~ *hugs* and so are yours :) ~L

~ I saw a few other wordpress bloggers doing it, I think it’s much better….this way when other people read the comments they don’t have to go back and figure out which comment I’m referring to….and I just think it looks more tidy :) ~L

I couldn’t have said it better myself. You and I had this same discussion over on my blog. You know how I feel about it.

There are many on my blogroll I am about to drop off like a bad habit for the very same reason you specified. It’s all about courtesy, ya know. ((Hugs baby girl))

~ I love meeting other courteous hot girls :) ~L

Some weeks I’m so busy – working seven days with long hours – I still feel guilty about not going round and commenting on blogs…

~ Very true….7 days? Yikes man, stop and smell the roses soon! *hugs* good to see you :) ~L

~ Glad to have been of service, Madam. ;) Such a sweet blogger :) ~L

Back to the subject. What is the etiquette about commenting back to comments left on your site? Am I being a bitch by not personally commenting on every comment left for me? Sometimes I’ll email someone personally (or perhaps comment back) if the comment strikes me. I totally appreciate people like yourself who do write back to each comment. Perhaps I just need to make more time to comment back to my readers… but what if they leave a comment and never return to read what I have to say back to them?

~ I don’t guess that there is etiquette. No, you’re not being a bitch! :P An email, IMO, is just as good. And I realize that someone may not come back to see your reply, I can’t speak for everyone. I know that when I stop back to the blog at their next post, I’ll go back to previous entries and read the comments and/or replies. If I said something personal in comments, something that might warrant a response from the author,or maybe I asked a question or what have you,I’ll go back and check.

I guess it just also lets me know if they enjoy my presence on their blog….like if I can see that, for example, the author consistently replies to other commenters with wit, humor, flirt or something that shows they -like- the person and are glad to have them there…..but then my comment gets a chilly reception or none at all…Well, too much of that and I get the hint and won’t comment anymore. I’m not saying YOU are doing that, not at all, it just brought up another point in my head.

Its about manners to me
the perfect analogy is what you said about someone paying you a compliment.
anyway

Congrats Coy Pink!

Excellent choice.

~ I don’t really have specifics…..its just whatever strikes my fancy, I guess.

Oh and I agree wholeheartedly with you and swordfish…

I read every single one and appreciate that they took the time to read my blog and write the comments. But I am a college student. I have three exams and a paper due by next week. Sometimes I just don’t have the time.

I do try to comment to the people who say they’ve linked a post or added me to their blogroll. And I really should try to make a better effort to comments back.

~ I’ve found that there’s all different levels, but just something small is sometimes all that’s necessary. In some blogs there is a whole nother conversation going on in the comments, back and forth between author and several commenters. That’s not always necessary, ya know? But, my point isn’t to make people feel bad….it’s just to make others aware. And to speak about why I’ve perhaps stopped commenting on someone’s blog or removed them from my list, should they take notice (I doubt they will though) ~L

~ i agree that its never necessary to comment to every little thing, especially if you don’t really like the post or what have you. But my issue here today is really the fact that some authors don’t acknowledge the comments. ~L