Thing #4

Commenting can create a sense of community in a couple different ways the most important being that without comments and interaction between users there is just a blog with no real response to it. It becomes independent and the main goal of any blog is to create a bubble so to speak in where many individuals can give their opinion to what is going on, and commenting does this.

One of the points I want to discuss from the reading comes from the Comment like a King section which talks about making comments that have meaning. This is very important because like most websites such as Yahoo or CNN users just get on there and really just say nonsense and nobody really likes to deal with insane comments. So whenever someone goes to post on a blog they should first stop and take the time to think about what they want to say instead of popping off at the mouth with the first thing that comes to mind.
And the second point that I really liked had to do with being controversial in the 10 Techniques to Get More Comments on your Blog. This is a really neat point because it raises eyebrows to an extent. Being controversial can lead to a widespread conversation on your blog and this is really whats blogs are all about and that's getting people to express their opinions. And through bringing up a controversial topic more people may be inclined to join your discussion.

Grant Brashears, Janelle Ferrier, Nick Caudill, Hayli Wrigley, and Nicole Gardner were the classmates that I chose and this was really just random thinking I was just clicking on random names and reading their material and decided to comment on the ones I felt like best related to myself.