Comments on: Moving Comments Off the Blog and Into the Forum – Opinions?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:28:12 +0000

I have to say that for myself the fact that is isn’t nearly as convenient would probably detract me from leaving comments there and I suspect many other users would be the same way. Integration down the road would be a good idea, but getting rid of the comments here may not be the best.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:26:46 +0000

It depends. Time is at a premium. If it takes more time, I probably would be less likely to leave a comment.

By: Airelon

Airelon — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:24:22 +0000

I think Cody hit the nail on the head when he said “I hadnâ€™t even noticed the forum on this site!”

Thumbs up to the idea. How many more people will then notice the forums? It’d have to increase.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:42:35 +0000

Bryn hit the nail on the head…integration. I’d be more likely to not post if I had to log into the forum and do so…

By: Bryn

Bryn — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:22:12 +0000

Ideally, you’d integrate the two, giving users quick access to comments from the post, but all of the advantages of the forums. A quick search for “vbulletin wordpress” yielded this result:

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=94443

I also don’t personally comment on blogs which require me to log in to comment. It usually involves more time than I’m willing to invest. You may see that comment and think “what an idiot,” so I’ll clarify a little. No matter how simple you make it, someone else made it hard. One site requires numbers and capitals with no punctuation, another requires punctuation and numbers, another allows alphanumeric only, another has requirements, but they’re not specified. I read several hundred blogs and don’t care to keep track of the inane password requirements on each of them. Logging into a blog usually means clicking the “forgot password” link, waiting for the email, changing the password, leaving a comment and spitting the crushed teeth out of my mouth. It’s easier just to forget it.

By: Cody

Cody — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:14:21 +0000

I hadn’t even noticed the forum on this site! I’ll definitely be in there more…as for moving comments off to the forum, I think you’ve got a very good idea about spurring discussion. If I were you, I would just make sure to include a link at the bottom of your post to the forum post associated with your blog post…just to make things transition as smoothly as possible