Thanks for the links Alex, they got caught in my sensitive spam queue, just seeing them now! Sea of Shoes makes an eh…interesting point >

“I have never seen the point of a feedback system on a personal style blog.”

…which got me thinking, why do us personal style bloggers have comments sections at all, based on Sea of Shoes argument? Well here’s my answer, eh…even if it wasn’t asked for! (Prepare for considerable rambling now…3..2..)

I know myself that, as a frequent blog visitor, sometimes I just really want to tell the blogger - ‘I love that!,’ and acknowledge that hey, I was here, visiting you, took some time out of my day, and it was worth it, keep it up! etc etc…I never saw leaving comments as ‘unnecessary’, just well, a little note to the owner of the house after a pleasant visit.

Personally, I am more than thrilled when people do take the time to say, you know what, I liked that, I’m going to click on the little comments thingy and write some words, just to say I liked that…. Because the whole reason I put the post up was to say; I like this, do you? Otherwise. Well…what IS the point of a blog? If I wanted to just collate images so I can remember outfits, or images from other sites, or new collections, or whatever, I could keep them in a folder on my desktop. The idea was to share them with people who might also like them. If I were to then turn off my comments, I feel it would be like saying ‘Here it is…what do you think…NO don’t tell me!’..

Again, this is all based on the circumstances of just having a blog and turning comments off because people have an opinion. I still agree with bloggers turning them off when they’re getting a considerable amount of nasty stuff. Nothing is worth having that kind of negative bull in your life.

Until, if, when, etc I do get the haters, I’m just going to keep on posting, enjoying any comments, and having a bit of craic with the whole thing. That was the idea of it all in the first place, and I hope I never get to the stage where that has to change.

Ramble, ramble, ramble…

x Blanaid

Apparantly the blogger from http://seaofshoes.typepad.com/ (cant remeber her name) said one time that she hates overly negative and nice comments in equal measure. She finds the overly nice ones boring and prefers active discussion and debate on what she wears

she should get herself over to stylebitches - she’d have no shortage of a good oul argument!!!:)

and second is Liberty London Girl - http://www.libertylondongirl.com/2009/12/anonymous-comments.html.

Have also seen a very well known English blogger (is it VERY uncool to name names?) who has recently posted verbatim some of the comments she has received about her writing style and addressed them publicly. Very funny!

I think you’re right, it’s more her attitude that is rubbing people up the wrong way than her points…

xB

ya Id never really comment if I didnt like someone’s outfit on a blog. But seriously if I was a blogger or working in fashion It’d be different. I dunno I think its her snotty atitude that rubs me the wrong way! Anyways Ill get over it!:) I dont follow her blog anymore

I think I know that site, and I completely agree with her decision. We know that it’s basically a full time job running a blog, and the last thing you want to do is moderate hundreds of comments and weed out the really nasty ones. The hating comments she was getting were beyond mean, and nothing to do with the clothes, unlike the one comment left on Sinead’s example. So I think fair play to her, I’d probably do the same if I were her… No-one needs that negativity in their lives!

That’s just my opinion anyways..!

xB