Blog Comments

This isn’t really about this blog, it’s more about blogs in general.  Do you ever tend to feel that it isn’t really worth it to post a comment?

I know that for me, I sometimes tend to feel that comments other than praise are not fully welcome because the person is putting their opinion out there, and as it’s their page, they should get the last word.  They don’t know me, and even if I feel what I have to say is helpful, they may not.  I’m not looking to start an argument with anyone.

For my own articles, I’m not sure what I expect in the way of comments.  Praise is nice.  I really like it when people ask questions or share their own experiences with whatever topic I’ve written upon.  I don’t mind differing opinions – if someone thinks I’m wrong, then I don’t mind them saying so as long as they aren’t being overtly rude.

I tend to feel that I should comment more so that folks know that their posts are being read and appreciated.  Sometimes I wish that more blog formats had a ‘Like’ button – even though I know that’s lazy (blame FB).

What do you think?  Do you comment frequently on posts that you read?  Do you feel that all comments, even criticism is welcome?  If you have nothing to say other than ‘this was a cool article’, do you just kind of not bother (that’s the category I think I fall into a lot of the time)?

All comments welcome

Been a While

I spent a good hour this morning trying to explain Paganism to a Christian today (found the post through random tag surfing). Haven’t done that in a while. I think I got a bit rambly. I’m not sure if I know how to cut it down to the short and sweet points anymore.

It got me to thinking about articles that need writing, and things that might be publishable to print magazines. A good and thorough look at Pagan spirituality in contrast to mainstream beliefs would probably find a home in one of our local lifestyle magazines.

A good long rant about how Eclectism isn’t a sin would probably be good for online publication. That one could be a bit of a powder keg, so it might take a while to get the words properly polished.

I have a couple of old article ideas that are still waiting for me to actually write them out. With Tara and Stonehenge being in the news so much lately, I should probably get my ‘Sacred Sites’ article together. Also, I’d like to write out my ‘Glamour’ article.

I think that when I first came up with the idea for ‘Galmour’ it was going to just be a rant about what Western society does to a woman’s self image, and it probably still will be, but I do have a bit of a passion for style and colour and to a lesser degree, make-up. What I need to decide is how to break it into two articles that don’t contradict each other.

I’m not really sure if my style of writing is something that would work on Rending the Veil. Most of what I write are opinion pieces. I would probably be a great columnist

Well, I guess we will see what the day brings.

–Phae

X-posted to LJ