Write a Comment and Leave Your Mark – It’ll Make a Blogger’s Day

Short and sweet today.  And a topic held dear to every blogger’s heart. 

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Come… 

Come with me…. 

I’m holding out my hand.  Take it and step out of the shadows. 

And yes, I’m talking to YOU.  The one who reads and agrees, but never leaves a mark.  I know that you’re out there, I see the visits on the page, but I don’t know who you are. 

And the thing that most blogger’s won’t flat out tell you… 

We want to know who you are. 

Do you want to know how to make a Blogger’s day? 

Probably not.  Who gives a fuck about them, right?  Hahaha.  I take that back.  If you’re reading this, then most likely you’re a blogger too and do care.  But if you happen not to be, and like reading what other people are writing.  Or hell, even if you hate what most people are putting out there but have found one good blog that you like, that you relate to. 

Then step into the light and engage…  Leave a comment. 

Because it will make that blogger’s day. 

You might not think it is much.  Those guys/gals just write for themselves.  Those outlandish blogger personalities.  What selfish smucks just spewing their personal beliefs, thoughts and feelings out into the internet unabashed.  Who do they think they are? 

But you’re wrong.  We need you.  Let me repeat it because it is the key to everything: we need you. 

Maybe some won’t admit it, staring down at us from their high-perched ivory tower with tens of thousands of followers.  But for us little folk, we need the interaction.  We crave the feedback.  Because like you, we are also searching… searching for meaning… searching for a community.  Trying to find like-minded thinkers who will accept us and share our views in the world. 

Because we don’t start writing a blog to be alone.  We start writing a blog so that we can find YOU. 

Every blogger must begin somewhere, and the past two years I was solely a reader as well.  I’d stumble across a new blog every now and then and get so excited. 

Yeah!  This person gets it!  Here we go… someone I can relate too!  You stay up late at night or pull up that favorite blog while dodging meetings at work and you consume, because you love it.  You found the right voice that resonates with you. 

You want to reach out, but you’re unsure of yourself.  You’re new to this world and don’t know what to do.  Then the second guessing begins… 

What happens if you post a comment and it is all screwed up?  What happens if you post something and people think it is stupid?  It’s taken you this long to find this community, you don’t want to be rejected right away.  It’s like you’re a freshman in high school all over again, doing that awkward dance.  You read the other blogger comments and there seems to be cliques everywhere that you don’t understand. 

What are these underlying rules and online social codes?  How do I navigate this? 

So you don’t engage.  You hold back.  You tiptoe around the sites.  You read but you don’t touch.  Then as you become more confident, you take a risk and post your first comment.  And all the elations and excitement are there. 

You hold your breath and sweat it out expectantly.  Hitting page refresh just a couple times to make sure you haven’t missed anything and the comment stays.  You scan it for any misspelling or typos to make sure it is perfect. 

And then you wait (hopefully not too long – but bloggers are busy people ya know), and then it comes.  You see the response and it’s great.  You’re actually having a digital conversation with that person who you admire so much…  that person who has let down their guard and let you wander innocently among the digital pages of their mind. 

It feels great.  Because you connect.  You are a part of something now and for that one moment you know you’re not alone. 

How do I know this? 

Because I was you.  I was on the on the other side of the looking glass only a few months ago… on the outside looking in. 

And I’m here to ask you… please… tell me who you are? 

-Q-FI 

P.S.  Let’s see if on a post about comments, I can even hit five separate comments?  Hahaha.  Unfortunately, I think I’ll take the odds against that.  Post away if you’re out there…