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Do you like your comments scrambled or over easy?
I love my eggs over easy. Crispy fried egg white around the edges, runny yolk in the middle. And a side of buttered toast. And hot coffee. Yum.
Of course, that's not the only way I eat eggs. I also like softboiled and hardboiled. I like omlettes. I like the simplicity of scrambling eggs for the whole family--so my wife can add peanut butter to hers, my son can add cheese to his, and my daughter and I can eat them plain.
However they're prepared, I like to eat eggs.
How Do You Cook Up Your Comments?
However comments work on a site, I like to comment. Still, when I visit blogs, I find myself preferring the way some people cook up their comments. Some sites get it just right.
At HighCallingBlogs.com, we're trying to build an online community that is more than just a link farm. That means comment activity is important. Obviously, we like comments on this site itself, but we believe encouraging comments everywhere is important for building these relationships.
Comments are where this medium let's us open up to conversation.
This means, we respond to people who comment on our blogs. And it means we comments on the blogs of people who comment on our blogs. Clear as mud right?
So, naturally, we want to make it as easy as possible for people to comment. And we want to demonstrate that we value comments whenever we can. In that vein, I took a look at several different comment options, starting with the highest ranked blogs on Technorati, then finishing up with two comment services, Disqus and Intense Debate.
Your Mission If You Choose to Accept It
Here's what I'd like you to. Take a look at the design of the 10 comment fields below and tell me which one looks easiest, most inviting, least scary.
In short, which one of these blogs would you feel completely comfortable leaving a comment?
- network blogs (like mine) that use Disqus
- CodyBateman.org, a new network blog that uses Intense Debate.
Remember those questions from above? Which comment section looks easiest, most inviting, least scary? Why?
In the spirit of this post, I invite you to leave a comment with your thoughts...
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