Comments on: Negative comments are good for your blog http://www.laurenceborel.com/2010/03/05/negative-comments-are-good-for-your-blog/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:18:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt Churchill http://www.laurenceborel.com/2010/03/05/negative-comments-are-good-for-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-2938 Matt Churchill Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:36:09 +0000 http://www.laurenceborel.com/?p=2556#comment-2938 The great thing about getting negative comments is that, as you say, it challenges you to think differently. If you've got a point of view and you're encouraged to consider a different point if view then it seems to me that it will either make you think about how to make your argument stronger, or indeed even change your mind altogether. The whole point of comments, to me anyway, is to encouarage transparency,discussion and debate amongst your community, no matter how large or small it is. When Engadget shut down their comments a whiole back i was surprised as they were one of the pioneers who left their comments largely unmoderated. The community will always police itself and they'll respect you as a blogger if you let them do so! The great thing about getting negative comments is that, as you say, it challenges you to think differently. If you’ve got a point of view and you’re encouraged to consider a different point if view then it seems to me that it will either make you think about how to make your argument stronger, or indeed even change your mind altogether.

The whole point of comments, to me anyway, is to encouarage transparency,discussion and debate amongst your community, no matter how large or small it is.

When Engadget shut down their comments a whiole back i was surprised as they were one of the pioneers who left their comments largely unmoderated.

The community will always police itself and they’ll respect you as a blogger if you let them do so!

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