Comments on: How to Shut People Out By Shutting Down

By: In Defense of No Comment | Poewar

In Defense of No Comment | Poewar — Sat, 05 May 2012 06:13:49 +0000

[...] over at Men with Pens is upset. He may even be angry. He has definitely gone on a rant.What’s the problem? Comments. Not everyone loves them the way that Men with Pens does. One [...]

By: I’m calling out Men with Pens | Dancing Geek

I’m calling out Men with Pens | Dancing Geek — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:15:51 +0000

[...] Naomi wrote a post about dropping comments from her blog, Harry wrote a post about what he thought was wrong and John wrote a post about the reaction to Harry’s [...]

By: » Spam Control: What Should Be Done? - Blog Content Provider .com » Archivio Blog

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:27:24 +0000

[...] controversy started when one of Naomi Dunsford’s readers took offense at her approach to the topic. He admitted that he wasn’t offended that she stopped people from commenting on her blog. He [...]

By: Josh Hohman

Josh Hohman — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:18:39 +0000

Holy comment volume, batman!

I consider myself relatively thin-skinned, and I didn’t feel insulted by Naomi’s explanation for removing comments, as the tone was consistent with the rest of her posts.

Whether or not the decision turns out to be bad for business remains to be seen, but the bulk of comments here fail to make the distinction between the strategy and the execution.

By: James

James — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:20:02 +0000

@ James – Oh coolness! I’m going to read now. (Um, what does this say about us that I get excited when someone disagrees?)

By: James | Dancing Geek

James | Dancing Geek — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:11:20 +0000

It’s taken me all day to get through the various posts and comments to be sure of this, but here it is: Harry – I’m calling you on this post.

James | Dancing Geeks last blog post..I’m calling out Men with Pens

By: James

James — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:21:56 +0000

@ Liz – Okay, wait, so you’re saying that if I say I’m your friend, you’ll write me a cheque…?

By: Liz Walker

Liz Walker — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:42:47 +0000

Before I went out on my own, I was an account guy for a couple of the biggest ad agencies in the world. We actually believed that clients did business with us because we were always right â€“ and we were pretty arrogant and dismissive when clients disagreed with us.

Imagine our surprise when an industry research study told us that clients felt they could do without us pretty darn easily, since their own marketing departments could do what we did, only better. Oops â€“ big dose of reality there.

Same with blogs. Arrogance is not an effective communications strategy. If I want people to write checks to me, I have to create and maintain a relationship with them.

While I might not have to expend the same energy on everyone, and I choose the people I invest time and energy in, I have to remember what what I post is seen by everyone. That means I have to deal with the obstreperous posters in a way that my more valuable contributors respect.

And if I donâ€™t invest the time and thought in doing this, well, they are going to brand me with the same epithet I apply to those guys I donâ€™t like. And they will likely be accurate.

By: Harmony

Harmony — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:36:11 +0000

Great discussion here. The comments section highlighting and contributing significantly to the discussion. Hmmm What does that mean? Harmonys last blog post..Who Is A Global Citizen?

By: Amy Derby

Amy Derby — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:42:22 +0000

Somehow I missed this. And now, reading it, I feel like the ostracized child of a bitter divorce.

I haven’t read all the comments because I’m having a bad day, and I don’t think I could take it. Maybe tomorrow.