Speaking of which… I noticed that Youtube started using a digg like thumbs up / thumbs down comment rating system. And yet, the comments are still dumb as hell over there. Sigh. If the users are to dumb to “burry” stupid comments then this system won’t really help. lol

I love reading through the comments on intellegent sites, such as here and Slashdot. The quoted guy here seems to be looking at the typical comments of a Youtube user in my opinion.

Turtles are winning. This was totally expected as per the Chuck Norris rule.

It seems that the Chuck Norris rule applies for every internet meme.

I voted for “I like turtles” (I actually seem to have tipped into the leading position) but I agree with the top one.

Sometimes, I enjoy comments on blogs more than the original post. There are two big things I love about comments. First, when a blogger posts the extent of his knowledge on a topic, I love to see commenters who have a bigger breadth of knowledge about a topic elaborate and extend the blogger’s post. The extra information really helps me become informed on whatever topic was presented. Second, when a blogger states his/her opinion, I often wonder how other people feel on this topic or how someone with a different background views the topic. Comments accomplish this.

I totally agree with Luke’s assessment of comments creating a conversation. Typically, blogs that don’t allow comments tend to not have any personality. Personality of a blog is what draws visitors. There are exceptions though (RudePundit comes to mind). But, in general, I don’t pay much attention to non-commented blogs.

Zombie kid is a bit of an internet legend these days.

My brother used to have a turtle as a pet. It wasn’t a very entertaining animal. All it did was eat, sleep and poop. My guinea pig was much more awesome to play with. :)

lol, cute video.

I’m a hillbilly luke I played in the woods as a kid and any animal i could catch i thought was a toy. And turtles were a hell of a lot easier to catch than rabbits or squirrels and far safer than most snakes… tho i played with them too. I’m excluding snapping turtles which even as a kid i kinda knew better than to play with anything that looked or acted like that.

True, I also don’t comment when I don’t have anything meaningful to add. I do try to comment on the blogs that I like as often as possible though. :)

Oh, and I don’t particularly like turtles… Zombie kid, on the other hand… Well, he likes them a lot it seems.

I hate blogs without comments, comments add a lot of value esp in a blog like yours where the comments are often well thought out and relevant. While it is true at web sites like youtube or Digg comments can often be ah how shall i say it absurd and childish maybe most of the blogs i read do not have that problem.

When I get 0 comments on a post, I kinda know that no one was particularly interested in that one. And even if they were, they just didn’t have much to say about it.

ah that is not always so, i always enjoy your blog. I may or may not comment but there may be many reasons for that. I read alot of blogs online and have an “active online life” and simply might not have time or i might be tired or brain dead from whatever it is I’ve been studying or reading or i might feel i’m just repeating the obvious something you or your readers know already and so on.

Anyway i do like turtles ;) but i voted for the first entry. lmao

I love comments on my blog. It helps to reinforce that what I am doing is worth something to someone. Comments also help drive the direction based on suggestions from readers.

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