What Do You Expect From A Comment? Definitely No Feedback!

Hi Everyone

Some of you may have seen my recent blog about getting a comment disapproved.

That blog received a good many comments, mny of which I found very enlightening, and I learned a good deal from them.

Those really made me think, and they also raised some other questions in my mind which would like to share with you, and I would really like to have your opinions on them.

What Do People Expect From A Comment?

Personally, I want an honest opinion about my post, but I don't want opinions about my images, the way I have laid out my site or corrections of my grammar or any other perceived mistakes.

Alll those things are very important of course, but the place for them is in the Feedback section. Or if someone notices some important mistakes it is really helpful to send those in a Private Message. That is what I try to do if at all possible. People have done that for me, and it was extremely helpful.

We all need to bear in mind that Comments are visible on our websites and all visitors will see them, whereas Feedback is for our eyes only.

I also very much appreciate questions.

When I am writing a Comment, I always try to put a positive slant on it, and ask appropriate questions if the website owner has indicated that they would like questions.

I don't ever draw attention to mistakes on the site within my comment, but if I think something is reallt wrong on the site I wil send the owner a PM.

Most importantly, I try to be truthful.

So what do you expect from a Comment?

Why Do You Reject A Comment?

The only Comments I would ever reject are those that are not Comments but purely Feedback, so are blatantly in the wrong place.

I have never rejected any other kind of Comment.

I don't mind if someone disagrees with me so long as they are worded politely. That gives me a chance to re-state my point of view. I do know that some people will reject Comments which disagree with their point of view.

I have edited certain comments which are grammatically correct, and I have also been known to ask someone to modify their comment.

One person who replied to the post I mentioned said that they had had one comment rejected for using the word "and"!! That was the stated reason from the website owner. What kind of a reason is that?

I do think that we all need to consider very carefully our reasons for rejecting a comment when it is well-written and reasoned. But if it is quite clear that the person has not read the post, that is a different matter.

So what are your reasons for rejecting a comment?

I would love to hear your ideas about this subject.

Very many thanks for reading this, and I wish you all a great weekend :)