by site editor Rick McCharles
95% of people don’t read the comments on this site. They are “buried“. You must make a special effort to find them. Or to comment.
I like it this way. But the topic is controversial:
If you’ve been following the blogging and social media scene over the last five or more years, you know that there’s one heated debate that keeps on showing up: the debate about comments on blogs. Should blogs have comments? Should these comments be moderated? When has a comment gone too far? Judging from a couple of recent events, it’s once again time to rethink these issues.
Popular gadget site Engadget has recently shut down comments. It’s a temporary measure, it says, but the blog took it because the “tone in comments has really gotten out of hand.” …
The main purpose of comments on Gymnastics Coaching is to share information. Or, more often, to correct a mistake that’s been posted.
If you want to debate Nastia vs Shawn ad nauseum, head over to one of the gymnastics forums. If you want to get nasty about it, there are invitation only private forums. If you can find them.
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