I’m probably not the only one who feels this way, so I’ll just make a quick PSA: For me, at least, getting comments that engage with what I write and offer a different, interesting perspective can almost be more rewarding than money. So I definitely encourage people to leave comments on entries they read—both as a way to reinforce people for writing entries, and also for the obvious reason of making intellectual progress :)
I definitely wish I had commented more on them in general, and ran into a thing where a) the length and b) the seriousness of it made me feel like I had to dedicate a solid chunk of time to sit down and read, and then come up with commentary worth making (as opposed to just perusing it on my lunch break).
I’m not sure if there’s a way around that (posting things in smaller chunks in venues where it’s easy for people to comment might help, but my guess isn’t the whole thing)
Wow, thanks a lot guys!
I’m probably not the only one who feels this way, so I’ll just make a quick PSA: For me, at least, getting comments that engage with what I write and offer a different, interesting perspective can almost be more rewarding than money. So I definitely encourage people to leave comments on entries they read—both as a way to reinforce people for writing entries, and also for the obvious reason of making intellectual progress :)
I definitely wish I had commented more on them in general, and ran into a thing where a) the length and b) the seriousness of it made me feel like I had to dedicate a solid chunk of time to sit down and read, and then come up with commentary worth making (as opposed to just perusing it on my lunch break).
I’m not sure if there’s a way around that (posting things in smaller chunks in venues where it’s easy for people to comment might help, but my guess isn’t the whole thing)
Just sent you some more feedback. Though you should also get comments from others, because I’m not the smartest person in the room by far :-)