A common concern raised by businesses evaluating Compendium Blogware as their blogging platform is what should be done about negative user comments. Some go so far as to wanting the ability to omit a comment section altogether.
Jeff Atwood, a well known software developer who also publishes a blog titled Coding Horror, has a great post about why bloggers should welcome comments, both good and bad. Pulling out a key excerpt:
He goes on to note that you should start worrying when people stop caring to comment at all. When the interest is gone.... when you are no longer relevant to your market... do you think your business will have much of a future?
Read Atwood's post.
Jeff Atwood, a well known software developer who also publishes a blog titled Coding Horror, has a great post about why bloggers should welcome comments, both good and bad. Pulling out a key excerpt:
Criticism, painful though it may be, is still a conversation. It means your readers and listeners are engaging with you, and there's something to learn from following that conversation. Those messages you're broadcasting out into the world are being received, in some form, by someone on the planet.
He goes on to note that you should start worrying when people stop caring to comment at all. When the interest is gone.... when you are no longer relevant to your market... do you think your business will have much of a future?
Read Atwood's post.








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