Comments on The Lovable Rogue: The Impact of Social Media Fame

Thanks Ruth,I really appreciate your kind comments...

2009-04-08T21:34:00.000+01:00

Thanks Ruth,
I really appreciate your kind comments, and hope that I can keep you informed with the content I produce here. I look forward to hearing from you in the future!

TLR

I recently came accross your blog and have been re...

2009-04-08T08:50:00.000+01:00

I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Ruth

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Hey Danny,I agree entirely; whilst the increase in...

2009-03-25T06:58:00.000Z

Hey Danny,
I agree entirely; whilst the increase in the conversation ratio decreases as participants increase, the opposite is true for the number of physical conversations. As you suggest, of greater significance is the recognition of a more complete and comprehensive conversation; a result of approaching a subject from an increased number of angles.

A great post has the power to both incite discussion and to create community, which is something that I will be examining this evening. Herein lies one of the greatest benefits of the social media. Each of our contributions, no matter how small, contributes insight to the collective intelligence. The value which each of us can personally recognize from this collective resource is significant.

As you suggest, Danny, the opening post is the ice breaker. When the drinks do start flowing it's anyone's guess where the conversation will go!

Thanks as always for your thoughts Danny!

TLR

Wow, Chris, this is an absolutely fascinating post...

2009-03-25T04:30:00.000Z

Wow, Chris, this is an absolutely fascinating post. (PS - thank you for the shout out, very kind of you fella).

It's something that I think I've chatted with you about before. It does seem ironic that, as the level of connection goes up, so the level of interaction seems to go down as a result.

Or does it?

If the hard numbers of connections go up, doesn't the level of interaction, albeit maybe not in ratio?

Let's use Twitter as an example (and these are just figures - nothing scientific!):

1 follower - 1 conversation
10 followers - 10 conversations
100 followers - 20 conversations
1000 followers - 50 conversations
10,000 followers - 200 conversations

So although there are less ratio conversations taking place, there are more physical conversations happening that wouldn't have otherwise.

Blog comments are an interesting one. I definitely try and answer everyone's comments where applicable (if it's not a duplicate answer, for example). I feel it's the least I can do for someone taking the time from their day to read what I have to say. If I ever reach Chris Brogan's lofty status, it may be different - I hope not, but I guess only time will tell.

And as you rightly point out, it's all about building community. I've always said that my blog is for my readers as much as it is for me. The comments often trigger ideas for new posts, and I'm always happy to open up to guest posts as well. We all learn from each other.

To me, a blog post is the conversation starter - the icebreaker at a party, if you like. The good stuff happens when the drinks start flowing. ;-)

Cheers for a great post, Chris, and I'm off to check Clay's book out too.