#etiquette tl;dr look at the pic. And now if you wish, read the post. :-)
Do you read a post before commenting?
Are you guilty of the "too long didn't read" thought, or do you usually read the whole post before commenting?
I've noticed in many discussion threads that people don't seem to get the gist of the original post, but perhaps after only lightly skimming through the text or just looking at the image are very sure of their strong opinion.
Or is their opinion based on the post's headline? Or just the photo / picture?
(Because I think/do like this, all other aspects are wrong -type of thing)
Even though they're not actually talking about the same thing as the original poster meant to convey... They just think they are. Or want to be trollish.
It is rude.
Do we have conversations because we want to put ourselves in the limelight, let off steam, spite someone or to understand our thoughts better and learn from others?
Perhaps you're rather airing your ideas, collaborating to build something more refined?
We also talk to each other so we can build social relationships which may be useful to us later: But often enough, we share knowledge for its own sake. We build our collective understanding by talking to each other. Commenting is talking, too.
Would you go to a party and just shout hi to everyone?
We also talk to each other so we can build social relationships which may be useful to us later: But often enough, we share knowledge for its own sake. We build our collective understanding by talking to each other. Commenting is talking, too.
Would you go to a party and just shout hi to everyone?
Or solely laughing out loud? (LOL, LMAO)
Commenting intelligently and on the topic is a behavior that is its own reward. For anything else, there's the +1 button.
You may disagree with me and refer to freedom of speech and for every man's right to do what they want (anarchy?) but I use my freedom to voice out an opinion and wish that one-liners be kept for funny gifs or similar.
The 'Add me to your circles' comments or obvious young male chat invitations, well... Hmmm.
This kind of behavior is very disheartening for the people in many cases only trying to be helpful. They might think twice before posting any more advice because in the comments they get very nasty jibes about not ever doing what they advice. Where's the community benefit in that?
Is it too much to ask, that people would read and think about the message before commenting? My mother used to say that if you don't have anything nice to say (unless specifically asked for critique) then it's better to say nothing.
And on social media, if it should happen that a post really is too long for someone to read, to refrain from commenting altogether.
Don't get me wrong:
I love to get comments on my posts and try to read the comments on someone else's post before adding my bit.
If someone has already expressed my sentiments I many times just +1 that comment and move on.
This post is not meant for spammers or sociopaths—nothing will alter their behavior. My goal is to help “the rest of us.” But first, you may wonder why anyone should care about crappy comments—after all, Google+ is a public forum, and readers can ignore the crap. Think of Google+ posts as a restaurant, and the comments are the public sidewalk in front to it.
Read the full article "The art of Google+ comments"
There is a way to control who can interact with you:
Modify your settings! There have been incidents especially with the most popular lady users... You don't have to leave Google+, just decide who can comment, interact or even send you messages.
Change your settings here.
Commenting intelligently and on the topic is a behavior that is its own reward. For anything else, there's the +1 button.
You may disagree with me and refer to freedom of speech and for every man's right to do what they want (anarchy?) but I use my freedom to voice out an opinion and wish that one-liners be kept for funny gifs or similar.
The 'Add me to your circles' comments or obvious young male chat invitations, well... Hmmm.
Why one should think before commenting?
I try to post about my good experiences on Google+, tipping people with extensions or features that I find useful.
Then someone writes in the comments that "I would never use that browser / extension / software" etc continuing "and the world is flat, the sun is blue and my phone bill is already big enough..."
This kind of behavior is very disheartening for the people in many cases only trying to be helpful. They might think twice before posting any more advice because in the comments they get very nasty jibes about not ever doing what they advice. Where's the community benefit in that?
Is it too much to ask, that people would read and think about the message before commenting? My mother used to say that if you don't have anything nice to say (unless specifically asked for critique) then it's better to say nothing.
And on social media, if it should happen that a post really is too long for someone to read, to refrain from commenting altogether.
Don't get me wrong:
I love to get comments on my posts and try to read the comments on someone else's post before adding my bit.
If someone has already expressed my sentiments I many times just +1 that comment and move on.
Guy Kawasaki expressed also my thoughts very well here:
Many people make one-word comments with good intention. Others do it to “join the party”out of sheer enthusiasm for the post. Unfortunately, a few people do it because they want attention and to just see their comments appear somewhere. You can see this when there are comments such as “cool” and “LOL” that don’t make sense for the post.
Although this is more complex than I’d like, I have three recommendations. First, try to make a comment that is longer than one word: “Cool, I’m glad that you posted this,” “Cool, I’ll have to try this too,” or “Cool, please keep this kind of post coming.” The goal is to differentiate yourself from the mindless spammers...
Read the full article "The art of Google+ comments"
There is a way to control who can interact with you:
Modify your settings! There have been incidents especially with the most popular lady users... You don't have to leave Google+, just decide who can comment, interact or even send you messages.
Change your settings here.
What is your opinion on this? Agree or disagree? :-)
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