Comments on: Seth Godin Needs to Drink His Own Medicine

By: human3rror

human3rror — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:13:08 +0000

sometimes a tribe can get tired of it's leader…

By: brettaljets

brettaljets — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:06:14 +0000

Comment away. I know lot of pastor who don't have comments on, it's just like they want everyone to follow them on Twitter, but they don't follow anybody. It's about learning from our "tribe" right?

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By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:48:59 +0000

I hear that.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:48:22 +0000

Thanks for coming in.

By: GodsMac

GodsMac — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:50:53 +0000

Without Jesus, there's no medicine that will fix any of us. I'm praying Seth will realize that soon.

By: Chris Allison

Chris Allison — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:33:22 +0000

He doesn't have comments but he has trackbacks, and I'd wager he checks on reply posts pretty thoroughly.

By: Phillip Gibb

Phillip Gibb — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:46:47 +0000

very cool that you responded. And true that even disliked bloggers have comments turned on.
but am a believer that the best conversation is happening in the comments. So many people can't make it to conferences or programs, emails won't all get answered, even at the conferences the communication is one way – one person to the masses.
But here, in this comment – people can interact and engage; one on one, on to many, many to one. They can be heard and respected.

By: seth godin

seth godin — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:48:36 +0000

sheesh. I'm sure you didn't mean this post to come across as supercilious and a little nasty, but it did.

there are lots of ways to get closer to people, don't you think? lots of ways to answer email, go to conferences, run a free MBA program, contribute time and money and attention. If you'd like me to apologize for not running my blog in a way you see fit, consider this that apology.

In fact, if you look at some of the most disliked and demonized bloggers out there, they DO have comments turned on. That's because a soapbox is not the same as interaction, and because giving people a chance to vent is not the same as making it clear that you're listening.

I don't view the web as a fun wrestling match, and I'm sorry if that disappoints some people. Too many more important things to do and work on, at least for me.

By: Daniel Decker

Daniel Decker — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:34:26 +0000

I agree but also realize that by turning on comments for such a largely read blog that he (or others with very large platforms) would likely need an assistant to monitor the volume of comments or else they’d spend all their time as a comment moderator.

While I'd love the ability to interact with the blog post author and probably even moreso the commenting community, I see pros and cons for both sides. For pastors, there is that degree of those who would waste valuable comment space with their attempts to tear down the pastor or get into a debate online in disagreement over silly things. That stinks and wastes the pastors time. Those pastors could alleviate that though with a simple disclaimer above comments that reads "No negative comments will be posted." Then just turn moderation on… but there again it gets into a time issue and likely having to have an assistant monitor all comments.

I will step up in Seth's defense on connecting though. He has always been quite responsive to me via email. Whenever I have sent him an email, he has always replied directly.