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Re: Guy Kawaskai on Darren Rowse on Seth Godin

Chris — Wed, 21 May 2008 08:52:46 -0000

Thanks for all the great discussion here.

Re: Guy Kawaskai on Darren Rowse on Seth Godin

Darren — Tue, 20 May 2008 23:57:27 -0000

David - not sure it could be seen as gaming Technorati - he's not incentivising links or anything - just choosing not to let the conversation happen on his own blog. I actually like it in some ways because it picks up on another element of the social web (and what Seth is all about) - the viral nature of it all.

Re: Guy Kawaskai on Darren Rowse on Seth Godin

Darren Rowse — Tue, 20 May 2008 23:54:38 -0000

you're definitely smart Seth :-)

Chris - I think that link to Seth's explanation of why he doesn't have comments illustrates my point perfectly. It has 48 trackbacks on it! 48 bloggers (and they are just the ones who use trackbacks) wrote about Seth's decision not to have comments. I wonder how many of them would have bothered to write about it if they'd been able to leave a comment?!

Like I tried to say in the interview though, this might not have been Seth's intention behind the decision - but it's been one side benefit I'm sure.

Re: Guy Kawaskai on Darren Rowse on Seth Godin

Chris Brogan... — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:45:43 -0000

Seth's explained it before, right Seth? It's here.

Some days, I think it makes perfect sense, and other days, I rail against it myself. But that's the beauty. We're always only fighting with ourselves in times when we try to interpret another's choice.

It was a great interview, though. You have to admit. : )

Re: Guy Kawaskai on Darren Rowse on Seth Godin

Seth Godin — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:38:22 -0000

That's not why I don't have comments. I'm not that smart.

Re: Guy Kawaskai on Darren Rowse on Seth Godin

david valade — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:00:36 -0000

Hey Chris...

This is a very interesting approach to extending the reach of your network.

Here [http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2...] Fred Wilson advocates the use of a third party product to link all of your comment discussions in a format more easily accessible so other's can follow along and contribute to the LARGER conversation.

Based on the above description by Darren of Seth's actions and the effects seen in technorati, it could appear that Seth is simply gaming the system. And of course lacks a key element of the social web—dialog!

Re: Guy Kawaskai on Darren Rowse on Seth Godin

mac — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:30:35 -0000

Why no comments enabled?? Elementary rule of blogging!

http://www.pretentiousblogg...

Re: Guy Kawaskai on Darren Rowse on Seth Godin

JD (YooMakeMoneyOnline) — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:30:09 -0000

I think turning off comments would only work at the high profile peak of the blogosphere. You need to be someone worth blogging about and be saying something worth blogging about.

I also believe that if you really want comments you need to leave your posts open (not concluded, summarized or finished). Don't say it all! Leave some of the conversation for others to add!