Comments on: More on the Blogosphere’s Diluted Conversation http://www.sarahintampa.com/sarah/2008/03/21/more-on-the-blogospheres-diluted-conversation.html Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:55:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Fractured Commenting (I’m late to this, but I’m early, too) :: sarahintampa http://www.sarahintampa.com/sarah/2008/03/21/more-on-the-blogospheres-diluted-conversation.html#comment-2910 Fractured Commenting (I’m late to this, but I’m early, too) :: sarahintampa Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:52:06 +0000 http://www.sarahintampa.com/sarah/2008/03/21/more-on-the-blogospheres-diluted-conversation.html#comment-2910 [...] I also again rehashed things here: "More on the Blogosphere’s Diluted Conversation." [...] [...] I also again rehashed things here: "More on the Blogosphere’s Diluted Conversation." [...]

]]> By: Sarah http://www.sarahintampa.com/sarah/2008/03/21/more-on-the-blogospheres-diluted-conversation.html#comment-2824 Sarah Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:07:25 +0000 http://www.sarahintampa.com/sarah/2008/03/21/more-on-the-blogospheres-diluted-conversation.html#comment-2824 @Vlad - very interesting points to consider there...hmmmm @Vlad - very interesting points to consider there…hmmmm

]]> By: christophe http://www.sarahintampa.com/sarah/2008/03/21/more-on-the-blogospheres-diluted-conversation.html#comment-2816 christophe Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:49:27 +0000 http://www.sarahintampa.com/sarah/2008/03/21/more-on-the-blogospheres-diluted-conversation.html#comment-2816 Sarah, From what we see in our traffic, yes, definitely, some people are still using coComment ;-) I would even say that we do get more and more users/conversations everyday. When we say "Track your conversation", this does not mean that you are actually commenting: you can just click on track and this conversation will be added to your list and you will be notified when a new comment is added. Hope that helps. Sarah,

From what we see in our traffic, yes, definitely, some people are still using coComment ;-) I would even say that we do get more and more users/conversations everyday.
When we say “Track your conversation”, this does not mean that you are actually commenting: you can just click on track and this conversation will be added to your list and you will be notified when a new comment is added.

Hope that helps.

]]> By: Vlad Mazek http://www.sarahintampa.com/sarah/2008/03/21/more-on-the-blogospheres-diluted-conversation.html#comment-2811 Vlad Mazek Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:02:18 +0000 http://www.sarahintampa.com/sarah/2008/03/21/more-on-the-blogospheres-diluted-conversation.html#comment-2811 (not reduce the audience -- I meant to say "does it not reduce the commercial appeal of blogging and the frequency/quality of posts" and just proliferates brainless 140 character rants? -Vlad (not reduce the audience — I meant to say “does it not reduce the commercial appeal of blogging and the frequency/quality of posts” and just proliferates brainless 140 character rants?

-Vlad

]]> By: Vlad Mazek http://www.sarahintampa.com/sarah/2008/03/21/more-on-the-blogospheres-diluted-conversation.html#comment-2810 Vlad Mazek Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:00:27 +0000 http://www.sarahintampa.com/sarah/2008/03/21/more-on-the-blogospheres-diluted-conversation.html#comment-2810 Another point to consider -- what does this do for the content creators? If the traffic on the original posters side is down, commenting is down, visits (and) clickthroughs are down, does that reduce the commercial appeal of bloging and thereby reduce the audience? Or is the bet on the long tail of things, that eventually others will find out about blogs they wouldn't have found out about without the comment by the third party? -Vlad Another point to consider — what does this do for the content creators?

If the traffic on the original posters side is down, commenting is down, visits (and) clickthroughs are down, does that reduce the commercial appeal of bloging and thereby reduce the audience? Or is the bet on the long tail of things, that eventually others will find out about blogs they wouldn’t have found out about without the comment by the third party?

