As engagement and sharing on Twitter, Facebook and other social tools continues to increase, many bloggers are noticing a sharp decrease in comments on their blogs. Of course, that doesn't mean that interest is declining. RSS and email subscriptions, site traffic and social sharing may all be continuing to increase. These are tracked through a variety of tools and even popular commenting system Disqus scours social networks to find blog posts being shared and displays those as "interactions".
Yesterday I was running a few errands when it struck me. With the advancements of technology moving into the retail and consumer spaces, it is possible to go an entire day of being out without ever having a personal interaction. Take this sample morning of running errands as an example:
Are Blog Comments Dead?
As engagement and sharing on Twitter, Facebook and other social tools continues to increase, many bloggers are noticing a sharp decrease in comments on their blogs. Of course, that doesn't mean that interest is declining. RSS and email subscriptions, site traffic and social sharing may all be continuing to increase. These are tracked through a variety of tools and even popular commenting system Disqus scours social networks to find blog posts being shared and displays those as "interactions".
The Reduction of Personal Interaction
Yesterday I was running a few errands when it struck me. With the advancements of technology moving into the retail and consumer spaces, it is possible to go an entire da
y of being out without ever having a personal interaction. Take this sample morning of running errands as an example: