Thursday, June 28, 2007

Judging a blog by its comments

What conclusions, if any, ought one draw from the quality of comments and discussion elicited by a prominent blogger?
If a large percentage of the commentators appear to be mean-spirited idiots, should one conclude anything about the blogger who attracts (and apparently feeds) them?
Does it matter it the blog comments are substantially moderated, or if it is more of a free for all (with very occasional deletions of self-posted comments)?
As a relatively new blogger who receives relatively few comments (and posts even fewer), I'm just wondering.

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