U Comment = I Comment - Exchange Your 2 Cents Here

2008-07-07T23:55:00.013-04:00

UPDATE 03-11-2009: I am no longer exchanging comments with everyone that posts one on my blog.

I have tried this and it has failed, mainly because of people taking advantage of my good nature by

leaving comments linking back to splogs and pure crap
leaving half a dozen dumb comments and expecting just as many good ones in return
placing rules upon my return comments with rediculous minimum length requirements
the plethora of just plain stupid comments left just to boost their own page rank and get both a nofollow link and a comment back from me

I don't have the time to play games any more. While I will still return comments with good blogs on occasion, and I still will post about great sites I find this way, please don't depend on it.

There are a number of people that read my blog and will contact me in private or elsewhere to share their thoughts, rather than leaving comments here.

They raise interesting points and we get into great discussions.

This is why I have very few comments on my blog and so many long IRC & private message chatlogs, instead.

Then there are others that read and wander off...with me never knowing what their thoughts are, never knowing who they are, where they came from, or if they have a blog of their own.

So, inspired by an article on John Chow's blog discussing evil ways to get more comments, and since I don't feel like talking to myself or being "evil", I have decided that anyone that comments on one of my posts (not this one) will receive a comment from me, somewhere on their blog. (not so evil)

The quality will be reciprocated. Leave a great comment and I'll leave a great one too. Leave a crappy "interesting post" comment and you will get a crappy comment from me, that you probably won't want showing on your blog.

I love free stuff. And I love giving away free stuff. And what is the one thing that I have in abundance that is free? My words. I always have a thought to share, and I share them freely when and where I can.

As any blogger that has had the honor of having me comment on their blog knows, I leave great comments that add value to a page. Sometimes I put more work into my comments than I do on my own blog posts.

I also write about and link to sites that I like, and leaving a comment on my blog is a great way to introduce your site to me and possibly end up with an honest, enthusiastic review on my blog, if I like it. But please don't spam, make the comment relevant to the post or you could find it deleted and yourself disqualified.

So, if you want one of my comments, leave one for me on a post other than this one.

Oh, and if you want to display my graphic on your blog and link to this post (or your own message) and do the same kind of comment exchanging, I won't mind. And if you make a better graphic than mine, let me know...I might want to use yours instead.

Cranial Soup

U Comment = I Comment - Exchange Your 2 Cents Here