Comments on: Blog Comments

By: Technorati Top 100 shuffle still needs more work — Lawrence Salberg

Technorati Top 100 shuffle still needs more work — Lawrence Salberg — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:04:06 +0000

[…] I’m fans of both Godin and Pavlina and read their “blogs” frequently. But it grates a bit to see them be so far-removed from the conversationalist atmosphere they both once were a part of - and yet able to still displace legitimate bloggers in Technorati’s ranking. As an example, they both have taken rather celebrity attitudes about why they turned off their comments. It actually wasn’t a tough decision at all. While comments provide a wonderful degree of interactivity with many obvious benefits, I found them not to be worth the effort, especially as traffic grew. - Steve Pavlina (Sep 28, 2005) […]

By: The Cart Blog » Blog Archive » Allowing Comments in your Blog?

The Cart Blog » Blog Archive » Allowing Comments in your Blog? — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:11:40 +0000

[…] Steve Pavlina says, “sometimes on a post-by-post basis, but generally no.” […]

By: A Blog Is Not A Community In The First Place. Or Is It? » Reader Appreciation Project

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:01:04 +0000

[…] Back in October 2005, Steve Pavlina explained the benefits of switching off comments on his blog, being confident that it was a good decision. However, one year later, Steve associates a forum to his blog, allowing the community to interact even more. It seems that he missed the comments, after all. […]

By: Interview with Steve Pavlina

Interview with Steve Pavlina — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:29:07 +0000

[…] I wrote a couple articles about why I turned them off: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/10/blog-comments/ and http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/10/more-on-blog-comments/ […]

By: Worldwide Success » To Open or not to Open Comments – The Blogger’s Dilemma

Worldwide Success » To Open or not to Open Comments – The Blogger’s Dilemma — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:12:18 +0000

[…] Steve Pavlina decided to shut off comments to his blog and makes a good case for disabling comments on the Blog Comments post. Casey Serin experimented with turning off moderation on his blog and got bombarded with nasty, inappropriate comments. He had to delete 162 of them! See his first comment in the 24hr-Facing Foreclose Fast post. Not to mention having to deal with spam. Is it worth going through all this trouble? […]

By: Rob Schaumer » Blog Archive » 36. To Comment Or Not To Comment? Any Comments?

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:26:50 +0000

[…] Steve Pavlina – His feeling is that as your traffic grows it becomes time consuming to maintain the comments, and because the small handful of people that comment don’t represent the overall view off your mass readership, it can end up taking you off course. Steve also mentions other alternatives, such as e-mails, forums and opening certain post to commenting when desired. […]

By: Forums Off to a Strong Start

Forums Off to a Strong Start — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 21:46:33 +0000

[…] I feel this is a great replacement for blog comments, which I turned off nearly a year ago for the reasons stated here and here. With the forums I don’t have to worry about comment spam, and I don’t have to personally moderate comments since they now fall under the domain of the forum moderators. Forum posts are instantly approved by default, so discussions will be more efficient than when I was manually approving blog comments. The forums require a one-time free registration to be able to post, which shouldn’t discourage long-term visitors who really want to discuss these topics, but which should be just enough to deter most drive-by trolls. Furthermore, the forums have a ton of features that make online discussions far superior to any blog commenting system I’ve seen, regardless of the number of plug-ins. […]

By: Why Comments are Disabled · Island of Doctor Death

Why Comments are Disabled · Island of Doctor Death — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 05:18:44 +0000

[…] I read Steve Pavlina’s article about shutting down comments, where he notes that only a small percentage of his readers bother to read comments, and an even smaller percentage ever post a comment. His reasoning that spending time and energy on moderating comments for a relatively small group is not the best use of either his time or energy. I agree, I would much rather see more of his excellent articles than have him deal with unruly commenters. […]

By: Discussion Forums Coming Soon

Discussion Forums Coming Soon — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 16:21:28 +0000

[…] I’m not sure how active I’ll be in the forums myself. I was very active in the games forums I ran, and I liked the interaction, but it was a significant time investment. I want these forums to be a place for many-to-many interaction, not merely a substitute for blog comments. As I explained here and here, I found blog comments to be a poor choice for community building for this site. I’ll play it by ear and see how much time I have to contribute to the forums once they’re up and running. I don’t want to remain aloof, since I’d love the chance to get to know some of you better. […]

By: Blog Marketing, Blog Promotion for Newbies » Blog Archive » Could It Be A Well-Kept Secret?

Sat, 15 Oct 2005 15:42:47 +0000

[…] Pointing to Steve Pavlina’s decision to turn comments off on his Blog, Darren asks “Would you ever consider switching off the comments on your blog?” […]