Is Commenting Old Fashioned?

I read a post a few weeks back on the Friday Traffic Report about the evolution of blog commenting, and it has really got me to thinking.

With all the social media coming out, and the ease of a quick twitter RT, are we losing the need for leaving personal comments on blogs?

Sharing a good blog post or article of interest through many of the social bookmarking sites, and even more, sharing it with your Twitter following is a great way to help the blogger by re-directing traffic to the post.  When done correctly, many of your friends and followers appreciate and are interested in looking at things that you find of interest.

As a reader, does sharing these items of interest negate you from leaving a comment on the blog?  A quick tweet about a  post or an article, and your job is done?

I think not… and I’ll tell you why.

From the Bloggers perspective:

• Getting an old fashion comment is just plain motivating!
• Getting questions and comments about an article that you have put time and thought into is like a confirmation that someone is really out there.
• Comments can add content to your blog.
• Getting good comments can actually invoke a discussion about the topic, and continue to bring more and more readers into it.
• It adds a sense of community to your blog.
• May even give you ideas for future articles or topics that you would like to research and discuss.

From the Readers perspective:

• Adding a well thought out comment, question or suggestion to a blog can be very helpful in creating a brand or name for yourself.
• If it’s a blog that you follow regularly commenting and showing support leads to that sense of community for the reader.
• Most often you will get a link back to a post, or to your blog in general (depending on what you leave as the link).
• Many readers “cruise” comments, and you will get additional guests to your site from a good comment.

I spent much of this past weekend cruising around, reading blogs, commenting and checking out folks on my GFC and I had a really great time doing it.  I met some new people who have like interests, and whom I have added to my reader.  I had some new people come and check out my site and even thought of some ideas for future posts.

So the question was — “Is commenting OLD FASHIONED?”

If it is – then I guess you can consider me old fashioned as well.  Don’t get me wrong!  I’m all for the new techie stuff…. please tweet me, digg me, share, stumble or mixx me.  Do all of that, and keep it coming!  BUT – in the process… don’t forget the humanness and interactiveness of a blog.  It is part of what makes community.  It is human nature to be sociable, people come to your blog because they are interested in interacting with like minded individuals.

What is YOUR answer to the question – and, what is your commenting practice?

To OUR Success,

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