Ari Herzog

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Rethinking Blog Comments Again

Ari Herzog

If you look at every blog post I wrote in 2014 in reverse chronological order from yesterday’s post rationalizing why I tweet to my first post on branding , the above numeric series indicates how many comments people wrote on each post. This includes my comments, too. Why do I allow people to comment if few do?

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910 Blog Comments You Wrote Here

Ari Herzog

Old content is especially helpful when one sees lots of comments, tweets, and other social sharing metrics reflecting the value of whatever is written. Here is a short list of some older blog articles that are popular for a reason. 90 is the number of comments about blog lurking , illustrating why you choose not to comment.

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Thank You to 1,183 Commentators in 2011

Ari Herzog

Who could have predicted that 1,183 distinct names wrote comments here over the past 12 months? Many names belong to the same person, such as writing “John” on some comments and “John Smith” on others, but each name represents a person who was voluntarily inspired to take moments out of their day and share thoughts. [.]

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To Livefyre and Back Again: Vanilla WordPress Commenting System Returns

Ari Herzog

There are many reasons for the change back to the default, most notably that many long-time commentators had complained about various functions (or lack of functions and didn’t want to wait until future plugin versions included their wish lists). Marking comments as spam, for instance, required multiple clicks instead of one.

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5 Easy Steps to Install the Disqus Commenting System on a Google Blogger Blog

Ari Herzog

I adore the ease of creating a blog with Google’s Blogger (or Blogspot) platform — which AriWriter once was before migrating to WordPress in the fall of 2008 — but the commenting system is not user friendly. Good luck adding a comment from a mobile device, for instance. Enter Disqus. In this case, you want Blogger.

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Clean Your Social Connections

Ari Herzog

Scrolling through my LinkedIn news feed (similar to Facebook’s, showing what my connections are liking, commenting, sharing, and updating), I recognized a while ago that I didn’t know a lot of names. Maybe we commented on the same blogs. Tip: Dive into your friend list. Create lists. Enjoy, and be safe.

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Where to Buy Personal Masks Made in America

Ari Herzog

Here’s a Twitter list of more. Third: Scroll below for a list of companies throughout the United States with websites and capacity to produce and sell masks in larger quantities. Third: Scroll below for a list of companies throughout the United States with websites and capacity to produce and sell masks in larger quantities.

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