Comments on: Blogetiquette for Dummies http://theideasmithy.com/blogetiquette-for-dummies/ ~ Workshop of a chronic thinker ~ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:59:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: IdeaSmith http://theideasmithy.com/blogetiquette-for-dummies/#comment-3398 IdeaSmith Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:14:44 +0000 http://theideasmithy.com/blogetiquette-for-dummies/#comment-3398 @ the mad momma: Hahahaha! I can imagine you'd have a tough time doing that. Celebrities can't be expected to shake hands with all their fans! :-D Actually I confess to not always following my own golden rules. But what the hell..I aspire to, anyway!! When I have the time, I often go back to old posts simply to check the links of the people who've commented. Sometimes I like them, sometimes I don't. I don't always comment, am quite a lurker and apparantly it isn't a good thing. @ the mad momma: Hahahaha! I can imagine you’d have a tough time doing that. Celebrities can’t be expected to shake hands with all their fans! :-D Actually I confess to not always following my own golden rules. But what the hell..I aspire to, anyway!! When I have the time, I often go back to old posts simply to check the links of the people who’ve commented. Sometimes I like them, sometimes I don’t. I don’t always comment, am quite a lurker and apparantly it isn’t a good thing.

]]> By: the mad momma http://theideasmithy.com/blogetiquette-for-dummies/#comment-3390 the mad momma Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:34:44 +0000 http://theideasmithy.com/blogetiquette-for-dummies/#comment-3390 great post. agree with every word. the return visit one is polite and you're absolutely right. but it drives me nuts. i barely get time to write my own longwinded (!) posts and then return visits... what do you do if you return a visit and dont like what you read? do you politely keep it up just because they visit you often? or can you be done with it? please tell me i dont have to keep going back if i dont like what i read :( great post. agree with every word. the return visit one is polite and you’re absolutely right. but it drives me nuts. i barely get time to write my own longwinded (!) posts and then return visits…

what do you do if you return a visit and dont like what you read? do you politely keep it up just because they visit you often? or can you be done with it?

please tell me i dont have to keep going back if i dont like what i read :(

]]> By: IdeaSmith http://theideasmithy.com/blogetiquette-for-dummies/#comment-3362 IdeaSmith Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:49:53 +0000 http://theideasmithy.com/blogetiquette-for-dummies/#comment-3362 @ Sharanya: Ah. People are rarely who they seem/claim to be online or offline anyway, wouldn't you say? @ Sharanya: Ah. People are rarely who they seem/claim to be online or offline anyway, wouldn’t you say?

]]> By: Sharanya http://theideasmithy.com/blogetiquette-for-dummies/#comment-3360 Sharanya Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:13:49 +0000 http://theideasmithy.com/blogetiquette-for-dummies/#comment-3360 You forgot the one about how "people are rarely who they purport to be online. So take everything, whether you're a blogger or a reader, with a pinch of salt." :) Seriously, I wish more people would realise this. Would keep both disputes and blog-flirting from getting uncomfortably personal. You forgot the one about how “people are rarely who they purport to be online. So take everything, whether you’re a blogger or a reader, with a pinch of salt.” :)

Seriously, I wish more people would realise this. Would keep both disputes and blog-flirting from getting uncomfortably personal.

]]> By: IdeaSmith http://theideasmithy.com/blogetiquette-for-dummies/#comment-3357 IdeaSmith Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:36:17 +0000 http://theideasmithy.com/blogetiquette-for-dummies/#comment-3357 @ Deepika: It's never too late to say sorry especially on a blog where the words will stay as long as you let them. :-) I have nothing against expressing one's point of view even if it contradicts the post. I don't like rudeness though. @ Pritam: I guess it's easy to slip up when one is in a comfort mode and forget that there is a real person at the other end of the post who might be hurt by one's brash words? All of us could do with a gentle reminder now and then. @ chennairamblings. Bloggers are human; trolls are not!! :-) @ Ravi: I've mailed it to you. Hope it helps! @ Ashwin: Thus spake the creator of the chaos! :-D @ Deepika: It’s never too late to say sorry especially on a blog where the words will stay as long as you let them. :-) I have nothing against expressing one’s point of view even if it contradicts the post. I don’t like rudeness though.

@ Pritam: I guess it’s easy to slip up when one is in a comfort mode and forget that there is a real person at the other end of the post who might be hurt by one’s brash words? All of us could do with a gentle reminder now and then.

@ chennairamblings. Bloggers are human; trolls are not!! :-)

@ Ravi: I’ve mailed it to you. Hope it helps!

@ Ashwin: Thus spake the creator of the chaos! :-D

]]> By: Ashwin http://theideasmithy.com/blogetiquette-for-dummies/#comment-3356 Ashwin Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:27:32 +0000 http://theideasmithy.com/blogetiquette-for-dummies/#comment-3356 I of course meant to post this in your next post about Sandman and his lot. i blame the lack of sleep at 4 AM for this. :-S I of course meant to post this in your next post about Sandman and his lot. i blame the lack of sleep at 4 AM for this.

:-S

]]> By: Ashwin http://theideasmithy.com/blogetiquette-for-dummies/#comment-3355 Ashwin Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:25:43 +0000 http://theideasmithy.com/blogetiquette-for-dummies/#comment-3355 Symptom 1 - Wanting to spend hours at Landmark reading all that they have. Symptom 2 - Quoting them on your blog and commiting quotes to memory Bwahahaa... another one transmogrified into a mindless comic reading fiend. One hundred million more to go. Symptom 1 - Wanting to spend hours at Landmark reading all that they have.

Symptom 2 - Quoting them on your blog and commiting quotes to memory

Bwahahaa… another one transmogrified into a mindless comic reading fiend. One hundred million more to go.

]]> By: Ravi http://theideasmithy.com/blogetiquette-for-dummies/#comment-3354 Ravi Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:23:22 +0000 http://theideasmithy.com/blogetiquette-for-dummies/#comment-3354 Gr8 Guide :) By the way, I need some help from you, buddy.. Which plug in are you using to have this "Notify me of followup comments via e-mail" under the Reply option? Any help is much appreciated, mam :) Take care! Gr8 Guide :)

By the way, I need some help from you, buddy..

Which plug in are you using to have this “Notify me of followup comments via e-mail” under the Reply option?

Any help is much appreciated, mam :)

Take care!

]]> By: chennairamblings http://theideasmithy.com/blogetiquette-for-dummies/#comment-3352 chennairamblings Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:37:09 +0000 http://theideasmithy.com/blogetiquette-for-dummies/#comment-3352 @IS Seriously, that sucks, One would expect bloggers to know better, but then as someone pointed out once, bloggers are just human beings, as fallible as the rest. @IS
Seriously, that sucks,
One would expect bloggers to know better, but then as someone pointed out once, bloggers are just human beings, as fallible as the rest.

]]> By: Pritam http://theideasmithy.com/blogetiquette-for-dummies/#comment-3351 Pritam Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:34:28 +0000 http://theideasmithy.com/blogetiquette-for-dummies/#comment-3351 Hi, I liked the list. We all know what's right and what's not. But I always need someone to recall those things that are correct and what one should do. Thanks for doing that. Hope I adhere to your advice for long. Hi,

I liked the list. We all know what’s right and what’s not. But I always need someone to recall those things that are correct and what one should do.
Thanks for doing that. Hope I adhere to your advice for long.

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