-Vlad

]]> By: Vlad Mazek http://www.sarahintampa.com/sarah/2008/03/21/more-on-the-blogospheres-diluted-conversation.html#comment-2809 Vlad Mazek Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:55:36 +0000 http://www.sarahintampa.com/sarah/2008/03/21/more-on-the-blogospheres-diluted-conversation.html#comment-2809 Sarah, I don't know, I kind of feel like the proof is in the pudding. I found out about your original story by following your blog. I put up a blog post and I linked back to your blog (ie, you) and your story (ie, your point). I found out about your response, ie, trackback. I am not sure what the incrimental value of 2nd or 3rd degree conversation is. The expense of seeking it out through a third party service, to me, makes it next to worthless. If your opinion was so valuable, would you not want it seen by the highest likely interested audience that is reading it at its source and considering it at the same time? -Vlad Sarah,

I don’t know, I kind of feel like the proof is in the pudding. I found out about your original story by following your blog. I put up a blog post and I linked back to your blog (ie, you) and your story (ie, your point). I found out about your response, ie, trackback.

I am not sure what the incrimental value of 2nd or 3rd degree conversation is. The expense of seeking it out through a third party service, to me, makes it next to worthless. If your opinion was so valuable, would you not want it seen by the highest likely interested audience that is reading it at its source and considering it at the same time?

-Vlad

]]> By: Sarah http://www.sarahintampa.com/sarah/2008/03/21/more-on-the-blogospheres-diluted-conversation.html#comment-2807 Sarah Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:25:36 +0000 http://www.sarahintampa.com/sarah/2008/03/21/more-on-the-blogospheres-diluted-conversation.html#comment-2807 I can't wait to read your post, sounds interesting! I can’t wait to read your post, sounds interesting!

]]> By: Corvida http://www.sarahintampa.com/sarah/2008/03/21/more-on-the-blogospheres-diluted-conversation.html#comment-2806 Corvida Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:23:19 +0000 http://www.sarahintampa.com/sarah/2008/03/21/more-on-the-blogospheres-diluted-conversation.html#comment-2806 They should at least give the option or some kind of opt-out/in. Nevertheless, FriendFeed's intimacy is fantastic. It's wonderful, but I think it's making some of us lazy to the point where we won't comment on the blog. I'm writing a post to contribute my thoughts surrounding conversation fragmentation. I think the authors should be given more credit though and I think we as bloggers have a responsibility to make sure they get the proper credit that we would want in return. They should at least give the option or some kind of opt-out/in.

Nevertheless, FriendFeed’s intimacy is fantastic. It’s wonderful, but I think it’s making some of us lazy to the point where we won’t comment on the blog. I’m writing a post to contribute my thoughts surrounding conversation fragmentation. I think the authors should be given more credit though and I think we as bloggers have a responsibility to make sure they get the proper credit that we would want in return.

]]> By: Louis Gray http://www.sarahintampa.com/sarah/2008/03/21/more-on-the-blogospheres-diluted-conversation.html#comment-2805 Louis Gray Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:38:45 +0000 http://www.sarahintampa.com/sarah/2008/03/21/more-on-the-blogospheres-diluted-conversation.html#comment-2805 I don't think there will be a time when everybody agrees. FriendFeed has stated they intend to keep some fragmentation to conversations, but there may be improvements going forward that tie the diversity together. As I noted on FriendFeed in response to Allen's article: http://friendfeed.com/e/b82c0b8f-9732-ab15-09ce-487d3d41fcad ' I don't think we'll get a unified opinion on unifying comments. Some like having conversations on FriendFeed rather than on the original source. Others, mainly the content producers, want the conversation on their site. But while Allen says, "No reader is going to hit up all of the services listed above to try to track and join the conversation", I say, "No reader is going to go to all the individual blogs to make comments." ' I don’t think there will be a time when everybody agrees. FriendFeed has stated they intend to keep some fragmentation to conversations, but there may be improvements going forward that tie the diversity together. As I noted on FriendFeed in response to Allen’s article:

http://friendfeed.com/e/b82c0b.....7d3d41fcad

‘ I don’t think we’ll get a unified opinion on unifying comments. Some like having conversations on FriendFeed rather than on the original source. Others, mainly the content producers, want the conversation on their site. But while Allen says, “No reader is going to hit up all of the services listed above to try to track and join the conversation”, I say, “No reader is going to go to all the individual blogs to make comments.” ‘

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