tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058132.post1395644536200421429..comments2023-09-25T10:35:16.856-05:00Comments on Beyond the Balcony: My Question Posed Out of Complete and Honest CuriosityChristopher Spicerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06802497559184935393noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058132.post-7557499009886138852012-02-02T23:09:06.296-05:002012-02-02T23:09:06.296-05:00Definitely because of bears. In all cases.
In gen...Definitely because of bears. In all cases.<br /><br />In general (for you and others) I sometimes comment on blogs and sometimes on Google+ or Facebook. I'm more inclined if it is Google+ because there seems to be more of a conversational atmosphere to it. But even then, it is hard to explain why I wouldn't just comment on the blog. Maybe G+/Facebook feels more personal? Maybe it seems more likely to be seen, at least by mutual contacts? But ultimately I would put my money on familiarity as the biggest factor. We already have the accounts set up and are signed into them, and we comment on things very intuitively. While you have one of the more common blog commenting login systems, there still isn't something as standardized that everybody just does automatically the way they can Facebook and (to a lesson extent) Google+. We like our comfortable little ruts when it comes to technology, like most things, and Facebook is the ultimate example of that - no matter how much people complain and to some extent don't even like it, we keep coming back because it is familiar and comfortable. Individual blogs don't have that same status.<br /><br />For times I don't comment, it is usually because I didn't care about the subject enough to finish reading or because I agree with you enough that I don't have anything new to say. I figure if it is meant to engage conversation and I'm not really adding to the conversation, I'm wasting everyone's time to comment. I'm not one to shy away from a blog debate if I disagree on something important but I imagine that's true for some.Ryan Robinsonnoreply@blogger.com