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On this note, what are some examples of comments providing considerable value? I can think of: comments in torrent trackers, where comments sometimes provide u
by dmos62 8y ago
On this note, what are some examples of comments providing considerable value?
I can think of: comments in torrent trackers, where comments sometimes provide useful information; and, if this even counts, forum sites, like Reddit or HN, where comments host discussions.
- orkon 8y agoI think comments provide value everywhere where there is a community. If you don't have a community around your website and only random strangers visit it, it won't offer considerable value. Although I cannot say that I have a community around my blog, I occasionally get useful comments with clarifying questions and additional information which helps me improve my content.
- adrianN 8y agoMany blogs I frequent have highly interesting comments. For example on LanguageLog the comments are often more interesting than the articles.
- josteink 8y agoFor blog-posts which contains technical how-to information, the comments often contain corrections or other additional information which may be relevant for later releases or other distros. I’ve certainly found that useful more than once.
- StavrosK 8y agoYes, this is one example of useful comments. It's just that, for my site, those tended to be over email, which I generally respond to immediately, so it's equivalently useful. Comment sections are especially good for sites which the author doesn't update, so you can read the correction in the comment.
- StavrosK 8y agoLike children commenters said, comments are very useful if there's a community around your site. For my personal blog, comments were mostly "thanks" and sometimes angry comments about how I didn't like the thing they liked, although these were rare. There were sometimes helpful corrections, but those came largely through email anyway, and, since I update the articles when I receive a correction, the corrective comments instantly became obsolete. I just remembered the biggest reason why I removed comments: Spam. The added value wasn't significant enough (due to the reasons above) to warrant spending the time I spent removing span comments. Make a popular post and you'll get a whole bunch of "What a great post! Check out my thing: <thing>". I didn't want to spend more time moderating so I just disabled comments.
- icebraining 8y agoShared blogs (those with multiple authors) and podcasts often have lively discussions in the comments. For example, http://www.econtalk.org/amy-tuteur-on-birth-natural-parenting-and-push-back/#read-comments http://www.econtalk.org/amy-tuteur-on-birth-natural-parentin...
- anc84 8y agoAt any blog that is not just made for marketing.