Reasons not to put comments on your tumblr blog:
People who read your blog from the dashboard will never comment.
Most people read your blog from the dashboard.
To non tumblr users your blog looks very unpopular. (Even though it might be.)
To me, these are the reasons not to have comment links and counts on your post list pages.
I agree, yet I do have comments.
I just keep them backstage, on the permalink pages (there is a pointer over in the sidebar, though). When I’m actively looking for feedback, I’ll specifically mention that the reader can click through to comment, which works just as well from the dashboard as from my front page.
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codeit reblogged this from toldorknown
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toldorknown reblogged this from jasonstallings and added:
To me, these are the reasons...have comment links and counts
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jacobmartinez reblogged this from peterwknox and added:
Jason Stallings looks eerily familiar, but I don’t think I’ve ever met him. He was born in Texas so I guess there is the...
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peterwknox reblogged this from jasonstallings and added:
is now being used as an example of poor design and an excercise in unpopularity. The guy doesn’t even follow me. Where...
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browning reblogged this from jasonstallings and added:
aren’t reblogs just like comments? but cooler
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topherchris reblogged this from jasonstallings and added:
all points, those are...downsides that matter. But for me
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