Whenever I come to my blog, frankly, I am disappointed. What am I disappointed with?
“0 COMENTS”
Oh.. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t want to attribute this problem to you guys’ indifference. (In fact, I don’t deserve to do so, because I’m not that good commenter, either.) What I am concerned about is why I am not good at writing things to get attention.
Thus, I have looked around you guys’ blogs to figure out the reasons why some blogs are popular and others are in the same place like me – “0 comments”.
First, popular blogs are interesting to read. Very simple. Also, while I am reading the blogs, it strikes me that I want to comment something. In addition, most bloggers use “I” as the subject of writings, which makes readers feel friendly with the bloggers as if we are talking with.
On the other hand, my blog….
First of all, those are uselessly too long. Once readers find the writings are too long, they tend to just give up reading them. Why? Because there are so many shorter and funnier writings. Besides, the contents are kind of stiff. What is worse is some writings just threw general facts or things that I wanted to say without any room for commenter. (Frankly speaking, sometimes I, myself, felt no one would like to comment this writing, while I was writing.)
So…
I have tried to change my style and give you guys more fun to read.
Finally, I want to listen to your secrets to get attention and your opinions about “interesting blogs”.
4 comments:
Hi Sang Min-
Well, since nobody has posted anything yet, after reading your blog it caught my attention with the title "I wanna be popular". I think that "interesting blogs" come from the title that gets the attention of the reader, just like yours! On the other hand, I may suggest to you to leave some white-space in between so as you writing does not look all one long paragraph. Just a suggestion...
Benjamin
Great analysis of "why people comment -- and why they don't". With your permission, I'll use this post for my students in Fall 2007 who will be taking this class.
I do agree with you on the comments issue that exist. However, I don't think you should change your style. It's always nice to try to do something that engage the reader but isn't a blog suppose to reflect you as a person? What if a blogger is boring? I think if someone is engaging in their blog...they will probally be the same in realtiy. On the other hand some topics are dry and there is not much you can do.
Thank you for all comments.
Benzamin, your suggestion will greatly work for me. From now on, I'll try to give more "white" space.:)
Prof. Melander, of course you can use this post as your class material. I'm really glad that I can give you a little help to improve the future class.
Allison, it's true and I agree with you. But, I think people can become different whether it's online or in reality. Also, when it comes to "blogging", it is the most important to attract people's attention to blogs by whatever method it is. (It might be more important than contents themselves!!)
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