Do you comment when you read a hub?
btw
great to see you Hokey, be well
not often enough and no not too short-kewl to see your original avatar again, good memories. xo
- Sophia Angeliqueposted 13 years ago
0 Hokey,
Well, nobody says you have to, but in my opinion, I just think it's the courteous thing to do. If someone has taken the time to leave a comment, regardless of length, then again (in my opinion) they should be acknowledged. And then, there's the other side of this coin, when the commenter doesn't go back to see what, if anything, you may have replied. Tricky business
You bet Trish!
When someone takes the time to read and comment on one of my "hubs," I always write a response with a thank you.
Qwark:Why would you deprive other readers/commenters the opportunity to perhaps expand on the comment you feel you should delete? Just askin,,perhaps someone else would have more to say about the 'offending' comment, which could lead to something more to your liking. Just voicing my thoughts is all.
To each his ownYou still aren't getting it
I don't delete "offending" comments unless they truly are useless (like "You suck!" with no elaboration).
If it's "This article is useless!", I might even leave it - at least they are a bit specific!
What I delete is "Nice hub!" and other empty sentiments that are neither asking a question nor adding anything of value that someone else might find useful or interesting.
Say something useful, funny, helpful, critical - no problem. Ask a question, that's wonderful. Kiss my butt and I am deleting it from now on.Well, I agree with the deleting of stuff that is non-relevant
I leave the nice hub, great hub, etc and will just respond with a thanks. For the nanosecond it takes to do that, it's ok with me.It's not the nanosecond. It's the uselessness of the comment and the vacuous response.
As to the sincerity level, yeah, sometimes I think people do mean it and are just trying to be friendly and nice. Other times I am quite sure they are just using the comment to call attention to their own hubs. That's absolutely fine - as long as they say something useful, funny, critical. In other words, they need to put in a little effort
"Do you comment when you read a hub?"
Only if I like it and I'm in the mood.
When I do, I make it a point to add a couple good, article-relevant keywords in there for them.Mark,
You make a good point. I think maybe hubbers who keep seeing 'nice hub' or 'great job' can get to feeling like it's not sincere. I'm with you, if that's all I have to say, I mean it, or why would I even bother to say anything? For the most part, I rarely leave just a 'nice job'.
I also know what you mean about coming across a comment that requires some thought for an appropriate response. That's happened to me at times, where I would put my thoughts together, only to be interrupted by something, and having to leave without making my comment. Going back to it does require a re-focus, for sure
rwelton,
You too, make a good point. I see so many topics that go so far off the track that it leaves me asking myself, don't people pay attention to the reason they commented in the first place?
I don't come to the forums often, but am glad I did today, and glad to see that so far, this is a nice thread
99% of the time, I will leave some feedback. I will, in general, say something positive or constructive. For me, I appreciate any feedback, whether it be positive or constructive criticism. The only comments that I do not accept are ones that attack me personally.
Good to see you Hokey!Beth,
Thankfully, I guess I've been fortunate as I haven't had any personal attacks, thank goodness. But I know what you're saying, because I've seen them. Oh, wait, I did have a comment once from someone who said (of my old avatar) 'if you lose the cat maybe you'd get noticed', or some such combination of words. My reply was 'if you had an avatar and wrote a hub, maybe you'd get read' So, I didn't delete it, and no, my new avatar had nothing to do with her comment Trish,
People are strange aren't they? It's difficult to gauge how the tone of the voice is when you don't hear the voice. However, I've had some blatant attacks, and not nicely put either. I can't remember your cat avatar, but I'm sure it was nice. I've had some comments (negative ones) regarding my bikini avatar. I've taken it down only because it's winter and it's too cold up here in Canada to wear a bikini in this cold weather. I'd catch a cold!
Wonderful response to that comment! You've made my day!No, Mark, it wasn't. She was trying to get my goat. I had three choices. Leave it be and don't comment, delete it, or, as I chose, I wasn't letting her get my goat
She was simply looking for attention and I gave it to her. Needless to say, she never came back
Oh my! I just closed my reply when your comment hit me. Nice pun, and I missed it
I think I take myself too seriously at times.
By the way, Trish, because of the things you wrote here, I went to check out your profile. I read a few random hubs, liked what I read, and went to follow you and found that I could not - because I already was
I guess the avatar change threw me off, but consider it a double compliment.Pcunix!
What a lovely thing to say, and thank you very much. Glad you liked what you saw, and even if you didn't, that you bothered to look says a lot
I enjoy changing avatars every now and then, but so far, this one is a keeper. What I need to do, or should I say, have been wanting to do is update my profile. It's getting very old, even to me. I just need to think of what I want to say.
I believe I'm your fan as well, now I have to go double-check!
Again, thanks!
@ trish -- soon, I'll be putting it back up.
You make a good point and I guess it also goes to what kind of hubs you read. I personally dont shop on-line(prefer the face to face) so I dont read hubs on things. I like stories and poetry. I guess its just each his own. This has been a good thread. Im tired of the religion stuff and am staying out of it. This is better. Thank you to everybody who has participated or does.
- cookingdivaposted 13 years ago0
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