So I have a question for you Internet Nerd Herd (or INH, as I feel we are close enough that I can call you by your nickname). Is commenting on the blogs of people you don't know a strange thing to do? I love when people comment on my blog! But when I post a comment on a stranger's blog, I feel kind of stalker-y. I don't know why. It's not like the person doesn't have a blog where they publish stories for the whole world to read! But I worry that the blogger will wonder, Who the heck is this person, and why the heck is she commenting on my blog?! Which, if that is what the blogger is thinking, I don't know why that matters. But tell me, INH, is there proper etiquette for commenting? And what is the rule for linking to other sites?
*To H, this really isn't an insult. He has nicknames for everyone and for my little sub-groups of friends. There are several reasons why I think I have to embrace the nerd label:
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6 comments:
It is okay and even desirable to get bloggers that you aren't yet familiar with to leave comments. Then you can get to know them.
Link to anybody. It is a compliment, I believe.
However, changing FFMB to INH? Nah...
I agree; it's totally fine to comment on someone's site even if you don't know them. (I must think so, or I wouldn't be leaving a comment on yours right now!) ;-)
Personally I'd rather get comments from people I don't know than continually see the same IP addresses in my sitemeter statistics and wonder who the heck is visiting every day but not saying anything!
Carol,
I don't think you should change FFMB to INH either. I like calling everyone on the INH though.
Stefanie,
That is a good point. Now you know who those scary lurkers are! (And the answer is: me!)
nah, bring on your comments! we all like them because it tells us people are actually reading the crap we throw out into the universe.
Yeah, what Jasclo said. If we're putting stuff out there, it's nice to know someone's responding to it.
And I just added a comment in response to your comment on my post from the other day. Thought I'd mention that in case you don't look back at that post again.
Oh, and I don't think you're a scary lurker (though you might think I'm one now, for coming back to comment on the same thing I already commented on). I'll stop now...
Thanks, everyone! I will fear commenting no more!
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