Comments on: Your Domain Your Rules? https://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/ Gischeleman: "To Create With the Mind" Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:03:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: Doug Haslam https://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3243 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.

]]> By: Mitch Joel - Twist Image https://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3242 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.

]]> By: Doug Haslam https://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3241 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.

]]> By: Mitch Joel - Twist Image https://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3240 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 ;)

]]> By: Doug Haslam https://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3239 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…

]]> By: Jay Moonah from Wild Apricot https://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3238 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.

]]> By: Doug Haslam https://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3237 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.

]]> By: Jay Moonah from Wild Apricot https://doughaslam.com/2009/08/06/your-domain-your-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3236 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/

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