Comments on: Blogging Features: Comments and Social Network Links http://www.meryl.net/2008/04/blogging-features-comments-and-social-network-links/ Content on writing, tech, business, marketing, web design. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:36:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Karen Putz / DeafMom http://www.meryl.net/2008/04/blogging-features-comments-and-social-network-links/#comment-732101 Karen Putz / DeafMom Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:44:32 +0000 http://meryl.net/2008/04/16/blogging-features-comments-and-social-network-links/#comment-732101 <p>Ah, the less clicks for me, the better-- but if someone grabs me with their title and the first paragraph, I'll click away!</p> Ah, the less clicks for me, the better– but if someone grabs me with their title and the first paragraph, I’ll click away!

]]> By: Meryl http://www.meryl.net/2008/04/blogging-features-comments-and-social-network-links/#comment-731483 Meryl Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:06:24 +0000 http://meryl.net/2008/04/16/blogging-features-comments-and-social-network-links/#comment-731483 <p>Jeremy, the clutter free aspect is what drew me to ShareThis. I never thought about an extra click. However, like James said... many don't like extra clicks and every click counts with them.</p> <p>Ah -- the happy middle... there isn't one as far as I know.</p> Jeremy, the clutter free aspect is what drew me to ShareThis. I never thought about an extra click. However, like James said… many don’t like extra clicks and every click counts with them.

Ah — the happy middle… there isn’t one as far as I know.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.meryl.net/2008/04/blogging-features-comments-and-social-network-links/#comment-731475 Jeremy Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:58:37 +0000 http://meryl.net/2008/04/16/blogging-features-comments-and-social-network-links/#comment-731475 <p>Hi Meryl,</p> <p>You nailed it when you said that one little icon replaces the clutter that many can cause, but that's really just part of the idea. The full circle is completed when ShareThis becomes that little filter for that flood of information that James mentioned. With social bookmarking and the features on the ShareThis "Send/Email" tab, your friends become the source of the information, which gives the reader more incentive to look at it.</p> <p>The blogger wins because he's getting more traffic, your regular readers win because you have an easy way for them to share your posts to their friends. New readers win because they're seeing it for the first time because a friend is showing them a cool blog post.</p> Hi Meryl,

You nailed it when you said that one little icon replaces the clutter that many can cause, but that’s really just part of the idea. The full circle is completed when ShareThis becomes that little filter for that flood of information that James mentioned. With social bookmarking and the features on the ShareThis “Send/Email” tab, your friends become the source of the information, which gives the reader more incentive to look at it.

The blogger wins because he’s getting more traffic, your regular readers win because you have an easy way for them to share your posts to their friends. New readers win because they’re seeing it for the first time because a friend is showing them a cool blog post.

]]> By: Meryl http://www.meryl.net/2008/04/blogging-features-comments-and-social-network-links/#comment-731403 Meryl Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:00:37 +0000 http://meryl.net/2008/04/16/blogging-features-comments-and-social-network-links/#comment-731403 <p>Excellent thoughts as always, James. We're so overloaded with information that who wants more?</p> Excellent thoughts as always, James. We’re so overloaded with information that who wants more?

]]> By: James Chartrand - Men with Pens http://www.meryl.net/2008/04/blogging-features-comments-and-social-network-links/#comment-731341 James Chartrand - Men with Pens Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:01:34 +0000 http://meryl.net/2008/04/16/blogging-features-comments-and-social-network-links/#comment-731341 <p>While these plugins do benefit the blogger, they also benefit the reader.</p> <p>Readers use social media like Stumble and Digg to filter out the crap and read good content approved by other social media users.</p> <p>They use these plugins to tell other people, "Hey, come see. This is a good post." Sure, that benefits the blogger, but it's the readers that are essentially happy that someone reviewed the content for quality first.</p> <p>Of course... all systems can be gamed. Yuck.</p> While these plugins do benefit the blogger, they also benefit the reader.

Readers use social media like Stumble and Digg to filter out the crap and read good content approved by other social media users.

They use these plugins to tell other people, “Hey, come see. This is a good post.” Sure, that benefits the blogger, but it’s the readers that are essentially happy that someone reviewed the content for quality first.

Of course… all systems can be gamed. Yuck.

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