Does a Blog Need Comments

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Does a Blog Need Comments
Blogs are not online diaries, they are not a web log, (I give up) a Blog system is an easy way for people to make internet pages and not know anything about HTML or Coding, there is no need for Frontpage or Dreamweaver or other programs.

Blogs are something anybody can do, and they do… for any reason, they do not care anything about the word "log."

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Antigua, Guatemala
Sunday, December 28, 2008
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I am out and about monitoring many Travel Journals, if you have one you want me to monitor, post it in the comments below, the best will eventually be written about.

However, I am amiss, does a Blog need to have comments to be called a Blog. I am a purist on many levels, and think a Hostel needs to have Dorm beds; I do not think people on three-month vacations should call themselves Travelers.

I know I am a Tourist; however, I am also a Traveler.

However, if a Blog does not have the option to leave a comment, is it a Blog or just a collection of Articles using a Blog System to make life easy?

Please, do not let me start to be cynical about the question,
“What is a Travel Journal?”

Does a Blog Need Comments

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Enlight, said on Sunday December 28th, 2008 09:49:00 AM

No, a blog does not need to be enabled to have comments, it is an option.

Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Sunday December 28th, 2008 10:27:00 AM

Rhetorical question, does a blog need to have comments to be called a blog? I can shut my comment off if I wish using the Blogger.com system.

CT_Bob said on Sunday December 28th, 2008 02:33:00 PM

A BLOG can be a BLOG without comments. But us readers like to hear ourselves talk, so it encourages people to read the blogs. For me, the comments draw me in almost as much as the articles.I would like to see an easier way to see what new comments there have been, say in the last month.Bob L

Colm O'Connor said on Sunday December 28th, 2008 02:48:00 PM

I would personally switch comments off. I'm building a website right now with a blog, and it has comments disabled.Blog comments encourage anonymous participation in a conversation. This tends to amplify the noise and make people behave badly. (see http://fishbowl.pastiche.org/2004/04/02/penny_arcades_greater_internet_fuckwad_theory/ )However, I think trackbacks are a fine thing. They encourage thoughtful responses from people with their own blogs. They won't have the veil of anonymity and will have a reputation to worry about so their responses will be appropriate and probably much better (although less numerous).As to the 'philosophical' notion of 'is a blog a blog without comments?'... well, i don't think the precise definition of blog really matters that much.

Anonymous said on Sunday December 28th, 2008 11:28:00 PM

I'm not one for semantics, so I don't really care how a blog is defined. But I do know that a blog with interesting comments is a lot better than one without.--recommended blog: travelvice.com