Thing 4!

Commenting on blogs and receiving comments on your own blog helps create a sense of community and interaction. If I spend a lot of time posting a blog and then recieve no comments, I feel like there is no use in blogging because it feels like nobody is reading it. However, I know that sometimes I read through blogs, and I do not post a comment even though I normally have plenty of thoughts I could share. Posting comments can cause the blogger to start posting more blogs about that subject. If there are never any comments on the blog, it might make the blogger feel as if there is no interest in that subject, and they move on to another. Therefore, if you are interested in a blog, comment on it! Start a conversation about it! This will lead to more opinions, facts, and ideas. It could also lead to that person reading and commenting on your own blog which will then lead to a community with a bunch of interaction! :)
Two comments in the readings that I found important about commenting are: Invite comments and Interact with comments left. Inviting comments in your blog encourages people to participate in the conversation more so than if you were to write a blog that seems it doesn't need any comments. People feel more comfortable commenting on a blog where they were invited to do so than a blog that makes a statement and doesn't ask for any input back. Interacting with comments left on your blog is very important. Who wants to say something to someone and get no response in return? I don't! More people are going to be willing to comment on your blog if they get responses back to their comments in the first place. This causes conversation which cause communication.