Before I get into what I do for comments that are considered low quality, I want to give a simple answer to, what is the difference between a comment and feedback? I had seen a discussion about this a while back between a few members who could not tell the difference.
COMMENT = Expressing your views and understanding of the content you just read. A comment is specific to a particular post of content and you can also create engagement by asking questions on the content. A comment is left on the website post you just read.
FEEDBACK = Giving your opinion on the overall look and functionality of the website as a whole or a particular post you just read, providing your ideas for improvements. Never post your feedback in the comments section of the page or post you just read. Send a PM to the website owner if you know who that is and give your feedback there.
WHAT I DO WITH LOW QUALITY COMMENTS
There are two things that I do. It all depends on when / how I get my comments. These are the two scenarios. Scenario 1 = I give a high quality comment and get a poor quality comment in return. Scenario 2 = I get a poor quality comment and then asked to repay the favor with a comment.
Scenario 1
When I comment on a website post or page I will always give an “engaging comment” that is at least two paragraphs long. Most time (not always) I will end my comment with a question, giving the website owner an easier way to respond without some generic phrase like “Thank You.”
Now when this WA member returns the favor and comments on a post I ask them to comment on, when the comment is of low quality I will Quick Edit their response to make it seem like they gave me a high quality comment. Then I save my edit and then give my reply to it.
Scenario 2
When I ask for "high quality" comments from the WA community, I get a poor quality comment, and then asked to return the favor, I MAY give that person a lower than usual quality comment in return. Those of you reading this who have received comments from me know that I always give long quality.
But if you give me a poor quality comment, when I return the favor I will give you a less than quality comment, but just enough to not seem generic and most likely only one paragraph. If your comment was of high quality, was relevant to my post, was engaging and asking me a question, I will return the favor with a quality reply.
A RECAP OF WHAT TO DO
When giving a comment make sure to READ the post you are commenting on. Do not be lazy and put some lame generic comment. However it is not necessary for you to read the entire piece of content to formulate a quality comment. Just read portions of it if you find it boring.
If I receive a low quality comment for a high quality comment I have given you, I will edit your comment. Sometimes comments are so low in quality that I will just delete them, but this is a rare occurrence. I am pretty good at making a poor comment look good enough.
Always when possible, leave an “engaging comment” that is relevant to the topic of the post you are commenting on. When commenting, especially on a post that promotes WA, do not mention your membership to Wealthy Affiliate because your comment will seem biased to those outside of WA. Be tactful in your reply
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This is why it is possible to rank for certain keywords that may appear only in your comments. And Google does use comment interaction to measure the current state of a post.
For comments versus feedback, I think many people could use feedback before comments -- real feedback that gives them specific areas (even grammar, typos, non-functioning links, etc) that should be fixed right away, before seeking comments on a post.
A year ago or so when I joined WA, there was a process for requesting and giving feedback; I took a lot of time and effort in giving specific feedback to help improve posts/websites of WA members who had requested feedback.
Then, WA seems to have switched to a system of requesting and receiving comments .... instead of feedback. Do you know whether WA still offers a feedback request mechanism (instead of comments directly to a webpage/post)?
Sometimes I'll click on a comment request link, see a lot of typos, grammatical errors (the kind that make a reader click away pretty quickly), format issues, broken links, and I'd like to help that WA member improve their website/post, but I won't add that kind of feedback as a comment (of course, no one would want feedback like that in the comments for everyone to read).
So in that case, I won't leave a comment, and also don't offer feedback since, as far as I'm aware, there no longer seems to be a WA mechanism for getting points/credit of some kind for taking the time and effort to offer these kinds of corrections/feedback for improvement etc. It is a lot of work and takes time and effort to offer real feedback like this, but it's probably more important in many cases than comments, as the feedback can lead to immediate and direct improvements that may keep real visitors/readers on the page/website longer.
Thanks again for your post, always look forward to reading your tips, suggestions and points of view.
Kate
When you click the Website Tab, the next page will show you two options. Site Comment. And Site Feedback.
It seems that people request less feedback than comments.
If you see a really bad post, I suggest ignoring it or just focus on parts you like so that you can engage it in a positive manner. If you really want to help the author, I suggest you send them a PM and ask if they would like some feedback privately before offering anything. If they do ask, then go ahead. If they don't want feedback, that is their loss. Move on.
I fell foul of giving feedback with the intention to help the author. Only to get my comments disapproved with the reason they weren't asking for feedback. Fare enough.
Take care.
Edwin
When I give website comments and I notice things (grammar, bad links, not enough white space,...) wrong with the content, I make a note of it and proceed to give a quality comment. I then send a PM to the member describing in detail what I had seen wrong.
Personally I do not use Site Comments to get my comments nor do I use Site Feedback. I am sure I will with a new website but not with my current sites. You can still access Site Feedback by clicking on "Websites" in the left side menu and then selecting it from the popup menu. The link is below.
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/website-feedback
Thanks again,
Kate
Including when it comes to constructive feedback that someone has requested to help them improve, as we do every week in Toastmasters (public speaking) meetings.
The feedback in Toastmasters is the #1 way in which Toastmasters members (around the world) all improve our public speaking; even the people listening to the feedback for someone else's speech, learn ways to improve their own future public speaking.
Feedback osmosis :)
Thanks again,
Kate
What District are you in? I am in District 52. Not as active now. But was extremely active until 10 years ago after I completed my stint as District Governor (called District Director now) and gradually reduced my involvement. I'm just a member of two clubs now.
You are correct how Toastmasters can help us give feedback. A word of caution. Do not use the Toastmasters evaluation techniques in giving comments. That is more applicable to Feedback.
All the best to you.
Cheers.
Edwin
Boomer's post gives great examples of how to give comments!
I also wouldn't give any unrequested feedback via PM here at WA, either. I only have given feedback when a person had submitted their webpage specifically asking for feedback. (Even when I see lots of typos, grammatical errors, broken links ... I just would never want to offend anyone so I don't offer feedback unless someone has specifically requested feedback.)
Cheers,
Kate
I got started back in Site Comments on 27 April and out of 36, I have had 2 disapproved simply because of the reasons you cited above. Low quality, gave feedback instead of a comment, or totally off point.
This tutorial is really going to help me henceforward to give better quality than what I have been.
Thanks for the tutorial Boomer.
Sonny
Great tutorial once again... Thank YOU.
When getting lame comments on my local business website (Ontario, Canada) from those in India, I simply tag them as spam and then delete them... adding the IP address to to Blacklist so that those using that IP address can no longer make comments.
So, the problem of lame comments is more than those of us who are new to WA, I'm sure.
Thanks to your great tutorial, more of us will now know better... that leaving quality comments really will pay off in the long run. :-))
In those instances if they are either really poorly written and/or they contain a link, I immediately delete them as trash. I like the idea of adding the IP address to a blacklist.
