"Nice Hub" doesn't Cut It on HubPages
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It's No Secret
It is no secret that commenting on other's Hubs has the potential to gain more readership to your OWN Hubs. A fly-by-night comment will not work, however. Your comments need to be honest and hold your opinion to be most effective.
"Nice Hub" doesn't cut it on HubPages
Typing only "Nice Hub" is a cheap way of getting your name out there. If you really do think it is a nice hub, explain yourself. A lazy comment, although you needed to do a Captcha and that was a time commitment =), will make readers think your articles are lazy and uninformative too.
How To Comment Effectively
Take An Honest Stand: Playing devil's advocate just for the sake of having an opinion is irritating to readers. As folks get to know you around the community, they will see discrepencies in your ideas and feel cheated if they think you were lying just to make up a good comment.
Show Your True Colors: The online writing venue is a perfect way to relieve stress and get your not-always-so-politically correct ideas on the table without your friends or co-workers knowing who you are, if you use a pseudonym. Everything you write reflects on everything you have written and will write. Be honest to yourself and the Hubs your are commenting on.
Be Nice! The golden rule applies. Don't critisize within your comments. You can disagree but don't be nasty about it. If you really have an issue with a Hub, write one of your own posing your opposite view. Thank goodness for the "Approve/Deny" option. But let's keep this friendly. If you are mean to Hubbers, they will not be nice to you. Duh!
Adding Links to Your Comments
Please do this sparingly. We don't like Spam here at HubPages, nor do we like Hubbers asking for views.
If you write good content, the traffic will eventually come to you.
Adding a relevant link to your comment to add to the Hub is great but be sure to not make a habit of it. The community will feel like you are using them for exposure.
Thanks fanofreddevils from YouTube
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Another interesting (and nice) Hub. Your advice 'be nice' could be extended to replying to comments. If you write a Hub, and someone leaves a dissenting comment, it can be very discouraging if the Hub author replies with a 'put down'. I am quite sure that you wouldn't do that, Andromeda, but it does happen sometimes. Not often - the Hub community is usually nice!
Darn, you did the joke first. I agree with the "be nice" advice as well. And I agree the reply should be nice too. But this does not mean debate is not welcome, just respectful debate.
As always "nice hub."
Very good advice. Sometimes it can be difficult to "be nice" when someone leaves a really nasty comment on your hub. But count to ten, go out, get a mocha grande, come back, and be nice -- it works out well in the end for everyone.
Very appropriate hub. Yes we need to add value when we comment. Btw my dad who was a successful lawyer before he became a judge told me this once: "Be nice to people who agree with you and be nicer to people who disagree with you". This piece of advice has helped me a lot in life so far. Thumbs up for a thoughtful hub.
If a person simply wishes to convey "nice hub" I think that's what the "thumbs up" button is for. The comments section is for elaborating a bit more.
Nice hub :D
Yeah, on the serious side, you can find this thing mostly with the newbies as they want to spread the word about their presence and bring notice to their profile.
You can find similar things in the 'fan clubs' too. Most people become each other's fans without reading even a single hub of theirs ( Honestly speaking, even I have done it once), primarily to increase their base.
Hi Andromeda. Wanted to make sure you knew that you have a link on your hub that doesn't work. Be sure you check them before you save. I found that out the hard way.)
And are we allowed to post pictures that are suppose to be credited before we credit them even if we say we will? I'm curious about that because if that's the case I had one or two I wanted to add but didn't.
I agree with 2patricias that "nice" should be exteded to replies as well. Good one guys.
Nice expansion of a very important topic ;)
nice hub
Thanks for your comment, Frieda. Thanks for letting me know about the link, I will check it out.
I am very sure that it is NOT okay to post a picture without posting the credit for it. I have found a great deal of authors who neglet to credit their photos (hopefully they are their own originals) but you don't know.
This picture is from a photostock. I need to find the website again. I saved the image a while ago and forgot the citation.
In the intirim time, I am not claiming the image is mine, so I think that satisfies the plagiarism requirement for now. Awesome question! Thanks!
Whenever I write "Great hub" and nothing else, I do so because it IS a great hub, and I want the person who wrote it to know I think so. If there were several comments before mine that expressed the same thoughts I have about the content, I think it's silly to repeat them for the sake of leaving a lengthier comment. That said, ditto to what LondonGirl said: Nice hub. ;D
KCC Big Country hit it on the head, That's what the "Thumbs Up" button is for, to say "Nice Hub". Thanks for your comment! =D
I wonder why the most famous person for that comment hasn't hit this hub yet
Nice hub. I say it all the time, but I try to stick explanation with it! I agree with you, though. And i probably need to be nicer...
