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Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

Marc — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:29:08 -0000

What's the point of posting something if you have nothing to say? I don't. Although it's probably a good thing not everyone subscribes to that attitude, or 90% of blogs would vanish overnight if everyone subscribed to that theory, and then what would we laugh at?

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

paulhelmick — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:05:06 -0000

I commend you on the effort and initiative in this Robert... Especially with all that's going on now in your life (congrats!) Been on the fence for a while with FB, but read your blog all the time, but with time being the scarcest resource of all have limited my linked in and FB time... With that being said - sending you an invite :-) ~ all the best, Paul.

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

Job Blogger — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:40:10 -0000

I agree that I have not posted too many comments on your blog but I have done it once or twice.
So, here comes one more.
Will be great to see your footprints/remarks on my blog too.
Thanks.

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

Nap Fisker — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:01:30 -0000

105! It's just that I can't keep up with you Robert.

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

Roland — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:52:53 -0000

I love your blog. But when I go through all my feeds, I don't have time to leave comments on all the blogs I like. So in fact I rarely comment on any blogs at all, only when there is really something of value I contribute, something that is new (see also comment #103, that is the same thing for me).

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

Nigel Cheshire — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:53:07 -0000

Just to prove a point: "Me too."

I block my feed reading sessions together and so am typically 1+ day behind everyone else - hence usually nothing useful to add to the conversation. Plus Google Reader discourages commenting.

-Nigel

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

Andrew — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:28:40 -0000

Long time reader. First time posting

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

Nickie — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:01:05 -0000

I usually don't comment because I know that at least one other commenter has said something similar to what I want to say. It's also challenging to get through all of the information in feeds, facebook, livejournal, twitter and who knowss what else. By the time I get to the posts I've saved in other tabs of firefox, I've forgotten what I wanted to say.

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

mandrill — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:22:08 -0000

I'm sometimes put off from commenting (anywhere, not just here) if I feel I don't know enough about the subject at hand, don't take it personally, its a self esteem thing. I'm working on it though :)

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

tamar — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:11:13 -0000

"In fact, out of the 700 people who added me as a Facebook friend I can only see about 20 that have left a comment — ever."

I sure as hell hope that number includes me. I comment sometimes. :P

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

Jill — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:00:24 -0000

It doesn't seem like other people like me (which I guess means women in their early 30's interested in things like gardening and cooking and community building) comment here very much -- I feel a little bit like I'm butting in! It looks dumb when I write it down. I guess I'll take this post as an invitation to comment more.

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

GetSheila — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:55:31 -0000

I only comment when I have something to add to the conversation. Or like now, when you beg. :)

I am in finance, but I used to work in high-tech tax so I follow your blog to keep abreast of what is going on. I ruthlessly use you for your tech knowledge and generous sharing of information.

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

Scott Stawarz — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:33:50 -0000

I have to agree to quite a few people. Being able to comment via a reader (google, netvibes, newsgator, etc.) would be cool. Maybe someone can recommend this the next time you run into one of those development teams.

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

Marika — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:09:50 -0000

I really like reading your blog but haven't felt the need to comment since I haven't had anything important to add to the conversation. A typical Finn I suppose but I'll try to be more active in the future.

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

Hashbrown — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:33:09 -0000

I don't usually comment because I read you through Newsgator. RSS Readers shoud somehow allow comments to be sent back to the blog. If I could commetn via newsgator, I would comment more often. I'd also like to be able to see existing comments through my news reader. Does Google Reader support this? Newsgtor has a "Site Comments" link, but just links to the blog post.

Also by the time your post is published to RSS, consumed by my reader, and I get to it, I'm the 92nd comment. Will you even read this far down?

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

Andrew Herron — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:59:23 -0000

Most of the time I don't have anything useful to comment on with your posts, so I keep quiet.

That, and I read from oldest news first so half the time it's days before I actually read your posts and usually decide to not bother commenting because it's old news.

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

Imran — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:17:05 -0000

I added you as a friend on facebook because I'm a regular reader. Well, via google reader. I don't comment because

- You make 7 blog posts a day, and my comments will be lost quickly ;)
- I don't read like 600 blog posts a day, but at least 100. So....

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

Dawn Douglass — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:48:55 -0000

If you're somebody who is trying to do anything significant that will rock somebody's status quo, too often, commenting anywhere on the Internet about anything means opening yourself up to attack. I love a good "face to face" debate, but out-of-context anonymous sideswipes get old fast.

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

Michael Beck — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:21:21 -0000

I don't often comment because I rarely have anything relevant to add. I work out in the middle of nowhere at an oilsands plant and that's a little different then Silicon Valley. Now, if you wanted to know how our plant construction was going, I may be able to add some value, but as such, I don't have any value to add. ;-)

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

Les — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:44:53 -0000

Some time ago I made a silent declaration to stop reading comments on the web. There seemed to be too many statements by anonymous, self-proclaimed experts that always got my blood boiling... so I just stick to original posts on anything I read. This is also why I seldom comment on anything...

Love your blog though... Facebook and Twitter have my business thanks to you (I'd been using LinkedIn before though), all good services.

Cheers

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

Pradeep Nair — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:36:43 -0000

Robert: Good to know. I guess we've reached a time in space where even students can build satellites. But being on the edge of technology (which can cut either way) gives you a whole new high.

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

leechio — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:52:30 -0000

You got 20 more comments than Fake Steve's gonna get :)

http://fakesteve.blogspot.c...

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

John — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:42:17 -0000

I haven't commented in the past being mostly in lurker mode. I'm starting to move into a new role that should hopefully bring more direct experiences that can add to the conversation rather than reinforcing the echo chamber. :)

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

Phil Whitehouse — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:37:37 -0000

I'm relatively new to feed reading, and I approach your blog (and many others) in the frame of mind of someone who wants to learn about the current state of the tech industry. I'm also many, many miles from Silicon Valley, and am also therefore learning about the dynamics of how business is done there. So, to begin with, I'm soaking up as much information and I can, and I'm sure I'll start commenting before too long.

Hey look at that - I did!

Also I only have limited time to focus on reading feeds, and I subscribe to dozens of 'em - so rarely have time to comment too. If I'm stirred up enough to write something, I'll generally put it on my own blog and share it with my friends and colleagues.

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

Robert Scoble — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:19:01 -0000

Pradeep: cool. My dad used to build military satellites for Lockheed. They were prepared for a nuclear war on their satellites out in space. If that ever happens all our computers will go dead but we'll suffer almost no physical problems on the ground. On other space news, I was just looking at images off of the Hubble telescope. The amount we know about the universe that surrounds us is astoundingly small.