gratitude
February 6th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
I’m stopping by via Grandy. I don’t pretend to be an expert; in fact, I’m a total newbie. The first few days I responded via e-mail to everyone. Now, I respond if I feel follow-up is warranted. I always visit someone who comments. It’s kinda nice to know everyone else is clueless too!
Yay for loan approval!
Jenn @ Juggling Life’s last blog post..Food = Love
February 7th, 2008 at 1:13 am
I would love to do all that: email and comment/reply to post but all that need a lot of time (but everything does, right?). So best I could do is visit the page and comment – I hope I didn’t break some rule with that. But there’s always room for improvement.
zamejias’s last blog post..Thankful Thursday #2
February 7th, 2008 at 7:06 am