On the surface, commenting on another person's blog changes his/her post from a monologue to a dialogue. Two-way communication on a thought, idea, or issue that now has solicited the interests of others. Commenting, communicating, engaging with others on common interests bring you closer to those people. As you share your comments, you open up a little of yourself to others about who you are and what are your beliefs. As with people often liking to talk about themselves, people also like talking about things they like, see, hear, or know in common. How often do you see a group of people hanging out talking about a sporting event, cars, etc., and another person walks up and just joins right in? They don't need to stop and go back the the beginning and start over, just jump in and keep it going. If the new person repeats something said before he joined, no big deal, we can talk about it again. Same with commenting on posts, just don't have the face to face, but the community is still there.
I thought that making "meaningful comments" was informative in that it isn't just about your comments adding to the blog, but that also has several side effects, letting the original author know that he/she is being heard and that someone thought the post was important enough to capture someone's interest. In addition to what it does for the original author, it may also bring people to look at your blogs to see what else you have to share. As a student new to blogging...ah yes, a "newbie"...I found it encouraging to read about not being afraid to comment on someone's blog. That newbies have important perspectives was encouraging and inviting. I wouldn't normally see myself as a blogger, but who know...this class and some positive experiences, I may get hooked.
Looking outside my group, I thought I would look up an interest of mine...British Classic Cars. I choose American MGB Association Blog as it is associated with the classic car that I own. I wasn't sure really what to post, but when I found this blog (http://blog.amgba.com/?p=697), I posted about my ownership of a 1969 MGB. I commented about MG RV8 that I loved reading about cars still being designed/made with the MG tag. I told the author that I enjoyed his blog about a new design called the Icon. In the end, I asked if the author knew whether MG has any plans to market vehicles in the future for the US market? We shall see what the author thinks of my "newbie" comment.
Within the group:
In Katy Martin's "Thing 1" Blog, I really liked how she personalized each of the habits by putting her own actions next to each habit. I think that is a great way to put the habits in real actions that will become her own habits.
I commented on two of Thomas Schlauch's 23 things. On "Thing 1", I commented that I think Thomas's easiest habit, turning problems into challenges is probably the best habit to have as it means the others are just the challenges that Thomas says are so "fun". On "Thing 2", I only commented that I had the same issue with the background on my avatar.
My post to Drumm commented on his choice for his avatar and its accessories. We had both designed our avatar to look like ourselves, but choose different settings, work versus play.
To Killebrew123, I commented on his Thing 3 about the usefulness of creating a blog for the parents of our students.
On 23 Horner-Licious Things, I commented to Amy about School 2.0 and the use of the new technology tools for teaching. In my comment, I supported 2.0, but did add a word about using the right tools, not just lots of tools.
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