Comments and Dialogue are the Currency of Community
As a new blogger I was excited to read and comment on responses from the SIA Community on my first blog entry. I kept checking on the “Read More” button and scrolling down to engage in a lively conversation. First thing I noticed was no one was commenting at all; not even a “Interesting!” or “You’re full of it.”…nothing. Second thing I was surprised by was that my own looking counted as a “read” on the popularity meter. Out of the fifty or so reads at least a dozen were my own. I think the promotion of specific blogs should be determined by the number of unique comments from the community and not from anyone just clicking on the “read more” button. PLEASE make comments, even if you only have a second to type in a phrase at least it can begin the conversation…a prelude to Real Community.
