Commenting: Now With Continuity!
May 28, 2008 – 12:33 pm | by Daryl TayHow do you keep up with the comments you leave on other blogs? I think if you’re truly interested in joining and contributing to a conversation, you need to check in again to know how the discussion is evolving over time and whether the author has replied to you. The worst thing you can do is leave a comment and never visit the page again.
What I do (or used to do) is after I’ve left a comment, I bookmark the page under a “check for comments” folder and track it daily until the comments die out.
Something I’ve realised recently is that certain blogs have a “receive follow up comments via email” check box, which is really useful to me as it saves the trouble of bookmarking the site. Disqus is another option, but it’s a bit of a hassle to verify.
So today, Krisandro was helpful enough to point me in the direction of the Wordpress plugin and henceforth, you’ll be able to follow up with the comments too. I’d highly encourage it because I find that I’m must more involved in the conversations when I track them after I’ve posted.
Hope you enjoy using it.
Tags: blog comments, comments, join the conversation, tracking comments, tracking conversations, wordpress comments plugin
5 Responses to “Commenting: Now With Continuity!”
By krisandro on May 28, 2008 | Reply
You are welcome! And I have been wanting to blog about the usefulness of this plugin to wordpress users and you’ve beat me to it!
By Derrick Kwa on May 29, 2008 | Reply
Yeah, this plugin is cool. I use it too (or something similar) - can’t remember the exact plugin I use. But agreed that the ability to subscribe to comments is really useful.
Oh, and hope you don’t mind me doing a bit of a plug. =P. I’ll be blogging about a comment plugin that I find really useful (and is quite unknown) tomorrow. So be sure to check it out.
By Domin_itis on May 30, 2008 | Reply
@kris Hihi, just to check, is the plugin applicable to those using wordpress.com
By Daryl Tay on May 30, 2008 | Reply
@Derrick Kwa: No problem! Plug away =)
@Domin_itis: Sorry dude, Wordpress.org only…
By BeckyRivera on Aug 6, 2008 | Reply
cool links, thanks!,