I missed your in-depth analysis this month too. I liked being able to read a post by you each day, but your mega posts that delve deep into a subject are much more interesting. I’ll be glad to see you switch back to your normal writing schedule.

I wanted to say thanks as well. Commenting on your posts and twittering back and forth with you was really fun this month. You helped keep me motivated, even if you didn’t know you were doing so. Thanks Beej!
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I’ve never seen the Thing from Outer Space, but I’m kind of wondering if it’s in my 50s/60s SF DVD collection I was given for Christmas one year. I’m off to look!

I don’t think, however, that blog-length comments are a bad thing. I love to see extensive comments on my blog, for instance. I think, however, the content is the key to whether or not it is appropriate, like I mentioned above. I think that if the comment is a direct response to the ideas, then it should be fine, no matter the length. If it is an idea that was simply inspired by the post, then a new blog with a backlink is more suitable.

I never wanted to be one of the “me, too!” bloggers who has to have a take on every daily hot topic. I do love reading about them, but I, like you, end up unsubscribing from a blog if after a long period of time, all I get are copycat posts on the FOTM. I’m certainly glad that I never came across that way during this experiment or that if I did, you never unsubbed. I think there are a few posts this month that are “half hearted silly takes” on some things, but that’s the nature of the beast. I’m going to do my best for that not to happen anymore. Or at least, quite as often.

Bloggers are often pretty chatty, wordy people. I think most of us feel reluctant to spam another blogger’s blog with a post-length comment. When a comment starts to feel more like a post than as a comment – well, then it’s time to make a post out of it.

I comment a lot personally and I think it’s an important part of blogging. However – the week has only so many hours, and you have to try to keep some sort of balance between how much energy and creativity you put into commenting and how much you devote to your own blog. To thrive a blog needs regular updating. Definitely not on a daily basis, but 2-3 posts a week makes a blog feel alive.

I wondered why Beej is suddenly posting so much. Did not even notice it had a daily schedule.

This is the beauty about blogging: Some blog only every other month, and they are great. Others blog several times a day and they write great articles as well.

You are right that people will comment less on daily blogs. People simply won’t be able to comment a lot if every blogger would blog daily.

What bores me to hell is the compulsive blogger that gets so uninspired that he even more than it is usual copies hot topics and then does his half-hearted silly take on the topic. You never did that, but I unsubbed from several blogs that did that for longer than half a year.

I guess you already noticed, I simply love Twitter! – commenting posts of the rich blogosphere and twittering is great fun to me. What surprises me is that bloggers read each other but so often totally refrain from commenting articles of their fellow bloggers, but rather write their own take on the topic. This is somewhat connected to the point I mentioned above. This is rather sad, as I much prefer blogs for interesting comments over forums where too many people like to play the so-called “forum game”.