MEDIUM CONNECTIONS

My 2nd Best Self-Boosting Technique to Grow Audience

Connections are born in the comment fields — follow my evergreen principle

If an article is a lecture, the comment is the conversation afterward. (January 29, 2010.) | Image supplied by the author

Before I started writing articles, I got 684 followers by commenting. The number of back-following hunters is negligible.

Red: only with commenting; Yellow: Friend of Medium (Read here.) | Image supplied by the author

Clapping, highlighting, listing, and following are all important, but commenting is the most direct and interactive form of connection building.

My Medium policy prohibits “Thanks, great writing!” kind of clichéd comments. I only comment if I can add something to the author’s thoughts.

When the author and my thoughts meet, the space for communication opens up, and the connection deepens.

Stimulate the flow: After reading, comment because it supports everyone.

My creative comments are the seeds for future articles. There is no blank page problem because I’ve already started writing the article as a comment.