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Do you think comments are useful on low-readership websites, or is enabling them just a waste of time?

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Jun 16 '13, 18:42

Now what about for big/busy sites?

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One thing I miss when I moved my website to tumblr was a "YellBox" type thing. There is sadly so very little back-and-forth communication between me - Qale Jun 16, 18:50 3
- Uh. Huh? Tumblr has two things like this. Question submissions and notes on reblogs. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 18:55 2
  - Both really kind of suck. It becomes almost impossible to follow notes on reblogs when they get a lot of them. And Question submissions are more used - Qale Jun 16, 19:14
  - Yeah, it does have the "ask me a question" thingie. - Kim Pine Jun 16, 18:56
They're not useful for SEO, if that's what you're asking. - Kim Pine Jun 16, 18:44 6
- For the blog launch I'm working on, it would use Disqus, which doesn't even register for SEO I think -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 18:46 5
  - The Gawker sites use Disqus, I think. Worst comment section ever, as far as I'm concerned. - TWuG Jun 16, 18:52 3
    - I 100% agree with this. -- nm - amanda Jun 16, 18:59
    - worse than AICN or Deadline? -- nm - charlie Jun 16, 18:54 1
      - AICN is a site I've avoided for years. I have zero clue what the comments section looks like there. - TWuG Jun 16, 18:56
  - I think you'd just be either deleting or marking as spam most comments you get. -- nm - Kim Pine Jun 16, 18:50
comments are almost never useful -- nm - charlie Jun 16, 18:43 7
- Case in point? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 18:44 6
  - they're all just cesspools of haterade -- nm - charlie Jun 16, 18:45 4
    - On big sites, yes. Maybe not for small scale single-audience sites? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 18:47 3
      - yeah, thank god(s) you don't have a comments section on ST, can't imagine the stuff we'd post -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 16, 19:08
      - They only work well where they are strongly moderated. If you don't have the time to moderate either accept that they'll be a vile cesspool of hate - TWuG Jun 16, 18:54
      - I get *nothing* but spam in comments on my site. - Kim Pine Jun 16, 18:54
  - (Er, I mean, thanks for your response) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 16, 18:44

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