Countrywomen, I like your dad's advice. It'll either make them chill, or piss them off. Either way, you win!
Sounds like my "advice to new hubbers" only with a spicy twist. I have came to realize that , it could very well be here trademark for herself, notice how a hub has been written about it, yes she is famous and has been made famous. Oh by the way "Nice Hub" Lol.:) It was honestly wonderful!!
@ Toad. I don't know, but if I were her I'd do it just to do it. She'll probably fly in at some point. But she does alter every once in a while. I think she's just super busy reading hubs and wants to move onto the next as quickly as possible?
@AEvans. I know, I was thinking about that and my "Get the most out of hubs on HubPages - A New Hubber's Guide" that I wrote right before that one. I've noticed a lot of people picking up on the issues, very good to do every once in a while to make sure people are on track. Like a HubPages democracy.
Thanks Andromeda10 for answering that question. I use mine or microsoft clip art, or ones that say no need to cite, anything else I cite or don't put in. I've seen peoples pictures (and music) get pulled for not citing in blogs.
I have to say though, if someone really likes my hub and they don't have anything much to say, I really don't mind if they just say something like made me think, or made me laugh. It's nice to see the people who stopped in and enjoyed your stuff. It's the ones that do it repeately everwhere they go that makes you wonder and kind of makes you feel... I don't know... wierd. Not like they're trespassing or anything, but like, why are you bothering.
he is posing as a she.
I just wonder how many actually hit the rate button. Nice hub. LOL no really and it's been sadi before. I going to join your fan club now. how's that?
Nice can be a pretty wimpish word...but sometimes it expresses exactly what one feels. :)
@ Toad Are you serious? I had that feeling somewhere inside and then just thought, "no, how ridiculous of me." Hmmm. I should always go with my gut.
@C.C. New avatar? Nice. Whether or not I comment on a hub, if I like it I rate it. Oh, that reminds me. Gotta run.
Good Post
Well, Andromeda, the "nice hub" joke has been used aplenty already, so there's no hope for me :-) Silliness aside, I think the advice in this hub is very good.
We all know who we're talking about with the "nice hub" habit, and Frieda, I don't think the person atually READS the hubs where they leave comments. Just my opinion, but I'm sticking to my opinion because it's my opionion :-*
Can you use a new fan, Andromeda?
Good point. The comment "Nice hub" could have been provided by a bot program, or by someone with an agenda of shameless self-promotion (using recycled content). Unsolicited praise may as well be an empty one. Very well then: as an online writer, I appreciate that your article is concise and to the point; it does not waste time.
Ye, I delete a lot of my comments because of this. Also I don't like it when they put an unrelated link in the body of the comment. On the other hand comments early in a hubpage's life can help it get on the hot list.
How about, "Really nice hub"?
I love it when Hubbers show up and post additional info that adds to the hub. That's the bestest.
I think it was yesterday that the 'phantom nice hub' toured through 4 of my hubs, I felt like I was in a race just to keep up, last hub comment reflected spam.
Any way, I was always brought up to think that there is no such word as 'nice' so have always tried to find an alternative, here goes - nice,nice.nice nice..Grrrrrrrrrreat hub
Hubimus Nicemus?
doh - hubimus nicemus maximus.....
I think I'll skip on the nice hub joke as it has already been repeated a few times... haha.
I'm new to hubpages, but I agree. "Nice hub" or "Great hub" as a standalone comment (and not just a way of starting off an actual, elaborating comment) isn't all that necessary. But it doesn't hurt anyone, does it?
I ahve to say that I won't click on someone's profile link if they just write "Nice Hub". I really wnjoy reading the comments that preceded mine to see the flow of the conversation and possibly comment on a previous comment. "Nice hub" or "Great" just stutter up the comment area and are quite annoying. Also, I tend to think people who just want to praise someone (which is great!) should use fan mail, possibly, thumbs up and share it. Thanks for your comments! I know it doesn't hurt anyone =)
I think "nice hub" followed by comment, disagreement, another point of view, etc, is OK. It's the stand-alone "nice hub" that gets old.
Direct and straight to the point, i usally give a *thumbs up* when i like a hub (consider that yours!). Been nice, that should go for every thing in life really, you reap what you sow, and if you are dishonest and gennerally go around making negitive comments, no matter how good your sites/pages/products/attempted pieces of art/anything else are, people are just going to glaze over it.
