Comments on: Why Comments Matter

By: Directory

Directory — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:25:55 +0000

Thanks a lot for posting, it was quite helpful and told me immensely

By: Telephone systems

Telephone systems — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:47:26 +0000

I have wanted to write about something like this on one of my blogs and this gave me an idea. Thank you.

By: Writarbolla

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By: Julia

Julia — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:52:38 +0000

My sister-in-law recommended this post to her readers yesterday. I just thought that you might like to know that your popularity is spreading even more. Here’s the blog entry where she says, “I read a great post on a blog today.”
http://mcgrawland.blogspot.com/2009/03/other-peoples-blogs.html

By: Monkey's Momma

Monkey's Momma — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:09:41 +0000

Hi There! Monkey’s Momma here. Found you through The Mom Nerd. There are times that I am at my job that pays my bills (I am a nurse), but all I can think about is something I want to post soon. I will hide somewhere and check my email on my phone to see if I have any comments. It only takes one silly comment from one of my bloggy buds to turn my night around and make me smile.

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:45:03 +0000

Hey, I’m actually doing a no comment week this week on my blog! And I have to admit that I have really been enjoying it. I think it’s because I am stressed out with an upcoming trip, and I felt like the comments would stress me out more. But I also realize after this week that I am blogging because I want to and I like it, and not just for comments. I will be posting about it tomorrow. Anyway, thanks for this post!

By: Julia

Julia — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:26:50 +0000

It was me. I did it. I stole your stuff. I have since added the link to your blog on my post as well. Just trying to give credit where credit is due. Thanks for all your great insights!

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:18:47 +0000

Your legacy quickly travels. My cousin posted this entry on her blog, based off the copy I personalized on my blog. Cool, huh. Kudos!

Here are someone’s comments on it:

“That’s a great post. I totally feel the same way, I like comments. But some of my blog readers only read blogs every couple weeks, so remember that. That is a great list that women wrote. I wonder if she knows it?”

You can see her copy of my copy of your original, here:
http://armywifemomof3.blogspot.com/

By: Rootatemirece

Rootatemirece — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:34:36 +0000

Interesting and educational, but would participate in something more on this topic?

By: Maggie

Maggie — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:02:10 +0000

What an awesome post…thanks for laying it out like that. Just makes me want to blog more…and mother more. Mother the kids I have more, I mean, not mother more children. But if anybody wants to drop a baby by for a few hours, that’s fine.

By: Beck

Beck — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:13:20 +0000

Good post! Thanks for commenting at my place.
Comments are why I blog, I think. Who wants to write into a soundless void?
(now check your email! And no, I didn’t block you.)

By: Jillian

Jillian — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:58:28 +0000

Jane,
Normally I don’t comment on posts (laziness I guess), but I’ve been following your blog a while. This post was great perspective for me, someone who wants to become a sahm shortly. Thanks for all the insight!

By: Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah

Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:23:41 +0000

Wow. That was amazingly accurate. I can completely relate. I don’t know if I should laugh or cry. I’ll do both.

By: Sharla

Sharla — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:38:53 +0000

I sure am glad that you are so much better at saying things that I’ve thought and felt. That way I can pop over here and sit nodding my head or laughing or feeling a bit more validated and not so alone. Reading your list it seems like #7 is the only real perk. Thanks for being real Jane.

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By: Nikki

Nikki — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:34:44 +0000

Wow, you nailed it on the head! I love to blog and read blogs and “spy” on other people’s lives/homes/faults. haha But of the blogs I read, you are one of the few that I consider very gifted in writing. I enjoy your writing and your sense of humor and your view on life. I’m glad you blog and hope you won’t be giving it up anytime soon.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:41:49 +0000

There is nothing quite as exciting as getting the emails from your blog with comments! It always makes me feel a tad bit giddy.

By: Tom Johnson

Tom Johnson — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:34:31 +0000

Very insightful. I especially like the points about how you’re never finished, and how you do it because you love it. Personally, I also value comments. Without them, blogging isn’t nearly as fun.

In a way, my sometimes marginalized position as a tech writer in an IT dept. — where tech writers are at the bottom of the IT totem pole, far below developer gods — does propel me to seek validation and respect online through my blog, I guess. I have my own little following in the world I have created.