A JU Survey of a different kind!
I'm laughing because I had every intention of writing about this for a while now but didn't, less i seem to be nitpicking or something! But seeing Gene's article made me decide to! Link
I know we all love to write and that's why we are here, the fact that others are able to read and respond to what we write is very intoxicating and quite refreshing! To think that hey, someone is interested in what I wrote, you know what I mean? It gives you a certain feeling of pleasure, doesn't it for you? It does for me!lol!
I've always wondered if people care whether other bloggers care to comment on their articles. Scratch that! I know some of us do and try to respond to each comment, which is the polite thing to do. I have noticed the opposite as well. Some writers fail to acknowledge or even respond to comments left on their blogs.
That always leave me perplexed and wondering that maybe I shouldn't have bothered or maybe that person doesn't even want me there! Sometimes it wouldn't phase me but there are times when I wonder about it. Thus I've began to not bother with some of my regular readings because I can take a hint!
Then seeing Gene's blog made me think, first, that was so nice of him to say something because I wondered about that (as I've seen others do before too), because whether we like to think it or not, it makes us wonder "was it something I said?" or something like that!
It's the polite thing to do after all, even if you don't respond individually to each comment, don't you think?! I know everyone gets busy and perhaps they don't bother looking back at past articles, but wouldn't it be the expected thing to do?
So JUsers, do you like responding to comments left on your blogs, if not, why don't you?
[Note: This is in no way a complaint against any articles I've responded to in the past and have gotten no response, this is just a matter of curiosity about human behaviour!}