Slightly Overdone
Okay, I have noticed that I have been about half of at least three 60+ comment posts in the past week. This has lead me to believe that:
a) I am online way too much
b) I am going to lose most of my readers cuz they aren't going to want to read through a comment barrage to get to the point and post their own comment. I may be wrong here. I just feel bad starting a conversation everyone is reading then ending it in private, so, I continue on the comments.
c) I have no idea how to control either of the previous two points. When I am home I am online because it is far more entertaining than TV and I am home plenty lately. And, I like to comment back, as I am a social person and enjoy everyone's input and online company.
If it gets any worse I will have to stop doing it completely for a few days, just to prove to myself that I can. Any constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated. I will probably be adding an MSN Instant Message screen name to my profile when I set one up for this purpose. I need your input/help fellow bloggers.
posted by Larry @ 8:13 PM
37 Comments:
Whoa, Larry way to hard on your self. It's really not that big of a deal. If people don't want to wade through comments, they can just move the little bar on the right down to the end and post. See no big deal. I thought it was a pretty entertaining exchange, and I happen to have had time to indulge in it. If I didn't I simple wouldn't have. Wow that's probably the longest comment I've ever posted.
I agree with erika. You are being too hard on yourself.
I also don't think there is a problem with the amount you blog. Everyone has something to do when they are hanging out at home... some people watch tv, some watch movies and some blog.
I think as long as you aren't purposely avoiding going out because you might miss a comment or something then you shouldn't worry.
P.S I read blogs for the blogs... not the comments after (although I often do read the comments) so even if I don't comment or read the comments I still read the blog. Its the blog that caught my attention the comments are just a side effect.
Ya know what? Comments are often the lifeblood of a blog and what really enhances an already entertaining read.
So, worry not. Comments are just how the blog lives and breathes.
DW says: knowing that you read and respond to her comments is what makes it enjoyable for her. Otherwise its just an online diary. You make her laugh.
make people
stop posting
a shitload
of times
consolidate comments
for
less
posts
everyone but brad: thanks
brad: you
are
a
bastard
LMAO - you two guys are funny.
I agree with everyone else - don't worry about it. If you have something to say - then blog. If not, we'll continue (or not) various conversations through the comments, or decide to take it up via IM.
Btw - MSN is good, but Yahoo is alot more fun. More stuff to play with. Just fyi.
i probably have a yahoo account somewhere
Everyone has a yahoo account somewhere.
Put it to use, buddy!
So, the last couple of days when there have been 20+ comments that I wasn't a part of, I simply skimmed to the bottom to project my own sass onto your blog.
Because, you know, I'm a self-centered a-hole who likes to see her own [sad attempts at] witty rhetoric.
No, no. I'm lying...I read everything everyone writes. It's how I make new friends.
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Callie: I just have to figure out what screen name it is under.
Jess: There is not room for a second self centered a-hole here so you are going to have to change. I am too old and set in my ways. :P
Seriously, Larry, having bloggers respond to your comments is great.
It's how you get to know if you like someone. We all really love your comments, so don't feel bad about it. In abscence of a chat room, this is the only way we can all get together and have a laugh.
I just saw how much there was annd was slightly overwhelmed.
Larry,
I think you should just delete the whole blog.
Just kidding :-)
Larry,
What are you talking about. Your blog is YOUR journal. People come because they want to read it. If they don't like to read it they just don't have to type in your address. I don't think anybody has typed it in accidently then went "What the hell I have to read it now that I typed it in"
P.S. Brad, Nicely done!
P.S.S. Who do you keep deleting?
Mark: Do you know how long it takes me to get through a blank space that big? I was hurt for what seemed like an eternity. But, i got better at the end
1980: I used to allow it but someone was being ignorant on erika's blog so I figured its easy enough to set up a blooger account.
VT: Thanks for visiting. I liked some of the pictures but have no idea what to say on yours. sooner or later though I will find something to say.
Dougie: I know and I am doing this for me but I am also an attention whore and don't want to bore people.
P.S. Don't incourage the little one.
P.S.S. The little one.
You're complaining about getting too many comments? You've clearly lost it.
Digi: Not complaining, just trying to gage others opinions.
DLLC: I never doubted you were here to hear me and only me. After all I am the next coming(except of course for Blog Jesus, so maybe I am the third coming).
larry, i think i have the opposite problem. people always try to talk to me in comments and i almost never respond back. i've been trying to be better about it. i'm even worse at going back and checking out comment boxes on other people's pages for a response. it takes so much time.
i'm trying to take a goddamn bar exam over here! blogging is my downfall ;)
My two cents:
it's fine you have these long, drawn out, and shamelessly flirtateous conversations in your comments. And blogging entails a fair amount of voyeurism anyway, so people like looking in on those conversations.
I think anyone that blogs is, really, an attention whore, so don't single yourself out, my friend.
Yup- we're all attention whores. We love it. We live for it.
Don't worry about the comments, Larry. They're fun. Besides, where else am I going to get my daily dose of flirting?
I'm with Callie on that one. If you stopped responding to my comments, my self-esteem would simply plummet. LOL
These are the first stages of becoming a full-time blog whore. You need to come up with a way of getting paid to do it though. Let me know if you thiink of something.
I had a comment, but was side-tracked from reading everyone elses comments and forgot what I had to say...ah well...
P-Shag, Callie: If I stop flirting it means I'm dead.
G.D.: If I think of something and there is room for two of us to do it in the bloggerverse, you will be the first to know.
Sway: Nice Pic. That's all I got.
Larry, I say don't sweat it...most people on here usually enjoy reading others' comments.
Well...I skipped them but I'm not most people. ;)
Look forward to the next posting....
-Kate
d00d, Y U k33p d313t1ng me!
lol What did i write that got deleted? Oh wait, I remember. Nevermind. The amount of comments you have signifies how extremely popular you are. Your blog is getting like 50 comments per entry. That is like Quarterback-Jock-With-Cheerleader-Captain-Girlfriend-level popularity dude.
You don't hear Brock Abernathy (generic rich quarterback name) complaining about too many girls liking him. Most of your posters are girls, anyway.
Brock Abernathy. I love it. It's like Chip Stevens or Blake Caldwell. Don't all highschool football teams have to have a guy named Chip?
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