Thanks for extending my thinking.

As with other writing, always make a habit of rereading through the drafts, try not to put out stuffs that you think has flaws.

On the other hand, I find deleting complementary comments interesting, but when you think about it it makes sense, as it’s all about creating a neat user experience for the audience.

I’ve finally realized what Socrates meant when he said “the more I learn, the less I know.”

Not a bad way to go about it. Thanks for your comment, Kyle.

But I do think the idea of a “healthy” comments section depends on having a lot of people hanging out, commenting and reading the comments. It takes volume to tend.

Interesting chicken-v-egg situation there, though, isn’t it?

My favorite way to use my blog, lately, is as spill-over from twitter conversations. At that moment when a twitter conversation is getting too unruly to follow, I like writing a quick post and inviting my twitter conversants to continue there.

I’ve noticed that! Fun new blog genre.

I’ve added your final paragraph to the post itself.

That your blog is categorically different than other blogs, as far as comments and readership goes, is something you’ve heard before. For most of the lessons on this list that really doesn’t matter. But I do think the idea of a “healthy” comments section depends on having a lot of people hanging out, commenting and reading the comments. It takes volume to tend.

Also: “punch up,” you say, and that’s absolutely right. That also contributes to the health of your comments section.

My favorite way to use my blog, lately, is as spill-over from twitter conversations. At that moment when a twitter conversation is getting too unruly to follow, I like writing a quick post and inviting my twitter conversants to continue there.

That’s just my style, though. The advice I’d give others about comments is simply to ask for comments when you want them. The way blogs work in 2016, you probably don’t have very many people reading you via RSS and not so many people regularly checking your comments sections. You are probably connected to other educators on social media, though these people might not know that you want feedback on your ideas. If you invite feedback, though, you’ll get more of it. That’s my advice.

It is clear that you have been blogging for a decade to have such great advice for the new or not so new blogger. Your list resonates with me well because I think I’ve done the opposite of each of those points for at least a period of time.

Your point about “figuring out what blogging measures in your life” is really interesting. It might be useful to explicitly mention that what blogging measures might change over time, so it’s useful to reflect on that piece regularly. Lately, I haven’t been blogging because I’ve come to the realization that I don’t really know anything. I’ve finally realized what Socrates meant when he said “the more I learn, the less I know.”

This post will definitely keep me thinking about how I blog and how I can continue to blog while offering the most value to the math community. Thanks!