Comments on: A blogging meme: what do you expect from a blog? http://changemod.com/755/2008/01/05/a-blogging-meme-what-do-you-expect-from-a-blog/ The theory of social networks and the evolution of the web. Studying the social web, network theory, blogging and privacy issues of the internet. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:12:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: An Unmeme: What Do Readers Expect of Your Blog? | Terry Heath http://changemod.com/755/2008/01/05/a-blogging-meme-what-do-you-expect-from-a-blog/#comment-930 An Unmeme: What Do Readers Expect of Your Blog? | Terry Heath Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:27:05 +0000 http://changemod.com/755/2008/01/05/a-blogging-meme-what-do-you-expect-from-a-blog/#comment-930 [...] folks had various reactions, from praising it as the greatest thing since sliced bread to proclaiming their [...] [...] folks had various reactions, from praising it as the greatest thing since sliced bread to proclaiming their [...]

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]]> By: Terry Heath http://changemod.com/755/2008/01/05/a-blogging-meme-what-do-you-expect-from-a-blog/#comment-85 Terry Heath Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:43:32 +0000 http://changemod.com/755/2008/01/05/a-blogging-meme-what-do-you-expect-from-a-blog/#comment-85 I feel the same sense of disappointment when I get 200 visitors to a post but only a couple comments. I've had a boost in readers lately because some of my posts have been submitted to StumbleUpon by wonderful readers like yourself. But so far, none of those new visitors have commented and I can't tell if they have subscribed to my feeds (my subscriber numbers are growing but nowhere near the rate of new visitors). The comments I do get are from those who are already becoming regulars. Of course, I'm very thankful that readers are starting to Stumble my posts. I'm sure some of the new visitors will become regular readers. But I don't think the lack of comments is a reflection on your blog. I don't think the low number of conversions to subscribers is either. I think those who follow social bookmarking are more likely to watch StumbleUpon or Digg for things to read on a daily basis instead of subscribing to an RSS feed. I'd do a survey to find out if that's true, but if they come from a social bookmarking site will they answer my survey? lol I feel the same sense of disappointment when I get 200 visitors to a post but only a couple comments. I’ve had a boost in readers lately because some of my posts have been submitted to StumbleUpon by wonderful readers like yourself. But so far, none of those new visitors have commented and I can’t tell if they have subscribed to my feeds (my subscriber numbers are growing but nowhere near the rate of new visitors). The comments I do get are from those who are already becoming regulars.

Of course, I’m very thankful that readers are starting to Stumble my posts. I’m sure some of the new visitors will become regular readers.

But I don’t think the lack of comments is a reflection on your blog. I don’t think the low number of conversions to subscribers is either. I think those who follow social bookmarking are more likely to watch StumbleUpon or Digg for things to read on a daily basis instead of subscribing to an RSS feed. I’d do a survey to find out if that’s true, but if they come from a social bookmarking site will they answer my survey? lol

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