haha One of the reasons I don't use my YouTube account is that I don't care what those idiots have to say. OTOH, I enjoy comments on my actual site, because there's a slightly higher threshold and barrier to entry. It's easier to find things on YouTube, so you get a lot of comments from the "cheap seats". I've found that on my site, people tend to post relevant questions and statements, whether they agree or disagree. Then again, I have a spam filter that gets rid of a lot of the garbage.
So, I think it all comes down to what value YOU have received from your comments recently and whether you feel like the pros outweigh the cons. If I felt like I was getting garbage from my viewers/readers, I'd shut off comments immediately and let people email me if they wanted to discuss anything. Bill Cammack http://billcammack.com --- In [email protected], "schlomo rabinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hey all > Heath started me thinking about comments as I'm about to put up my videoblog > redesign (finally) and I'm starting to think that I don't want comments > enabled. > > As the years go, and as buddy Merlin puts <a href=" > http://www.43folders.com/2008/09/10/time-attention-creative-work";>here</a>: > " for an endless number of reasons that you've probably seen for yourself > across the web, the quality and care of visitor contributions everywhere has > hit what I truly hope is rock bottom." > > I agree. > > Here's another post that has me thinking about this: > http://shawnblanc.net/2007/why-daring-fireball-is-comment-free/ > > There's so many ways for friends and family to let me know that they > liked/not liked, that all the other trolling crap doesn't seem all that > needed. Maybe because I may drop comments from my videoblog I guess it may > just be called a Video Site? > > > > -- > Schlomo Rabinowitz > http://schlomolog.blogspot.com > http://hatfactory.net > AIM:schlomochat > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
