tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post2490147464029639497..comments2024-03-06T03:58:39.540-06:00Comments on The Viral Garden: Are Twitter members more likely to comment on blogs?Mack Collierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02723628321171539590noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-11804814952080659572009-03-05T13:08:00.000-06:002009-03-05T13:08:00.000-06:00Good article! I LOVE getting comments on my blog,...Good article! I LOVE getting comments on my blog, and I have decided that a lack of comments doesn't necessarily mean the post is uninteresting, but usually just that it isn't provocative.<BR/><BR/>Any other pointers on getting more comments?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332431392301475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-21850956490587671852009-03-02T01:03:00.000-06:002009-03-02T01:03:00.000-06:00Mack,Twitter is definitely driving traffic and com...Mack,<BR/><BR/>Twitter is definitely driving traffic and comments to my blog. Both stats have gone thru the roof in recent months as my Twitter use has grown. <BR/><BR/>One particular post http://tinyurl.com/d6vp2n was almost exclusively Twitter fuelled and that really made it clear to me<BR/><BR/>I think we are all more on the same page....or frustrated by 160 characters and looking for more writing space.<BR/><BR/>See you at SXSWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-86466133587937743892009-03-01T22:05:00.000-06:002009-03-01T22:05:00.000-06:00Hi, On a smaller scale I've found that my blog has...Hi, On a smaller scale I've found that my blog has gotten more traffic and more comments from Twitter.Sally_Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09541519113324969410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-16553886036576499152009-03-01T21:30:00.000-06:002009-03-01T21:30:00.000-06:00I came over this pm because of a link on twitter.I...I came over this pm because of a link on twitter.<BR/><BR/>I try to read as many links there as I can get to,but there ends up being so many that unless I really feel I can add to the conversation,I don't because I end up hours behind the flow on twitter.Too many interestson my part,and for the most part the blogger ends up being much more concise and on topic than I can be. Also at some blogs,new commenters get pretty much ignored,and then don't want to comment anymore,even if they come regularly to read.<BR/><BR/>Iusually will retweet the good ones and sometimes add commentary at twitter rather than the blog.<BR/><BR/>I also will normally read the links at the blog and then if they are of interest will tweet them also.<BR/>Hope that is some help.flicka47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00166088475816625100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-78457793892744329582009-03-01T17:12:00.000-06:002009-03-01T17:12:00.000-06:00Speaking only for myself, I tend to comment on blo...Speaking only for myself, I tend to comment on blog posts I find in twitter conversations more than any others. These days even more than posts I find on my RSS reader.daltonsbriefshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848952073180198356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-83966361799176547482009-03-01T14:22:00.000-06:002009-03-01T14:22:00.000-06:00Steven, I disagree, in a friendly way. Many blogge...Steven, <BR/><BR/>I disagree, in a friendly way. Many bloggers here use twitter as a side channel for talk, chat, connecting, and so on, away from their blogs and closer to their friends. <BR/><BR/>In fact in some circles it's uncool to announce a blog post on twitter -- considered unnecessary and self-promotional. <BR/><BR/>Furthermore, a lot of activity in twitter stays in twitter. Those who click to a blog may be clicking so that they dont miss out on something. But very few of them will then want to read/comment. They return to twitter, which belongs to their stream of activity, not the blogger's.<BR/><BR/>Some small number, as a way of making an introduction over the blog that cant be made well in twitter, will comment. <BR/><BR/>And some will comment to be seen having commented. <BR/><BR/>But because the community of bloggers uses twitter isn't an argument that they are more likely to comment: I think twitter and blogging/commenting are very different activities. <BR/><BR/>my two cents, but I spend a lot of time on this and haven't seen that connection made.adrian chanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02004985533720113801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-8627859162137667922009-03-01T13:37:00.000-06:002009-03-01T13:37:00.000-06:00Mack,it's an interesting analysis, and definitely ...Mack,<BR/>it's an interesting analysis, and definitely a good thought. I recently used pretty much an identical (although inverted) argument to talk to some CFO types about the relevance of Twitter (see <A HREF="http://digitalbodylanguage.blogspot.com/2009/02/we-all-use-twitter-short-term-memory.html" REL="nofollow">http://digitalbodylanguage.blogspot.com/2009/02/we-all-use-twitter-short-term-memory.html</A>. Essentially, I looked at the opposite, the population of Twitter. A significant majority of the active Twitter population has a blog, and given that links and comments are a blogger's currency, the likelihood of a Twitter user to comment on a blog is significantly higher.Steven Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06376596253100522418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-69663903098555476422009-03-01T13:20:00.000-06:002009-03-01T13:20:00.000-06:00Twitter users are not all the same, and because tw...Twitter users are not all the same, and because twitter is more "chatty" doesnt mean its users are more likely to comment. <BR/><BR/>Commenting belongs to blogging, and as Andrea here notes, the natural comment form on twitter is the RT. <BR/><BR/>That said there's no room to comment in a RT. It's really just a citation. <BR/><BR/>So there may be people who wish to add a more substantive comment, and come here to do so. <BR/><BR/>But who are aware that it may be seen by your audience, get them some attention, and then serve their own purposes -- as well as yours. <BR/><BR/>Such is the economy of attention and reputation on twitter.adrian chanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02004985533720113801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-56143235919622188672009-03-01T13:17:00.000-06:002009-03-01T13:17:00.000-06:00Andrea did you notice people discussing your post ...Andrea did you notice people discussing your post on Twitter? I'm sure that some people comment on the post on Twitter instead of coming to the blog and commenting. <BR/><BR/>How big of a factor that is on overall blog comments? Hard to say, it likely leads to fewer comments. Then again, in some cases if everyone starts commenting on a post on Twitter, that could tempt more people to check out the post and comment there.Mack Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723628321171539590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24784219.post-73033052595163559412009-03-01T13:12:00.000-06:002009-03-01T13:12:00.000-06:00I agree that twitter may drive followers to your b...I agree that twitter may drive followers to your blog (that's why I'm here), but I'm not sure that directly leads to comments. I had one post last week that was retweeted several times, but never garnered a single comment. I think a RT is a sign of approval in and of itself, and may serve as a proxy comment (which is why tweetbacks are a good idea)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com