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For what it's worth I find it minorly annoying when people send me emails about my posts. I'm happy for people to comment on them, but typically an email is an
by jefftk 7y ago
For what it's worth I find it minorly annoying when people send me emails about my posts. I'm happy for people to comment on them, but typically an email is an invitation to have a private discussion and I'd much rather talk publicly (https://www.jefftk.com/p/comment-dont-message https://www.jefftk.com/p/comment-dont-message)
- chaps 7y agoAnd on the flip side, there are people like Noam Chomsky who reply to all emails they receive: https://www.reddit.com/r/chomsky/comments/6a23eg/how_long_does_noam_chomsky_take_to_reply_to_his/ https://www.reddit.com/r/chomsky/comments/6a23eg/how_long_do...
- saagarjha 7y agoI think comments are probably easier to interact with, but they're more hassle to set up and maintain :( FWIW, I often take interesting points from emails I get and add them as "updates" to blog posts.
- coldpie 7y agoYou may get more comments/emails than I do. I think I've gotten 3 worthwhile comments and 2 emails in the 8 years my blog has been active. I actually turned comments off, because I was getting thousands of spam daily, and that seems like a waste of everyone's time.
- jefftk 7y agoI host my comments externally. For example, https://www.jefftk.com/p/mosh https://www.jefftk.com/p/mosh is currently on the HN frontpage as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22810589 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22810589, and I think of that like my comment section. I have my blog pull in the comments from there: https://www.jefftk.com/p/mosh#hn-22811119 https://www.jefftk.com/p/mosh#hn-22811119 I also pull comments from LessWrong and Facebook, though the FB comment integration is pretty temperamental.
- saagarjha 7y agoIs there a way to comment on your post if it's not been posted to Hacker News/Facebook/LessWrong?