Comments on: The Power in Conversational Commenting http://revellian.com/2007/09/15/power-conversational-commenting/ Thoughts and Fiction of Bobby Revell Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:29:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Revellian http://revellian.com/2007/09/15/power-conversational-commenting/comment-page-/#comment-2032 Revellian Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:48:42 +0000 http://revellian.com/2007/09/15/power-conversational-commenting/#comment-2032 Hello Moyrn! Wow, I'm so happy you read this :smile: Your blog is new but your writing is extraordinary. I don't know what you will study in college, but I hope you continue writing and write books. My blog has become fairly popular, but I really do nothing for it's popularity other than engaging my readers and really getting to know them. My purpose in blogging is to help people and to further my own artistic quest. Above all, it is to make really great friends. The Brown Baron is one of my best buddies! I know I threw some major compliments at you, but you deserve them. You are young and have such fantastic talent - don't let that go to your head...haha! I know you wont. Your writing, poetry and artwork inspires me immensely. I sincerely mean that and I'm so happy to have a new, awesome friend. I hope we stay friends forever :razz: Hello Moyrn! Wow, I’m so happy you read this :smile: Your blog is new but your writing is extraordinary. I don’t know what you will study in college, but I hope you continue writing and write books. My blog has become fairly popular, but I really do nothing for it’s popularity other than engaging my readers and really getting to know them.

My purpose in blogging is to help people and to further my own artistic quest. Above all, it is to make really great friends. The Brown Baron is one of my best buddies!

I know I threw some major compliments at you, but you deserve them. You are young and have such fantastic talent – don’t let that go to your head…haha! I know you wont. Your writing, poetry and artwork inspires me immensely. I sincerely mean that and I’m so happy to have a new, awesome friend. I hope we stay friends forever :razz:

]]> By: Moyrn http://revellian.com/2007/09/15/power-conversational-commenting/comment-page-1/#comment-2031 Moyrn Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:32:40 +0000 http://revellian.com/2007/09/15/power-conversational-commenting/#comment-2031 Oh I totally totally relate! Initially, I posted things on blogs and art websites not with the purpose of receiving other people's opinions of them, but merely as a if-I-do-X-will-Y,Z or D-happen-? sort of experiment. But after a while, soon after joining deviantArt, actually, I noticed what a wonderful and addictive experience each comment is. I'm not particularly fond of my blog, and not very motivated in terms of getting an audience, so comments are few. When I get one, it really makes me sit up, but yours was one of the rare ones that really got through the screen and registered in my brain. It feels very nice to have someone with an obviously popular blog, and several readers to reply to, to have visited one's blog and left a thoughtful comment. Nevertheless, popular or not, from what I've seen of many blogs, people seldom appreciate the value of a single comment. It's just another number to them that is apparently a reflection of how popular they are. I guess if you make a blog, or join an art site, you're telling everyone that you're ready to have the world see and react to what you have to give. So it makes me miserable when some persons don't seem to acknowledge the importance of every single comment they get. Some are genuinely busy of course, while others sadly jaded because a majority of the comments they receive are generic, trendwhore-esque ones, saying pretty much the same thing that everyone else seems to be saying, or trying to promote their own space with a copy-paste message. Mass-appeal if overrated :( But seriously, I've rambled on for too long now! I had intended just to say that I agree with what you've written here, and what your friends said. Specially Baron Brown's comment-- I'd never looked at it that way! Anyway, I obviously got carried away, so sorry for being a drag. Have a divine cookie for being a lovely, REAL person :D <em>Moyrn's last blog post..<a href='http://uneloquence.blogspot.com/2008/03/false-encounter.html' rel="nofollow">The False Encounter</a></em> Oh I totally totally relate! Initially, I posted things on blogs and art websites not with the purpose of receiving other people’s opinions of them, but merely as a if-I-do-X-will-Y,Z or D-happen-? sort of experiment. But after a while, soon after joining deviantArt, actually, I noticed what a wonderful and addictive experience each comment is.

I’m not particularly fond of my blog, and not very motivated in terms of getting an audience, so comments are few.
When I get one, it really makes me sit up, but yours was one of the rare ones that really got through the screen and registered in my brain. It feels very nice to have someone with an obviously popular blog, and several readers to reply to, to have visited one’s blog and left a thoughtful comment. Nevertheless, popular or not, from what I’ve seen of many blogs, people seldom appreciate the value of a single comment. It’s just another number to them that is apparently a reflection of how popular they are.
I guess if you make a blog, or join an art site, you’re telling everyone that you’re ready to have the world see and react to what you have to give. So it makes me miserable when some persons don’t seem to acknowledge the importance of every single comment they get. Some are genuinely busy of course, while others sadly jaded because a majority of the comments they receive are generic, trendwhore-esque ones, saying pretty much the same thing that everyone else seems to be saying, or trying to promote their own space with a copy-paste message.

