Meredith is more thoughtful than I
I find this both amusing and telling. Yesterday’s post about shrinking speaking engagements and conferences attracted zero comments here — but a number of comments on Facebook. So, I wrote in my Facebook status line yesterday:
fascinated as always by the fact that blog posts get a bunch of comments on facebook, none on the blog itself. It’s funny how conversations move over the years.
… which, in itself, got more comments on Facebook than any post here (yes, I know they’re dwindling 
) has received in probably a year.
Then I went in my feedreader and ran across Meredith Farkas’ “W(h)ither blogging and the library blogosphere?” about microblogging and how it’s transforming the biblioblogosphere. (Sorry, I still like the word!) Meredith’s post? Up to 38 comments and counting. Is this because Meredith is an “A-list” blogger and has a bajillion readers? Or is it because she’s one of the few people still writing these long, thoughtful blog posts that she misses, and people want to be part of that conversation?
My other (totally nonlibrary) blog gathers many more comments than does The Liminal Librarian. Is this because I post more often there, or because of the topic, or because the people who are into that type of blog tend read it directly rather than on Facebook/FriendFeed?
Yes, I have more questions than answers. But am just wondering how people choose where to continue conversations online, and would love to… have a conversation about it!
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walt crawford:
It may be worth noting that Meredith’s post engendered about as many comments in a Friendfeed thread as it did directly as a post, maybe more. Those comments are, to some extent, more ephemeral, since they’re not as neatly archived. I’m not even ready to speculate about the issues involved in that pair of conversations…
25 July 2009, 4:47 pmRick Mason:
There are tools that effectively move blog postings onto Facebook; I have seen nothing that does the reverse for Facebook replies to the posts. It would be great to see the conversations mirrored across the various social media, adapted as necessary to the various formats, but with links to the source (like how Facebook shows blog posts, tweets, etc., but in all directions).
No matter how or where you pick up on the conversation (Facebook, Friendfeed, Blog), you could at least find the complete thread.
25 July 2009, 9:43 pmTiffany:
I’m a bit random with where/why I comment–kind of what strikes me at any particular time. I would rather comment on blogs or Facebook than Twitter, simply because it seems harder to maintain a conversation on Twitter. Thought-provoking!
27 July 2009, 8:25 amGeekChic:
I comment when the spirit moves me – but I’m not on Twitter, Facebook or MySpace so obviously I can’t comment using any of those methods. As for why I’m not on any of those services… I’m connected enough – I don’t even have a cell phone (and I’m under 35).
27 July 2009, 2:19 pm