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Have you actually read his blog? Readers email him all the time. He typically posts 2-3 of those emails every day and responds to them publicly. Often, he'll
by jfarmer 12y ago
Have you actually read his blog? Readers email him all the time. He typically posts 2-3 of those emails every day and responds to them publicly. Often, he'll go back and forth with multiple readers in this way.
Here's a post from _today_ that contains emails from 9 people: http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2015/01/31/busted-with-an-eggcorn-ctd-10/ http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2015/01/31/busted-with-an-egg...
He has a regular "Dissent of the Day" post where he goes out of his way to post critical emails from readers. For your perusal: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aandrewsullivan.com%20dissent%20of%20the%20day https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aandrewsullivan.com%20...
Your comments in this thread are nothing but incuriosity dressed up as intelligence.
- remarkEon 12y agoMoreover, the fact that a reader had to email him served as sort of as a pre-screen, wherein someone had to take those extra 2 or 3 steps to put something together instead of just dropping whatever thoughtless or halfbaked idea came to the forefront of their mind in the comment box and hitting enter because you're logged in with facebook. I don't think having comments allowed on a blog are indicative of quality discourse at all.
- jfarmer 12y agoYeah. Andrew probably write something once every few months about why he prefers to interact with readers this way vs. comment threads. He's even polled his audience in the past and the _audience_ overwhelmingly favors interacting in this way, often echoing your exact sentiment. Ironically, the parent serves as an example for the kind of thoughtless, knee-jerk commentary that comment threads can (and do) breed.