I wholeheartedly disagree with Marco on this point.
There are many people I have gotten to know through comments on my blogs, their blogs, and other peoples’ blogs. It isn’t about validation, it’s about discussion and interaction with others who share a commonality that brought them to the same page and inspired them to be more than just a passive reader.
I appreciate the reblogging model as a way for the ‘commenter’ to take ownership of their thoughts, and propagate them into their own social graph, and it is probably the #1 way I find new people to follow, but I would really like to be able to be notified when I’m reblogged. Again, if someone has an opinion on something I found interesting enough to post, I’m interested in hearing what they have to say, whether in the context of my comments, or their own blog, just like we used to do with trackbacks.
Yes, like in any situation, there is bound to be abuse. Comment spam sucks. So do idiotic comments. But the value of the legitimate comments to me outweighs the negatives.
Disagree? Let me know :)
I disabled comments on Marco.org tonight, and here’s why.
I don’t need anything from you to get value from my writing. My purpose is fulfilled even if nobody ever reads it.
Bonus: why reblogging doesn’t suffer from the same problems as comments.
