Mrs Banjer’s Little Bytes

Often, the “conversations” on a blog occur between a commenter and the blogger. That is, commenters will read and respond to a post, addressing their responses to the blogger. Conversations can become richer, though, if we also respond to other commenters. This means that we have to also start reading the previous comments on a [...]

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Most of us have a tendency to comment when we come across a blog post with which we agree. The blogger says something that makes us want to shout “Me too!” and we’re motivated to leave a comment. But what happens when we read a post with which we don’t agree? What do we do [...]

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One of the most powerful conversation starters is to ask a question. While many of us ask questions in our own blog posts, we may not tend to ask questions when we comment on other blogs. Yet this can be one of the best ways to engage the blogger and other commenters in further discussion.
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Leaving a single comment on a blog and then moving on isn’t necessarily the best way to engage in a conversation or use blog commenting for learning. It’s more of a one-way, once-and-done approach that doesn’t take full advantage of what commenting can do for you. To really engage in conversations through blog commenting, you [...]

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Many of us can get into the habit of commenting at the same blogs. But part of extending the conversation is bringing new people into it. Today’s task is simple. Leave a comment on a blog where you’ve never commented before. If you’re feeling particularly ambitious, do this at a few blogs. You may want [...]

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