The wow effect of the commenting section?
First hand experience
Re: Medium version of my steemit post.
Not long ago I started to learn social media from the ground up. I imagined meeting tools like Facebook, Medium, Reddit for the first time.
- What do people do in them?
- Why do they do what they do?
- How are they talking?
- Why they are there?
So I’ve noticed the comment section. Seems like it was always there. A thought ran through my head:
Every Social Media is spinning around the Comment section. The tool that every single person on this planet can use to be heard! That’s where the juice is at.
And I saw a lot of personalities out there using the commenting section for far more then just to say ‘cool pic’… I started to jump from one post to another participating here and there, getting into dialogues, meeting same people from time to time.
I felt like I’m part of something bigger than myself: a fraction; a drop in the ocean of other drops. I have finally connected to the virtual dimension.
Wow.
Too pathetic maybe. But this was the first time I felt the moment of awareness while browsing the Web; awoken in the dream. I started acting strategically, aiming to meet more talents, authors, masters, thinkers, poets. I wanted to know everyone!
While doing so I realized that the writing for the comment section is much like a philosophical discussion at the college party around 11:56 AM at the window in Paris, 19eme arrondissement. You just gotta say what you really think. If your talking to the people capable of expressing intelligent thoughts you will quickly find your buddies only.
But enough with the intro part.
Here are couple of things I was doing to spark the conversation:
- Seeing unusual in the usual
- Inviting people to look at the problem, situation from a different perspective.
- Imagining the different context for the conversation
- Answering the question as if I want to get a good grade for my answer: high quality response only; no bullshit.
- Telling a story that would relate to the original post
- Responding to somebody’s long post through: relating or exploring the alternatives
- Sharing professional experiences and anecdotes
- I’ve also noticed that a lot of skillful commenters tend to integrate very natively their self-promotion. The masters did it so professionally it was hard to believe their leaving a bread crumbs trail to they businesses. It was beautiful…
As for the questions in the beginning of the article. Share your thoughts in the comment section 😄
-K.
