Comments on: Your Domain Your Rules? http://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=your-domain-your-rules Gischeleman: "To Create With the Mind" Mon, 07 May 2012 14:30:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Doug Haslam http://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3243 Doug Haslam Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:03:01 +0000 http://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/#comment-3243 Mitch, you just came full circle to the title of this post-- nice touch. Mitch, you just came full circle to the title of this post– nice touch.

]]> By: Mitch Joel - Twist Image http://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3242 Mitch Joel - Twist Image Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:59:15 +0000 http://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/#comment-3242 ... and if you're Blogging for yourself, is that really open to criticism and comment from anyone? Think about how many people want to Blog but don't want to curate a community? We can criticize all we want, but people can do what they want and how they want with these tools... and that's the really amazing part to me. … and if you’re Blogging for yourself, is that really open to criticism and comment from anyone? Think about how many people want to Blog but don’t want to curate a community?

We can criticize all we want, but people can do what they want and how they want with these tools… and that’s the really amazing part to me.

]]> By: Doug Haslam http://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3241 Doug Haslam Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:50:24 +0000 http://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/#comment-3241 Mitch-- thanks for clarifying- I write these posts on my phone while outside and sometimes have to rely on faulty memory and impressions- so I go for the abstract and hopefully admit my lack of detailed recall. I think you're right about "another blog post." I often worry that people don't blog through fear of nothing to say- but I wonder how much fear of being dissected in public plays into it. It all comes back to C.C. Chapman & people like him, who simply say they blog for themselves. That's a great start for anybody. Mitch– thanks for clarifying- I write these posts on my phone while outside and sometimes have to rely on faulty memory and impressions- so I go for the abstract and hopefully admit my lack of detailed recall.

I think you’re right about “another blog post.” I often worry that people don’t blog through fear of nothing to say- but I wonder how much fear of being dissected in public plays into it.

It all comes back to C.C. Chapman & people like him, who simply say they blog for themselves. That’s a great start for anybody.

]]> By: Mitch Joel - Twist Image http://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3240 Mitch Joel - Twist Image Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:45:29 +0000 http://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/#comment-3240 Not to regurgitate where I netted out, but the point was also that the "conversation" is everywhere and it doesn't always have to take place on my Blog. I find a lot of the discussion is more engaging on Twitter and Facebook. It wasn't a simple cut & dry, "should I drop comments?" it was a thought about using the Blog to share and letting the conversation happen where the people are - instead of just on my Blog. But yes, I think there is a major difference between those using a Blog to share their thoughts and those trying to build a community around their thoughts. Lastly, I think we can all appreciate smart insights (even when it goes against the Blog content), but lately I've been finding a lot more comments where people are insulting, rude and just plain wrong in terms of facts (not so much on my Blog, but in other spaces). I think many people would be less motivated to Blog knowing that everything they say will be dissected and misconstrued... but maybe that's another Blog post ;) Not to regurgitate where I netted out, but the point was also that the “conversation” is everywhere and it doesn’t always have to take place on my Blog. I find a lot of the discussion is more engaging on Twitter and Facebook. It wasn’t a simple cut & dry, “should I drop comments?” it was a thought about using the Blog to share and letting the conversation happen where the people are – instead of just on my Blog.

But yes, I think there is a major difference between those using a Blog to share their thoughts and those trying to build a community around their thoughts.

Lastly, I think we can all appreciate smart insights (even when it goes against the Blog content), but lately I’ve been finding a lot more comments where people are insulting, rude and just plain wrong in terms of facts (not so much on my Blog, but in other spaces). I think many people would be less motivated to Blog knowing that everything they say will be dissected and misconstrued… but maybe that’s another Blog post ;)

]]> By: Doug Haslam http://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3239 Doug Haslam Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:32:41 +0000 http://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/#comment-3239 I assume scale is one of the issues. An alternate solution, then, is to let comments rage and just let people know you;re not going to jump in yourself too often. Of course, a troll problem might change the equation a bit... I assume scale is one of the issues. An alternate solution, then, is to let comments rage and just let people know you;re not going to jump in yourself too often.

Of course, a troll problem might change the equation a bit…

]]> By: Jay Moonah from Wild Apricot http://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3238 Jay Moonah from Wild Apricot Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:30:23 +0000 http://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/#comment-3238 I think it's a question of scale. A quick look at Mitch's blog shows he's averaging about 7-10 comments per post, probably more like 30-40 for a popular post. What would Seth get? Probably at least 3-5 times this. I'm assuming he's a pretty busy guy, so does he have time to properly interact with a community in his comments? Clearly he's made the assessment that he doesn't. I used to get a little upset about this myself, saying that it was in the worst case elitist and anti-social but now I realize that you've got to be strategic about everything you do in communication 'cus time and attention don't scale easily. I think it’s a question of scale. A quick look at Mitch’s blog shows he’s averaging about 7-10 comments per post, probably more like 30-40 for a popular post. What would Seth get? Probably at least 3-5 times this. I’m assuming he’s a pretty busy guy, so does he have time to properly interact with a community in his comments? Clearly he’s made the assessment that he doesn’t. I used to get a little upset about this myself, saying that it was in the worst case elitist and anti-social but now I realize that you’ve got to be strategic about everything you do in communication ‘cus time and attention don’t scale easily.

]]> By: Doug Haslam http://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3237 Doug Haslam Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:17:48 +0000 http://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/#comment-3237 Thanks Jay! I saw Mark's comment as well and i think he really captured my thinking on the topic. For the life of me, I can't figure out why a Seth Godin- or a Mitch Joel- would go sans-comment. I love the publish/thought leader idea too, but the interaction serves as validation for me-- it's their choice either way. Thanks Jay! I saw Mark’s comment as well and i think he really captured my thinking on the topic. For the life of me, I can’t figure out why a Seth Godin- or a Mitch Joel- would go sans-comment. I love the publish/thought leader idea too, but the interaction serves as validation for me– it’s their choice either way.

]]> By: Jay Moonah from Wild Apricot http://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3236 Jay Moonah from Wild Apricot Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:10:41 +0000 http://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/#comment-3236 It comes down to your intent. Is your blog meant to stir ideas and be a place where people can react or add their thoughts, or it is a publishing platform for your ideas? Or is it something in between? There's no one right answer, although I did agree with the point made in Mitch's comment section by Mark Dykeman: "of course "thought leaders" should be open to debate, being questioned, and occasionally having to explain themselves." Incidentally I talked about this on my own podcast a while back: http://mediadriving.com/2009/05/05/episode-63-post-a-comment-just-keep-it-civil/ It comes down to your intent. Is your blog meant to stir ideas and be a place where people can react or add their thoughts, or it is a publishing platform for your ideas? Or is it something in between? There’s no one right answer, although I did agree with the point made in Mitch’s comment section by Mark Dykeman: “of course “thought leaders” should be open to debate, being questioned, and occasionally having to explain themselves.”

Incidentally I talked about this on my own podcast a while back: http://mediadriving.com/2009/05/05/episode-63-post-a-comment-just-keep-it-civil/

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