Saturday, September 17, 2005

Zero Comment Blogs of the World Unite!

If you flick around using the 'next blog' button you come across a lot of weird and wonderful blogs. OK, you hit a lot of chaff mainly various blog spams - both classic I-have-something-to-sell-you-spam and those awful blogs that connect to piles of other sites and bombard you with as many demonstrations as possible that the writer read a javascript book once. You know what I mean, blogs like this one - why are they always Japanese girls between the ages of 12-16? Anyway I digress. Something you notice as you blog wonder is that there are many sincerely, well written blogs out there which get little readership, if the post comments are to be believed at any rate. So distressing is this lack of obvious interest that some people turn off the add comment functionality altogether. Better convince themselves that they actually have a very large and enthusiastic audience, aching to contact this artistic genius. So if you read a blog post a comment. More than that seek out the 'Zero Comment' blogs (yep like mine, well have you never read The Selfish Gene?) and bring a little happiness. Particulalrly if your own blog appears more written to be written than written to be read. You can start with the 'next blog' you find :)

P.S.
Has anyone else noticed that the built in spell checker on blogger, doesn't recognise the word 'blog' - how very odd.

7 Comments:

Blogger Flash said...

If a blog is good enough, people will read it.
Simple as that.

Thanks for dropping by my place & in answer BWB is a platonic female friend.

5:25 PM  
Blogger Hyde said...

Okay, I'm a "Flash" reader which linked me to you. And since I just read your blog, as per your request, I'm leaving you a comment!
-h

6:32 PM  
Blogger Charby said...

Following orders!
Commenting!
Erm. Hello! *waves*

9:35 PM  
Blogger Nancy said...

Likewise; you commented on my husband's blog; I'm returning the favor. Maybe you'll start a whole new Blog it Forward kind of thing...

4:13 PM  
Blogger Michael said...

The blogs with ten megs of graphics, some annoying song, all written by a 14 year old in southern sri lanka drive me insane.

That and all blogs that feel the need t0 wR1t3 l!K3 tH1$.

I'm thankful for the lightly decorated, well written blogs out there.

12:10 AM  
Blogger Stephanie said...

I'm new to blogging (a mere 6 posts or so!), but I have already noted that many people don't want to post a comment so they send me an email! Too bad really, because their comments have usually been quite interesting. I wonder what the etiquette is about posting some of these ourselves? (anonymously of course).

Anyway, blog on!

6:40 PM  
Blogger AntToeKnee said...

Post what you like. If you get a good email, blog it.

8:23 PM  

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