Comments vs. Blogs
After reading To Comment or To Blog I considered a few ideas of my own on trackbacks and comments. I recently commented on James Farmer’s Incoporated Subversion post on ways to kill off blogging in education. The reason i commented on his blog rather than on my own using a trackback is because i felt i had a few brief ideas i wanted to express in relation to what he was saying and that it may be of some interest to the readers of his blog. In this post i am reflecting on what Stuart Henshall had to say on comments and trackbacks. I also agree that using trackbacks is a much better way to broader the conversation, by gaining a wider range of thoughts , views and perspectives. In my opinion this tends to occur because after a comment is made the interaction stops there However with trackbacks you the author can comment on what you’ve said about them on your blog as well as other readers who have similar or differing views.
