Comments on: Why is “inline” blog commenting not popular? http://ramseymohsen.com/2009/01/why-is-inline-blog-commenting-not-popular/ Director of Social Media at Digital Evolution Group, web strategist, speaker, #geek and video blogger. Wed, 16 May 2012 16:33:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Shane http://ramseymohsen.com/2009/01/why-is-inline-blog-commenting-not-popular/#comment-60232 Shane Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:34:52 +0000 http://ramseymohsen.com/?p=134#comment-60232 I think it would be a cool execution if it could be done with Javascript, but it would ultimately be all about execution. And what do you do if JS isn't enabled? I'm more with Whitney. Viddler's works because it's adding textual comment to another format. To add text upon text would just seem like noise to me. It would probably be like those annoying sites that have inline contextual ads that popup when you accidently roll over them in the text. I think it would be a cool execution if it could be done with Javascript, but it would ultimately be all about execution. And what do you do if JS isn’t enabled?

I’m more with Whitney. Viddler’s works because it’s adding textual comment to another format. To add text upon text would just seem like noise to me. It would probably be like those annoying sites that have inline contextual ads that popup when you accidently roll over them in the text.

]]> By: ramseymohsen http://ramseymohsen.com/2009/01/why-is-inline-blog-commenting-not-popular/#comment-60149 ramseymohsen Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:46:27 +0000 http://ramseymohsen.com/?p=134#comment-60149 Valid point, like I said it's all about the execution. Close attention to a friendly interface design would have to be taken into consideration. It can be done -- take for instance Viddler's video comments. A lot of people thought that could never be done well in which you could watch a video and view comments without it being confusing. Valid point, like I said it’s all about the execution. Close attention to a friendly interface design would have to be taken into consideration.

It can be done — take for instance Viddler’s video comments. A lot of people thought that could never be done well in which you could watch a video and view comments without it being confusing.

]]> By: Whitney http://ramseymohsen.com/2009/01/why-is-inline-blog-commenting-not-popular/#comment-60033 Whitney Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:45:16 +0000 http://ramseymohsen.com/?p=134#comment-60033 When I read an article or blog post, I read the whole piece (or the majority of it) before I form an opinion. If I stop every other sentence or paragraph to read someone's comments, I probably would get annoyed and stop reading. Inline commenting would just disrupt the idea flow of any post... and who wants to read something that has MS Word copy-editor vomit all over it? It would be like having a blog seizure. When I read an article or blog post, I read the whole piece (or the majority of it) before I form an opinion. If I stop every other sentence or paragraph to read someone’s comments, I probably would get annoyed and stop reading.

Inline commenting would just disrupt the idea flow of any post… and who wants to read something that has MS Word copy-editor vomit all over it? It would be like having a blog seizure.

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