Comments on: Thank You for Commenting

By: James Mann

James Mann — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:22:28 +0000

Well the first few thank you’s I received were fine but they do get to be annoying and once that happens I think of them as spam.

Perhaps if a little message came up directly after posting a comment that said thanks and get it over with.

I really don’t post comments to be thanked anyways. The same as I don’t post comments just to say ‘great post’. That just puts me in a bad mood.

By: Neena

Neena — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:11:09 +0000

Heather,
The one time email is key – and might even go unnoticed as being an auto-response. It becomes annoying if a you, as a commenter, receive the same email after every comment that you write.

By: Neena

Neena — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:07:15 +0000

Wayne,
I think a personalized auto-response is certainly better than a “thank you, subscribe to my blog” response. And as I said to Heather, if your audience has responded favorably, then it works for you and there is no reason to change.

By: Heather Masson

Heather Masson — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:02:51 +0000

I haven’t found any problems with the comment relish either Wayne. Guess maybe you’re right in that it’s in the way you word it. Also it’s a one time email, I think that makes a difference as well.

By: Neena

Neena — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:02:15 +0000

@Sales,
I am with you on that one. I have not tried an auto-responder on my sites and have no plans to do so.

By: Wayne Liew

Wayne Liew — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:02:46 +0000

OK, this post gave me a head shot since I do use Comment Relish to send out a canned Thank You e-mail.

Well, how will it be if the e-mail is written in a way whereby it don’t seem to be a canned one. You can see, a canned mail will normally have two points: 1. Thank you, 2. Subscribe to my blog.

I think a canned e-mail which are written with no effort makes the blog looks cheap but what if effort had been placed?

Anyway, I don’t think such mails sent to my readers have caused problems to them though as I have seen replies.

By: Making Sales Making Money

Making Sales Making Money — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:40:04 +0000

Ive tried it both ways and no longer use it, Id rather develop the relationship through posts

By: Neena

Neena — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:18:34 +0000

David,
I hadn’t considered the angle of breaking the comment thread. Keeping the discussion going right on the blog keeps the readers coming back.

Another strike against auto-responders.

By: Neena

Neena — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:15:30 +0000

Heather,
I am not familiar with the comment relish plugin. But if you have had good feedback from your audience then it is doing its job!

I wonder if the make up of the audience makes a difference. Non-bloggers or new bloggers would probably appreciate an auto response more than a seasoned commentator who might look upon such response as spam.

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:43:33 +0000

Yep, those autocomment responders are cheesy, also commenters often reply to this in email rather than posting a follow-up comment, so the discussion thread breaks. Same happens with comment subscribe I find too…