Mass-appeal if overrated :(
But seriously, I’ve rambled on for too long now! I had intended just to say that I agree with what you’ve written here, and what your friends said. Specially Baron Brown’s comment– I’d never looked at it that way! Anyway, I obviously got carried away, so sorry for being a drag. Have a divine cookie for being a lovely, REAL person :D

Moyrn’s last blog post..The False Encounter

]]> By: Growing Your Blog The Right Way - Part 1: The Basics | Revellian Dot Com http://revellian.com/2007/09/15/power-conversational-commenting/comment-page-1/#comment-2030 Growing Your Blog The Right Way - Part 1: The Basics | Revellian Dot Com Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:31:53 +0000 http://revellian.com/2007/09/15/power-conversational-commenting/#comment-2030 [...] to all comment feeds and make sure you read every reply. Go back and comment again when called for. Conversational commenting is a powerful tool and no extra widget or social site can replace it. This builds friendships and [...] [...] to all comment feeds and make sure you read every reply. Go back and comment again when called for. Conversational commenting is a powerful tool and no extra widget or social site can replace it. This builds friendships and [...]

]]> By: Great articles that should be read | My lucky number 13 http://revellian.com/2007/09/15/power-conversational-commenting/comment-page-1/#comment-2029 Great articles that should be read | My lucky number 13 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:53:00 +0000 http://revellian.com/2007/09/15/power-conversational-commenting/#comment-2029 [...] The Power in Conversational Commenting - Bobby Revell [...] [...] The Power in Conversational Commenting – Bobby Revell [...]

]]> By: Revellian http://revellian.com/2007/09/15/power-conversational-commenting/comment-page-1/#comment-2028 Revellian Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:00:30 +0000 http://revellian.com/2007/09/15/power-conversational-commenting/#comment-2028 Lisa C: Hi Lisa! Great! How are you:) Mark is a great guy you should go to MeandMyDrum in mt blogroll and say hi! :smile: Lisa C: Hi Lisa! Great! How are you:) Mark is a great guy you should go to MeandMyDrum in mt blogroll and say hi! :smile:

]]> By: Lisa C http://revellian.com/2007/09/15/power-conversational-commenting/comment-page-1/#comment-2027 Lisa C Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:36:00 +0000 http://revellian.com/2007/09/15/power-conversational-commenting/#comment-2027 Hi Bobby, how are you! This reply is @Mark, if that's ok :smile: Mark, I've met some wonderful bloggers, as of late, who will take the time to acknowledge what you have said on their blog. They are the ones who will matter to me, the ones that I will use my valuable time on, to get to know. They're worth it! Hi Bobby, how are you! This reply is @Mark, if that’s ok :smile: Mark, I’ve met some wonderful bloggers, as of late, who will take the time to acknowledge what you have said on their blog. They are the ones who will matter to me, the ones that I will use my valuable time on, to get to know. They’re worth it!

]]> By: Mark http://revellian.com/2007/09/15/power-conversational-commenting/comment-page-1/#comment-2026 Mark Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:45:16 +0000 http://revellian.com/2007/09/15/power-conversational-commenting/#comment-2026 @Lisa C: Oh that drives me crazy, too! You spend all that time reading a post and it stirs something in you and you want to let it out. Then what do you get for your troubles? Silence. :cry: @Lisa C: Oh that drives me crazy, too! You spend all that time reading a post and it stirs something in you and you want to let it out. Then what do you get for your troubles? Silence. :cry:

]]> By: Revellian http://revellian.com/2007/09/15/power-conversational-commenting/comment-page-/#comment-2005 Revellian Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:05:34 +0000 http://revellian.com/2007/09/15/power-conversational-commenting/#comment-2005 Lisa C: No matter what kind of blog a person has, being responsive to your readers is one of the most important things to any blog. I don't ask for much; even a thank you would suffice for me! No haven't had a chance to read your reply yet but I will! I'll be by in a little bit! Thanks so much Lisa!!! :smile: Lisa C: No matter what kind of blog a person has, being responsive to your readers is one of the most important things to any blog. I don’t ask for much; even a thank you would suffice for me! No haven’t had a chance to read your reply yet but I will! I’ll be by in a little bit! Thanks so much Lisa!!! :smile:

]]> By: Lisa C http://revellian.com/2007/09/15/power-conversational-commenting/comment-page-1/#comment-2004 Lisa C Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:55:46 +0000 http://revellian.com/2007/09/15/power-conversational-commenting/#comment-2004 Bobby, I really enjoyed reading this post. As a matter of fact I just mentioned this very thing to my husband today. I left a rather engaging comment on someones blog and as it looks, I've been overlooked. :roll: Oh well, it's one of those little nasties we hope don't happen but do. I will not return to their blog. When building a relationship communication is very important why should it be any different in the blogging community? I'm glad that I'm not alone in this point of view but then again if I were that would be ok too. Well said Bobby! :wink: Btw, did you notice that I acknowledged your comment you left regarding your speeding ticket? That was horrible but it's what happens in the country! :???: Bobby, I really enjoyed reading this post. As a matter of fact I just mentioned this very thing to my husband today. I left a rather engaging comment on someones blog and as it looks, I’ve been overlooked. :roll: Oh well, it’s one of those little nasties we hope don’t happen but do. I will not return to their blog.

When building a relationship communication is very important why should it be any different in the blogging community?

I’m glad that I’m not alone in this point of view but then again if I were that would be ok too.

Well said Bobby! :wink:

Btw, did you notice that I acknowledged your comment you left regarding your speeding ticket? That was horrible but it’s what happens in the country! :???:

]]> By: Revellian http://revellian.com/2007/09/15/power-conversational-commenting/comment-page-1/#comment-1985 Revellian Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:17:03 +0000 http://revellian.com/2007/09/15/power-conversational-commenting/#comment-1985 Mariuca: Wow. . .wow :smile: :smile: :smile: Mariuca: Wow. . .wow :smile: :smile: :smile:

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