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My favorite way to do this is to encourage people to email me their comments. If anyone has something to add to the discussion I may ask for permission to quote
by coffeefirst 5y ago
My favorite way to do this is to encourage people to email me their comments. If anyone has something to add to the discussion I may ask for permission to quote them in a "Responses" sections, or more often, if they write their own post I'll link to it.
Why do this? Well, for one, it gives me absolutely quality control over my website. I am the final arbiter of what I want to present and how I want to present it.
But this also changes the shape of the comments; it is not a public remark into the void, it is a letter to the author. I've been amazed and the quality and thoughtfulness in some of these notes.
- theamk 5y agoAnd this is why websites like HN exist, and why people use them to discover new blogs :) A lot of times I am reading something, and think: "That's a dangerous advice! Don't do this unless you really have to!" If I post this as HN comment, I will get somr responses, maybe confirming my point, or perhaphs saying that I am wrong and that original advice was good after all. And either way, future readers will be able to read whole discussion and make their own judgement. But if the author asks people to email, I will not bother. Unless my arguments are so good as to convince original author, they will just "disappear" - no one else will read them or respond to them.