Why blog comments are useless Jul09 '07

Why Daring Fireball is comment free.

Translation: feedback content is typically useless and irrelevant, degrading the quality, usability, and aesthetics of the site.

This is something I've also been considering for my personal blogs. Comments are not only a maintenance headache, but they often don't add any value. If I want to see random scribblings from random people (which I do), I'll look at Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku, etc.

This is not to say that all comments are useless. They're just useless from the blog author's perspective.

Categories: Blogging , Links , Philosophy

Add Feedback (view all)

Leave feedback

Feedback

Input format: The editor controls below will assist with Markdown syntax.

Status

Sub-status

Your info

I agree. ... Read more.

matthom is published and produced by Matt Thommes - an independent publishing enthusiast, mobile blogger, content creator, informative writer, web developer from Chicago. Never one to conform, Matt intends to promote the effect the web has on our lives, in an effort to intensify, instruct, and clarify all that is happening around us.

Contact Matt

Similar Entries

Stats

5 unique visits since August 2008

Syndicate

Advertisements