Comments on: Stupid Strategic Commenting v. Smart Engagement

By: dennie

dennie — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:40:57 +0000

I am always thankful for you connecting with me here online and in my life. This has been the best experience for me especially in this day and age! At least I know I am not alone as many out here in cyberspace and in the world in preserving African American history and sharing stories and ideas so we can uplift one another!In my own case, my commenting is motivated by a desire to add to the discussion of the topic. I very often think by means of writing on a topic, and commenting gets my brain flowing. These comments often result in blog posts.Every comment is motivated by discussion. A significant number of them are intended only to attract business or website traffic.
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By: Nicolas Schriver

Nicolas Schriver — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:47:01 +0000

I am totally agree, “commercial comments” are easy to see: “Hi, check this out http://x.com“, but this is not at all in the state of mind that bloggers are. In conversation marketing, what is important, it is the value edited by the group of persons participating in the conversation.

I think however, that the fact companies are starting participating in blog conversasions is great, as they can give us some insights about their philosophy and ideas.

By: Aaron Adams

Aaron Adams — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:35:22 +0000

And speaking of FreshBooks…

But seriously — I hear what you’re saying, absolutely. We deal with a lot of these things on our own blog, and it’s often difficult to decide when to remove the link (or the entire post), because you certainly don’t want to censor people; but at the same time you want to foster useful conversation for your readers, not just accumulate comments toward some sort of count.

I do notice the “poaching” of sorts that goes on, too. To be honest, that’s never particularly bothered me, just because it’s a great metric by which you can judge the folks who resort to it.

By: allan branch

allan branch — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:08:53 +0000

In today’s internet there are so many small startups struggling to keep their head above water. With the plethora of blogs around, the ability to reach an audience for free is at their fingertips. While “trolling” sucks, I cannot blame anyone for doing it. In some cases a troll’s comment has helped me find a great resource, but again, like you mentioned its spam. Tisk tisk you trolls, bad trolls.

By: Grant D. Griiffiths

Grant D. Griiffiths — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:41:07 +0000

I actually consider such dribble spam and usually don’t approve the comments. And I usually mark such commenters as spam for any future comments they might leave. One I have been getting a lot lately is this, “I don’t understand what you are trying to say, but I will consider it.” It is obvious it is spam.

Like you, I prefer that the conversation continue and that it be constructive and beneficial to those who are participating. Thanks for your post and I hope some of these companies take what you say to heart and actually contribute something we can use.