Commenting is extremely important in order to create communication. If millions of people were to post blogs, but no one was commenting on any of them, what would be the point of writing the blog. Even people who say they are only posting for themselves and not others still have something they want others to see. As each person blogs, commenters are responsible for showing the writer that their thoughts have been seen or heard. You don't have to agree with those thoughts, but when you don't, at least voice why you don't. Once you create a conversation, a sense of community can begin to develop.
Two other points from the reading...
The first important point that I read was involving meaningful comments. I believe some of the most useless things to read are comments like "that's awesome" or "that's stupid" with nothing else supporting why they believe that. Commenting should have some feeling behind it along with words to support that feeling.
The second important point that I read said to remember the power of words. So many people fail to think before they speak, or in this case, post. Sometimes people may post feelings they have, but never truly think about a way to say it without getting negative attention. It's ok to post your opinions when you have facts to back it up. Sadly, however, some people will just go off on a person's blog or comment and say things that may truly hurt someone. For example, politics today is becoming more and more a topic of discussion. A person may post that they do not agree with the lack of morals that are developing in this country and in politics. A person who disagrees with this may overreact and put the person down for simply wanting morals and religion to be more involved and may use examples of hateful things that are irrelevant to the persons initial post. Then, all this person has done is hurt or anger the writer as well as possibly creating anger from others who may read that post. Comments should be meant to make people think about things in a new perspective, not to enrage everyone and cause a fight.
The seven blogs I selected
Kristina McBride's post Thing #6
I chose her post because it was about a tool that I have never heard of before. It is something that every college student and teacher should know exists. I chose to comment on why I thought this application was so amazing because in one of the commenting blogs, it said you should never post a comment by simply saying that's amazing, or that's cool. In turn, I posted how I thought it would have been useful in my own experiences as well as others.
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