Comments on: Against Threaded Conversations on Blogs

By: In support of threaded discussions and blog comments » Periodic Fable

In support of threaded discussions and blog comments » Periodic Fable — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:51:24 +0000

[...] by HelenW Jun 05 2008 TrackBack Address. Stephanie Booth recently posted an argument against threaded conversations on blogs. I have to say that I disagree to a large extent with what she says as well as the people she [...]

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By: Nicolas Krebs

Nicolas Krebs — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:16:05 +0000

If you don't want many comments (and therefore ban threaded discussions), there is a more powerfull way: ban discussions and close comments (such in this http://www.glazman.org/weblog/dotclear/?post/20... ).

(of course your others arguments are laughtables)

By: Nicolas Krebs

Nicolas Krebs — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:16:05 +0000

If you don’t want many comments (and therefore ban threaded discussions), there is a more powerfull way: ban discussions and close comments (such in this http://www.glazman.org/weblog/dotclear/?post/2008/06/09/Football ).

(of course your others arguments are laughtables)

By: blacky

blacky — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:58:08 +0000

Steph: I'm not sure that's always the case. Or rather: I doubt it makes a large difference. Some topics obviously are more prone to discussion fragmentation. Making clear (in the blog post) what the point is helps much more. As for broad topics, I tend to make them seperate postings in a series, possibly with a conclusive/wrap-up/minutes type of post at the end. Sure, this pre-fragments the discussion, but sometimes making points individually is better than having them all in one discussion and going nowhere with it. A panel discussion is probably very similar in this regard, but it's a bit harder to moderate since everything is realtime.

Bottom line: I think the positive aspects of threaded discussions outweigh the negative sides. But that naturally is something blog owners should decided for themselves.

By: blacky

blacky — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:58:08 +0000

Bottom line: I think the positive aspects of threaded discussions outweigh the negative sides. But that naturally is something blog owners should decided for themselves.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:54:27 +0000

blacky: one of my points here is that if you provide threaded comments, you encourage conversations to go off on tangents.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:52:38 +0000

HI Christophe, when I say export my data, I mean export the comments that I wrote — strictly speaking, the content that I added to the system. Just like del.icio.us allows you to export all your saved links (and comments/tags on them) into a big HTML/XML file. This does not include the tracking data or content created by other people.