tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post1776337249077182008..comments2024-03-28T10:18:05.213+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: Easy PiecesBhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-86732044206294999402018-09-15T23:23:23.074+01:002018-09-15T23:23:23.074+01:00Regarding the apparent lack of correlation between...Regarding the apparent lack of correlation between how deeply researched and thought-out posts are, and the comments on them; or often, the apparent negative correlation:<br /><br />I read your post. I found it very interesting and thoughtful. (I enjoy most of your posts, you're the second blog I check whenever I do my blog round, just after TAGN; I hope you take that as the compliment it's meant as, and not a putdown!) I just didn't know what to add via a comment to that post. That's why those fast, somewhat rough, posts have it easier attracting answers: somebody will pass by and identify something that is wrong or that they don't agree with. And with that, the chance for a comment thread opens. The posts that take a lot of time are already so good, it's hard to add something to them in the comments. So the comments don't appear.<br /><br />Similar things happen with posts that allow for bikeshedding.floschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05784402621836933199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-40031622674005836422018-09-12T18:03:14.642+01:002018-09-12T18:03:14.642+01:00I wasn't trolling for comments, honest! Althou...I wasn't trolling for comments, honest! Although apparently if I mention I didn't get any it prompts people to speak up. I'll have to bear that in mind heheheh...Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-44101031104688423142018-09-12T17:59:37.148+01:002018-09-12T17:59:37.148+01:00I was being literally accurate when I said I knew ...I was being literally accurate when I said I knew what would happen. It would have amazed me if a discussion had broken out in the comments to that post. As a blog post it was quite self-indulgent, anyway. I like to fancy I'm writing for print sometimes, just for the thrill of it but there's no reason for anyone to indulge me ;) . Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-33459344775142509062018-09-12T17:52:53.374+01:002018-09-12T17:52:53.374+01:00If I gave prizes for comment of the month, you'...If I gave prizes for comment of the month, you'd be nailed on for September with that one!Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-36530941286420954852018-09-12T17:51:46.400+01:002018-09-12T17:51:46.400+01:00Thanks! Now, if only I had the time...Thanks! Now, if only I had the time...Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-68454730895097895652018-09-12T16:02:23.739+01:002018-09-12T16:02:23.739+01:00I've wanted to encourage you for literally yea...I've wanted to encourage you for literally years to start a pop culture blog, but I realized it was rude to tell you what to write when you already have a perfectly lovely blog here.<br /><br />All that to say, I love it when these little gems from you appear out of seemingly nowhere.<br /><br />You have quite the gift...Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-52923928926032811712018-09-12T13:22:46.100+01:002018-09-12T13:22:46.100+01:00Although I did comment on that post this sums it u...Although I did comment on that post this sums it up perfectly for me as well. :-)Mailvaltarhttp://mailvaltar.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-10589825961807118912018-09-12T01:44:51.235+01:002018-09-12T01:44:51.235+01:00Your post on Daybreak was interesting, but most th...Your post on Daybreak was interesting, but most things you write are and I am spectacularly lazy at commenting. XyzzySqrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07492223901575470508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-28564257610186161302018-09-12T00:51:42.171+01:002018-09-12T00:51:42.171+01:00I agree with your sentiments... my best posts (in ...I agree with your sentiments... my best posts (in my opinion) tend to get less traction than some of the ones I put less effort into. I also preach that you should write for yourself first, and if people come through to read it that's a bonus. <br /><br />I did read and appreciate the work you put into that post. It saved me having to search for answers when it comes to Daybreak. I'm terrible at commenting, averaging a couple a month, so there's that. <br /><br />Thanks again.Izlainhttp://gdub4.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-53948193510111642872018-09-11T22:53:37.803+01:002018-09-11T22:53:37.803+01:00Reminds me of my wife taking 15 minutes to answer ...Reminds me of my wife taking 15 minutes to answer a yes/no question. Eventually you get there but you're missing $20 and not sure what the heck happened.Asmirothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09769824275250465235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-85617939948272439662018-09-11T19:33:28.894+01:002018-09-11T19:33:28.894+01:00Yeah, I'm thinking I *really* need to start th...Yeah, I'm thinking I *really* need to start that non-gaming blog...Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-86883248788156523602018-09-11T19:21:34.298+01:002018-09-11T19:21:34.298+01:00Don't get me started on the seasons. Mentally...Don't get me started on the seasons. Mentally summer is June, July, and August for me. culturally in the US summer is between Memorial Day at the end of May and Labor Day at the start of September.<br /><br />But the conspiracy of calendar makers and scientists demand that seasons only change with an equinox of a solstice, which means in their book summer here runs until September 22nd.<br /><br />And then there is always the person who has to point out that the summer solstice in June is called "Midsummer" despite the fact that summer weather generally follows the solstice. Wilhelm Arcturushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033496821708933394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-54152676078838814842018-09-11T19:16:03.415+01:002018-09-11T19:16:03.415+01:00Well, that was something. Thanks for sharing.Well, that was something. Thanks for sharing.Massacred Insecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15729045838764671236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-6847824061072232342018-09-11T17:52:51.786+01:002018-09-11T17:52:51.786+01:00My main advice for anyone thinking of blogging is ...My main advice for anyone thinking of blogging is always "post to amuse and entertain yourself". It's fine (and fun) to address an audience but once you start expecting a response - and especially a particular kind of response at that - you're moving from having a forum for self-expression to becoming a performing monkey. <br /><br />Sometimes I do just like to start typing and see where it takes me. Today's post was a prime example. I don't suppose I've thought about Lenny Bruce in a decade and I certainly wasn't planning on writing abut him but there he is. <br /><br />I am also waiting for the other shoe to drop at DBG. We really ought to be getting some news about this Autumn's expansions some time soon, what with it being Autumn and all...<br /><br />Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-77647611308684306172018-09-11T16:41:30.127+01:002018-09-11T16:41:30.127+01:00Heh, I've actually been back to your post abou...Heh, I've actually been back to your post about Daybreak a couple of times with the intent of making a comment, but I keep ending up with something along the lines of, "Yeah, that is about right."<br /><br />It doesn't help that I had my own post and that I am expecting the other shoe to drop from Daybreak when it comes to plan.<br /><br />But experience has shown me as well that effort has no relationship with popularity when it comes to posts. Off the cuff nonsense gets lots of traffic and response while things I think are actually important get crickets. <br /><br />In the end though, the lack of response doesn't make the posts any less important to me and my monthly review process goes about reviving them every so often as the years go by.Wilhelm Arcturushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033496821708933394noreply@blogger.com