Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Um, help?

Guys, I have a very important question.

You know how you read a blog for a long time but never comment because I dunno, you are lazy or shy or a natural born lurker, but then one day you feel the drive to actually comment because you realize that is sorta how the internet community works? 


Um. How do you start commenting without coming off like a weirdo? My go-to is to just to write a comment like I would write to a friend, which feels all "super confident and funny and sassy!" when I type it...but then later I realize it probably comes off to the blogger as "overly familiar weirdo who may or may not have been quietly stalking me on the internet for months." This is particularly problematic when something that felt sassy! turns out to read sort of accidentally mean.

Needless to say, I have a complex about this. I'm hoping I'm not the only one. What do you dooooo?

Please. Please help me keep from being such a weirdo on the internet.
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11 comments:

  1. ShannonSeptember 28, 2011 at 5:28 AM

    I say just go for it. Most people are stoked to get a comment no matter what. Even if they are sassy or stalkerish. :)

    Do it up!

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  2. JenSeptember 28, 2011 at 7:26 AM

    Well, hey. I'm one of those people you describe in the first paragraph.
    I say go for it too. I think that most bloggers realize that they have lots of readers who are not commenting, but who are clearly reading.

    and yeah, people are stoked to get comments.

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  3. blind irish pirateSeptember 28, 2011 at 7:58 AM

    Just tell them you are a long time reader and then be sassy and fun. No big deal. It's better for all readers to comment eventually, I think. :)

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  4. KimberlySeptember 28, 2011 at 9:06 AM

    I agree with the lovely ladies above -- there's no need for an introduction or any disclaimers. Make the comment, be super confident and funny and sassy, and it'll all be good. Keep in mind too . . . I think many of us know that there are readers who don't comment.

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  5. ALPSeptember 29, 2011 at 7:06 AM

    Thanks ladies. I don't know why I'm so weird about it! Caring too much what other people think is definitely one of my worst qualities.

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  6. thebluemuse, phdSeptember 29, 2011 at 8:40 AM

    I'm going with "what she said" for all the comments above. For the record, I like your brand of sassy!

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  7. elleOctober 3, 2011 at 12:44 PM

    Your sass is your charm. ;)

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  8. lizOctober 5, 2011 at 4:57 AM

    blogging is such a weird overly-personal thing anyway, that i don't think anyone ever reads a comment and thinks, "wait, who is THIS? you don't know me!"

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  9. wool and miscOctober 17, 2011 at 6:02 PM

    agreed! i love it when people pipe up!

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  10. MeghanDecember 20, 2011 at 7:43 PM

    Just say hi. Hi.

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  11. ALPJanuary 1, 2012 at 11:36 AM

    Hi, Meghan!!

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