When I asked the unfinished question "if blogs are so great..." yesterday, I failed to consider the most useful part of them, the comments. Long before I was an author of my own blog I liked to wade into discussions, wave and shout a lot and leave pissed off at myself and others. I still do it and enjoy the idle thought on same-sex marriage and the point or lack thereof of heeding those who have little thought and little to say, on whether the 80s were a great decade or a dud, whether the war on terror was over when Kabul fell. It is fun knowing you are ticking someone off elsewhere or even finding a commonality with someone you will never meet.
It is too bad that these awards for blogs do not include great commentors as they can make or break a blog, deflating or enhancing the first point made - they can be the real reason others show.
Comments
Cyn - February 2, 2005 9:26 AM
'Deflating or enhancing the first point made'...I ma too aware of the commentors power.
Alan - February 2, 2005 9:43 AM
But that is good - just because we have the admin password doesn't make us particularly bringht in itself. I am gladly corrected when there is a better arguement or a fact I missed. That doesn't mean anyone can say anything but we are pretty good around here.
Cyn - February 2, 2005 10:18 AM
I agree. Weblogging wouldn't be what it is without the ability to share/comment.
portland - February 2, 2005 12:10 PM
you mean other people can SEE this stuff!
Alan - February 2, 2005 2:22 PM
If you click on the name of the author you can see them at their keyboards through their screens, too. You mean you didn't know that? I was wondering when you were going to change that shirt.
portland - February 2, 2005 8:28 PM
hah, got you. i'm not wearing clothes.
portland - February 2, 2005 8:29 PM
actually i'm here in my admiral's uniform. i dont want anybody to think i'm nuts.