I disagree with the opinion that comments are completely unnecessary. It does depends on your readership, the topics you discuss and the popularity of your blog

I disagree with the opinion that comments are completely unnecessary. It does depends on your readership, the topics you discuss and the popularity of your blog. If you find too many of your comments to be rude, or that you're overwhelmed by the sheer number then, sure, consider turning comments off. However, many blogs don't attract comments in their hundreds. For me, disabling comments would feel like saying to blog readers that I'm not interested in what they think about my blog post (and I am). You might write for yourself as you compose posts, but when you publish your post you want others to read it. Are there blog authors who can honestly say they aren't interested in the views of their readers about what they've written? I would rather a conversation take place on my blog than telling users to take the discussion elsewhere. (You can't really discuss things in a 140 character tweet). Related to this discussion is another viewpoint about getting rid of social media buttons http://ia.net/blog/sweep-the-sleaze/ http://ia.net/blog/sweep-the-sleaze/