What do you do when a post you want to comment on already has 478 comments?
1) Say ‘yikes!’
2) Close the tab
3) Reopen the closed tab
5) Realise that your comment won’t be pithy enough to stand out
6) Go to bed
7) Curse yourself for reading blogs that have become far too popular for your own good
Wake up at 3am with a comment that might be good enough to feature in ‘Comment of the week’
9) Write a list-based post on the blog that you abandoned 3 months ago instead of commenting on the post
10) Save the post in the draft folder and only return to it a month later
11) Post it
Hahaha, sound advice.
My rule of thumb is usually if it’s got that many comments, whatever I wanted to say has probably been said.
Also, I always feel guilty commenting unless I read all other comments.
PattiLain
4 Oct 10 at 10:52 AM
Same here. It’s difficult to find something new to say when there are so many comments already. So I should probably stay away from high-traffic blogs
Joy-Mari Cloete
4 Oct 10 at 11:00 AM
It just sucks when you do feel like your comment can be of value, like for posts asking for advice or suggestions on a given topic.
PattiLain
4 Oct 10 at 11:04 AM
I’ve never let that stop me. I just preface my comment with, “this has probably already been said, but…”
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Tommy
7 Oct 10 at 7:47 AM
I never bother after 50 comments. People tend to say what I want to say within the first 15, and I can never really add much unless I’m on the opposite side. All alone.
FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com
23 Oct 10 at 10:21 PM
Yeah, that’s a good limit, FB. And gosh, even 50 comments means a lot of work: reading through them to see who I agree with and with whom I disagree. It’s no wonder that people like Seth Godin turn the comment section off.
Joy-Mari Cloete
25 Oct 10 at 9:45 AM