At the end of the day, you shouldn't be posting a comment unless you are adding to the hub or discussion itself!
I always feed bad because if a Hub moves me to comment I am very likely to write a horrendously long comment, only because if it moved me I probably have strong feelings about it and a lot to say. I try to curb the tendency to be long-winded, but anyone who knows me knows I'm only successful doing that about a third of the time.
Then I start worrying about how "big" my comment will be (taking-up-space-wise), and worrying that it will look as if I'm trying to "steal the spotlight" from the Hubber, him/herself. On the one hand, I love it when someone puts a long comment on one of my Hubs. On the other hand, not everyone likes "big, long" comments. So, sometimes, in my attempt to control the urge to write, I will either just rate or rate and then do some version of "nice hub". I do, however, try to use other words, because "nice" and "hub" together are pretty over-used.
I guess people who don't want a long comment can always decide not to let it remain; and those for whom long comments help the Hub may actually not mind. :)
Oh yes Lisa! I feel bad too, but on the other side of it I really LIKE that you write long comments. It makes me feel great that you were moved to comment so thoroughly. Keep it up and I will too =)
Not everyone likes the "longies". :) I have one Hub that has lots of comments that ask questions, so I go answer them. Somewhere along the way one of my OWN comments on my OWN Hub was called something like, "meaningless drivel" :) Oh well, we never quite know what anyone wants. :)
a couple of weeks a go I put "nice hub" onto a hub (probably for the first time ever) as I wanted to bookmark the hub to come back to read at a later date (and it was a good informative hub)- as I had a problem time wise. The person whose hub it was, was quite curt when I asked why he had not approved my "nice hub" comment, and said "nice hub" just didn't cut it on his hubs so I decided then that he obviously didn't need me as a fan! after all a compliment is a compliment is a compliment! another viewpoint....cheers
Sometimes when you join a comment thread several comments late (hours or days late) and all the good ideas/lines have been stated already by all the other witty hubbers out thre, there's not much left that one can say except, "Nice hub!" Would it be preferable to simply put in the comments box "Thumbs up" and then rate it?
There are a couple of very legit hubbers who keep their comments minimalist. Sometimes that's a good thing!
But your point is well taken. If you're going to take the time to comment, comment. Accordingly, my comment is: "Thank you for reminded us of the importance to our own scores and to the fellowship of HP of using comment boxes appropriately." I was going to sign my comment "Cheers" but then saw that my pal AJCor did already. So I will instead sign off this way: Ciao, MM
Thats a great point, Mighty Mom, that sometimes all the good answers are taken! Like in grade school, "Andromeda, did you have something to add to the discussion?" "No, Chris took mine".
And to Ajcor, I won't delete a message that says "nice hub", that guy was a jerk!
"So I will instead sign off this way: Ciao, MM"
toodle pip!
Thank you Andromeda10!
and "cheers" to my friend MM also...
From now on, I'm going to sign my comment, "My way or the highway!"
Do you think that's good, Ajcor?
Fabulous Chris - guaranteed to make you heaps more friends - cheers
"My way or the highway!" maybe on second thoughts not so good for the sensitive souls...lol
Hi Andromedia10,
I am sorry to hear your frustration about people reading your article and just stating that it is a nice hub.
I have been guilty of doing that on one or two hubs, but I can assure you it is not due to lack of energy, nor is it because I just wanted to bring traffic to my own hub.
Sometimes I just comment. Nice hub, because others who have read the article before me, and have already stated the reasons why I felt it was a nice hub, Instead of being redundant and stating the same comments someone else has made. I just simply let the Author know that I have read it and think it's good.
I had no idea that I was actually offending someone by reading their article and letting them know I thought it was a nice hub. To be honest, it would not personally offend me if someone did that on my hub. I guess I will be a lot more cautious about leaving comments from now on.
Sincerely,
Whikat
I found this hub by starting off a hub with the title 'nice hub'. I was going to write about the same irritating thing. I wouldn't dream of commenting on a hub without reading it first. I've read this one and thanks for the advice.
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Rochelle Frank says:
8 months ago
Nice--- oops!
Actually the ones who post that comment the most are those who tend to "borrow" their content from other sources. This is probably because they don't have a firm enough grasp of English to be able to string original sentences together.
This used to annoy me too-- but then I realized that they are not usually rewarded by good scores. The other thing is, they are working in their own way to make a few dollars or pennies and this may be the only way they survive. I am not condoning the stealing of content that often occurs, but perhaps it is an act of desperation.