Eric Friedman – Marketing.fm

Are you afraid to comment on a blog?

I have spoken with a few people recently in person, email, and on the phone about their apprehension to leave comments on this blog or any blog for that matter. Whenever a topic gets on my radar 3+ times I tend to post about it knowing others may have smarter thoughts.

I am not sure why but a growing number of people have emailed me amazing thoughts about a post, but do not want to leave comments.

I wonder if this trend is growing or it is my imagination. I also wonder if the improved search techniques of bosses, potential employers, and brands influence the decision to comment.

As services become ubiquitous enough you will probably already logged in to comment – something that has helped conversations on my blog a lot since I installed Disqus.

What do you think? Are people afraid to comment? Are they leaving less comments?