Should you have commenting on your blog?

Do you think listening to readers or allowing them to write back to you is a good thing? then a twitter handler will be OK, an email address at the end of each post will be good as well.

If someone wants to write back to you, they will find the way to write something to you.

There were times that visit a blog and I'd like to comment on the blog, when there's no way of writing the comment, I try to find a twitter handler or send an email (very rarely I send an email), however I prefer leaving a comment on the blog post itself instead of chasing the author here and there.

Although comment moderation, spamming, right time time to close the comment section etc needs to be considered as well when thinking of commenting option.

didn't vote. it's really up to you. i've done it for years... then took it off for years... depends on how YOU want to engage!

The problem with comments is that people often just throw them into their blogs without much thought. The real question is what should/can comments do for your blog?

What I think the purpose should be is to help transform a one-time reader that found you randomly into a community/audience member of yours. That means commenting should help engage readers and grow your long-term audience.

I’ve thought the state of blog comments has been broken for a while. No real innovation, purpose of commenting lost in companies like Disqus that were acquired (by a data company 🤦‍♂️)...

I’m actually working on a really clean solution for blog comments, analytics, and more blog-specific tools at joltblock.com! I’d love for anyone to grab early access! It’s free!