JoLynne Jensen Lyon
small town, mountain valley
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Mom, writer and pr type at Utah State University's Center for Persons with Disabilities.
I struggle a lot with #6. Which is why I avoided going into politics. For me it goes beyond body language; I also blush when I'm way too old for that sort of thing. I totally feel your pain.
You are not alone. Thanks for writing about this--I agree that bloggers should consider the effect their words will have on people they don't know personally. While it's true many writers will use profanity and build an audience that doesn't mind, they are probably also losing other readers with less tolerance.
Thanks for these thoughts. I agree--the winner is usually the giant with the big advertising budget. Yet so much of my creative fodder comes from the little guys who are out there experimenting. I'd like to believe there is a place for people who want to build a quirky little niche for themselves. The one thing that we have now that we didn't in Gutenberg's day is a much longer potential reach. We can put things out to the world...if only the world knew how to find it.
A campus is a good incubator for independent life, away from parents but still somewhat sheltered. That's the part I don't want to deny my kids.
arikhanson Good points, both of you! And with anything but photos, I use FB to direct traffic to our site. My concerns are mostly artistic--I can size photos but I'm never happy with how they look on the blog if I do too many, and especially if I try to mix in text. We are planning a blog redesign, though, and that's one of the problems we'll be addressing. As for FB, it's cluttered all the time so I guess my display expectations are lower.
This is a great post, and it's timely, since we've got an event coming up. What do you think about posting one or two of the best photos from an event on a blog and linking to a FB photo album with the rest (hopefully showing a variety of participants)?
Thanks, Arik, I need to do more of this, especially syndicating content. One thing we have done is to establish a sidebar on our e-newsletter, with links to the top five blog posts of the month. This extends the reach of the blog and also helps the organization's decision-makers know what issues interest our readers.
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Arik, you're right; Livefyre does make it remarkably easy (so does Disqus). Perhaps my fatigue is more of an inner battle between not wishing to miss out on anything versus not wanting to wonder about my ranking on yet another network. For now I'm happy to use my twitter account and listen from the sidelines.
ScottHepburn Jensenborger6
I like the daily digest option. I think we've all read comments that added a lot of value to the original post--and we've also seen those that are pretty much summed up as "hey, look at me!" A digest would let me know if revisiting the post is worth my time.
I don't care what the commenting system is, but sometimes I am fatigued by setting up account after account. Also, at first I didn't realize some system's default setting is to send me an email every time someone else comments--which is great if a few thoughtful people chime in and distressing if there are hundreds.
Thanks for the resources, I'm going to keep them on file. As for the political statistics at the end, to me it just indicates some polls are a lot more scientific than others--or as an old professor said, figures don't lie, but liars figure.
I think the smartest people realize you shouldn't take life too seriously.
I like #6, maybe because it's not openly rude but it's still squirm-inducing.