Confession: I'm a commenting whore. I just cannot not comment on a blog post (I'm working on it.) It's not that I comment to get others to comment back on my blog; I just have a hard time controlling my trigger-happy comment typing reflex. And, If I had to pick a camp, bloggers vs. commentors, I'd have to stick myself in the latter category.
So, I got a kick out of this recent NPR story, Internet Commenters: This is You. Writer Kevin Collier, who routinely features some of the more interesting commenters in a Indie House publication, claims that such "ramblings" contain"some elements of literature". Collier likens his curiosity of examining mounds of comments and commenters to,'"watching trashy TV."
Notice how he doesn't chronicle any of the annoying trolls.
(Sorry for the double negative.)
1 comments:
Wow! Those are some thought-provoking comments. And long ones, too. I feel intimidated now -- like I have to "up'' my commenting abilities. ;)
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