Coming out of hiding
I decided to sign up for this year's NaBloPoMo for several reasons. In order of importance: 1) To help me resist the urge to sign up for NaNoWriMo and suffer the inevitable failure and disappointment; and 2) To help me stop over-editing myself and not posting the things I think about/write.
Today I have to add a number three to that list, because I am realizing that I've grown a bit insular in my blog habits these days. I read a lot of blogs and comment on a tiny, itty-bitty minority of them. (And if ever the world could come up with a better word than blog, I would die a happy woman.)
So if you're here because I'm leaving comments on your website and you're wondering who the heck I am, that's just because I'm making an effort to not just live like a voyeur. I am actually going to participate! Fancy that.
Comments
I don't take issue with your behavour.
I comment irregularly on about 4 blogs. I have 8 in my bookmarks list. 3 of those do not allow comments. Pft.
Why is not commenting a bad thing?
Posted by: Wil | 4:22PM, 10.18.07
Because I think I'm missing out on getting to know more interesting people. And that's a bad thing.
Posted by: andrea | 4:28PM, 10.18.07
I think it is great if you want to be more interactive, and this is coming from someone who is (arguably) more antisocial than Wil.
Commenting is a weird thing for me. The first comment on a site is always TERRIFYING.
Posted by: jane | 5:36PM, 10.18.07
I've been coming out of my shell a bit recently in this regard. Sometimes I think I go to far and comment just for the sake of it, but I've never (yet) had a bad reaction. In fact it always gives me a little rush when someone whose blog I admire responds to me - thanks me for commenting, starts a conversation with me, agrees with my point, etc.
Remember E.M. Forster's maxim: "Only connect". This is what the internet's for, right?
Posted by: simon | 4:04AM, 10.19.07
I comment ALL the time but I'm a blabbermouth!
Posted by: Leslie | 3:40PM, 10.20.07