On Commenting

I was thinking (I know, slightly shocking) that I’m a member of a lot of different social sites. I also like to read a lot of different blogs (to my detriment). But I don’t comment a lot. Ok, I rarely comment. I’ll throw something out there every now and then, but I just don’t feel comfortable with it.

Why do you think that is? I find different postings to be worth wasting my time (not wasting really, just not working), but then I just click out and find something else to read. I swear all this reading and without the social interaction is going to cause me to have Lasik surgery or something (my mother had that recently…sigh). I even joined a “club” for bloggers and what do I do? Peruse the postings for interesting thoughts and then leave without posting mine.

The really sad thing is that I’ve made it a point to bookmark some good conversations so that I could come back to them later. I wanted to astound and amaze with my witty commentary and then…nothing. I just let it go. Why do you think that is?

I’ll tell you it’s not because I’m afraid of confrontation or because I might not come across as intelligent as some of the commenters. I’m thinking it might have something to do with just keeping my distance. I’ve learned some hard lessons in my years online and one of those was to be extra careful about who you let get close to you. Maybe that’s it.

At any rate, I’ve wasted a couple of more hours reading and thinking. Now I’ve got to make dinner. And those damned writing samples still aren’t typed out.