Comments on: Misplaced Comment

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 18 May 2006 19:10:01 +0000

I think it’s in the nature of the medium that most people read rather than comment. I certainly do. However, I feel Tom’s little rant was certainly unfair.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 13 May 2006 04:23:54 +0000

yes, that’s definitely a respectable readership.

so, would you be willing to say whom those other well-read TEFL blogs belong to? it would great to get them involved in the CELT! LOL

By: EFL Geek

EFL Geek — Sat, 13 May 2006 04:20:36 +0000

I do know that I have a fair number of readers using bloglines 54 subscribers last time I checked. And I get hits from a number of other online aggregators so I must have a respectable readership. I also know that some of the other EFL blogs have as large or larger readership than I do.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 12 May 2006 09:19:24 +0000

do you think it’s ironic that your post about why people don’t comment got so many comments?

yes, most folks lurk. i think you’re right.

i don’t have a feed aggregator so i don’t know how those things work but what you said makes sense.

educational blogs may not be all that controversial but i think education is. that other teachers don’t agree with. maybe the debates make for boring reading and peple just go away after a point.sometimes when I’m reading around the TEFL blogs, I get the feeling that are a handful of TEFLers reading and commenting on each others blogs and that no one else is really out there. it’s to be expected really when you think about how small the TEFL community is and even small the blogging TEFL community is. perhaps this is why that reading and commenting is especially important for TEFLers who blog.

By: EFL Geek

EFL Geek — Thu, 11 May 2006 11:00:06 +0000

Daniel,
On April 16 I wrote a post educators rarely comment. I’m not sure if you were reading my blog at that time or not, but you may want to read the post.

I’ve since decided that another reason readers may not comment often is that educational material is not nearly as controversial as political or religious blogs. Anyhow I’m curious as to what your take on my post is.