Feedback on Blogwatch Comments

Two weeks ago, I asked if people might like us to add a Comments feature to the KM Blogwatch. The lack of enthusiasm was palpable, and I have to say I am sympathetic. Blogs are a social medium, but their popularity results from the voice of the blogger, not those who post comments.

I am almost always dismayed when I read comments on blog posts, much in the same way that I cannot bear to hear the people who call in with remarks on talk radio. They typically represent the lowest common denominator of thought - inarticulate, ignorant, laced with vitriol. Here's an example.

So all I guess all I have to say is ... "No Comment."

Adding Reader Comments to the Blogwatch

We are considering adding a Comments feature to the Blogwatch emails (and web page).

Here's how it would work. A Comments link would accompany each blog post in the Blogwatch email. If you wanted to publish a comment on that post, you could click on the link and go to a form that would allow you to add your comments. All comments from the prior day would appear at the bottom of the next day's Blogwatch email, with links to the original post.

So here are a few questions.

1. Do you like the idea of a Comments feature?
2. Would you post comments on blog posts yourself?
3. Would you read comments on blog posts yourself?
   

Please let me know in an email. Write to me at pschwartz@knowledgemosaic.com. Answering "yes" or "no" to Questions 1/2/3/ will suffice.

Thanks very much! I'll let you know what the teeming masses dictate.