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Hi, beachbelle, Darlin'
I agree with almost everything you said, including about me. It is a failing of mine, though, that reading either makes me want to keep reading more or start writing. The desire to post comments usually gets lost between these two forces. Sigh, I'm trying to achieve better balance.
posted by
notapoet
on February 26, 2004 at 5:11 AM
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Ditto
Especially when the best part of the whole post is the subject line. It makes you feel you've wasted time that could have been spent reading someone who actually has something to say or relate.
posted by
notapoet
on February 26, 2004 at 5:08 AM
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Notapoet
I think that it is possible to be both. However I think that there is a danger when one comments a bit to be mistaken for being frivolous. I think that someone such as yourself who posts in the small hours when there are few people about perhaps should read and comment in order to draw a little more attention to you writing.
If we all wrote but didn't comment none of us would know what anyone else thought.
I too tend to write longer posts though I usually tend to cut everything back a bit. Longer posts enable you to explore an idea.
posted by
beachbelle
on February 26, 2004 at 4:55 AM
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I have seen some bloggers say that they only read posts if they are short - like one paragraph. A suggestion was given to another blogger to keep her posts short because that's what people like. I personally feel cheated if I click on something that seems interesting and it's only a couple lines.
posted by
Bea_Yotch
on February 26, 2004 at 4:25 AM
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