Comments on: The End of Animeblogelion http://hontouni.com/zan/2006/03/22/the-end-of-animeblogelion/ Stripey Insists Sisters Cry Oniichan Now Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Zyl http://hontouni.com/zan/2006/03/22/the-end-of-animeblogelion/comment-page-1/#comment-8423 Zyl Wed, 22 Mar 2006 22:31:44 +0000 http://www.yayapapayaz.com/handofgory/2006/03/22/the-end-of-animeblogelion#comment-8423 Hmm... looks like the subject of comments is another hot area for further discussion. At the start, sustaining readership interest probably helps as only a percentage of readers are likely to comment so a larger pool of readers increases the chance that some will comment. And posting regularly is a major factor in sustaining that traffic - particularly if you get most of your traffic from aggregators or RSS feeds. I find that, after a while, active blogs tend to attract a pool of regular commenters who have established a rapport with the blog author(s). Being social i.e. giving thoughtful/interesting/ funny comments at other blogs will also help garner interest and publicity from within the animeblogger community thus increasing blogroll and post links. However my larger point would that while comments do provide useful extrinsic motivation (you blog because readers enjoy it), IMHO it's really more important to have intrinsic motivation (you blog because you enjoy it). The latter, based on interest in anime and interest in discussing anime, can be enhanced in a few ways - by feeling that one is making a distinct contribution to the wider community (i.e. don't reinvent the wheel); by focusing on a particular genre, character, studio, seiyuu etc. which will build up one's reputation for being a certain type of specialist fan and that attracts others who share one's interests (i.e. find a niche). To be sure, both intrinsic and extrinsic complement each other but it's just that if I'm not really enjoying blogging, then it's unlikely that my readers will enjoy it - and thus be less likely to comment. Hmm… looks like the subject of comments is another hot area for further discussion. At the start, sustaining readership interest probably helps as only a percentage of readers are likely to comment so a larger pool of readers increases the chance that some will comment. And posting regularly is a major factor in sustaining that traffic – particularly if you get most of your traffic from aggregators or RSS feeds. I find that, after a while, active blogs tend to attract a pool of regular commenters who have established a rapport with the blog author(s). Being social i.e. giving thoughtful/interesting/ funny comments at other blogs will also help garner interest and publicity from within the animeblogger community thus increasing blogroll and post links.

However my larger point would that while comments do provide useful extrinsic motivation (you blog because readers enjoy it), IMHO it’s really more important to have intrinsic motivation (you blog because you enjoy it). The latter, based on interest in anime and interest in discussing anime, can be enhanced in a few ways – by feeling that one is making a distinct contribution to the wider community (i.e. don’t reinvent the wheel); by focusing on a particular genre, character, studio, seiyuu etc. which will build up one’s reputation for being a certain type of specialist fan and that attracts others who share one’s interests (i.e. find a niche). To be sure, both intrinsic and extrinsic complement each other but it’s just that if I’m not really enjoying blogging, then it’s unlikely that my readers will enjoy it – and thus be less likely to comment.

]]> By: Anga http://hontouni.com/zan/2006/03/22/the-end-of-animeblogelion/comment-page-1/#comment-8422 Anga Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:37:05 +0000 http://www.yayapapayaz.com/handofgory/2006/03/22/the-end-of-animeblogelion#comment-8422 Comments are funny thing, person who don't have blog don't probably know how much it raise motivation to do posts. I know i didn't before. At one point i was almost ready to give up since blogging felt like i just talked to the walls. And i had to make choice because of little free time, online game i played or blogging. It was comments why i chose blogging. Even if it's just one short sentence value is still high. Comments are funny thing, person who don’t have blog don’t probably know how much it raise motivation to do posts. I know i didn’t before. At one point i was almost ready to give up since blogging felt like i just talked to the walls. And i had to make choice because of little free time, online game i played or blogging. It was comments why i chose blogging. Even if it’s just one short sentence value is still high.

]]> By: Sheldon http://hontouni.com/zan/2006/03/22/the-end-of-animeblogelion/comment-page-1/#comment-8421 Sheldon Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:51:22 +0000 http://www.yayapapayaz.com/handofgory/2006/03/22/the-end-of-animeblogelion#comment-8421 This is a good and very informative post. I started my blog in the beginning of this year and from time to time I was thinking about quitting coz I don't get any comments on my post. I have links to well-known as well as rotation sites, but I still didn't get any comments. Plus as a college student I didn't have the time or was to tired to do a post. Eariler this week I got a comment about a previous post I did and I decide to keep on going with it and do a post at least three time a week. I also looked at the archives of some popular blog and at the time these blogger started they wasn't getting that much feedback too. So I just keep on doing this of about a few more months or so. Also I think instead of doing a episode by episode posts of anime, I just do a post with about 2 or 4 episodes of a certain anime. This is a good and very informative post. I started my blog in the beginning of this year and from time to time I was thinking about quitting coz I don’t get any comments on my post. I have links to well-known as well as rotation sites, but I still didn’t get any comments. Plus as a college student I didn’t have the time or was to tired to do a post. Eariler this week I got a comment about a previous post I did and I decide to keep on going with it and do a post at least three time a week. I also looked at the archives of some popular blog and at the time these blogger started they wasn’t getting that much feedback too. So I just keep on doing this of about a few more months or so. Also I think instead of doing a episode by episode posts of anime, I just do a post with about 2 or 4 episodes of a certain anime.

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