Do Blog Comments Provide Any Value?
Pros
- Could make it easier to build a relationship with readers
- Blogs are "supposed" to have a comment function
- Might motivate me to write high quality content, in order to get positive comments rather than flames
Cons
- Spam
- Scary not to be in control of that part of the web site
- Moderation might take a lot of my time
- Often I judge the value of blogs I visit by the number of comments. Few or no comments means the blog is not very authoritative. Better then to have no comment function at all, to make people judge my blog based on what I write rather than what other people write.
- If people really really want to comment, trackbacks are better for me since it gives me a back link. A comment on my blog does not.
What do you think? Is there any other important pros/cons I've missed?
Do you have comments turned on or off on your blog?
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