Musing Mondays - Blog Comments

Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about blog comments.

How do you respond to the comments on your blog? Do you try to email individually or comment on post yourself answering the comments above? What do you think is the best way to respond to comments and do you respond to all of them? Do you feel slighted if you don't receive a response back from the blog owner? (question courtesy of Jenn)

When I first started this blog way back in July 2006, my sole purpose is to write for myself and to jot down my thoughts after reading a book. My very first comment came from a good friend, Julia, whom I known from author Lori Foster's forum. Though we have not met each other before, but I felt I have known her for a long time through our emails all these years. Subsequently, other friends like Jennifer T. and Darla also commented on my blog occasionally until in January 2007, someone aside from my friends commented on my blog! It was not even a book review post but I was both excited and moved that someone would read my blog and commented on it! Thus, from then onwards I strive to write better and to make my blog looks more interesting. It is through joining memes (I remember my first meme is Ten on Tuesday and Booking Through Thursday) that gave me the opportunity of reading other people's blogs and commenting on them, and vice versa.

I love receiving comments, but the most is I am interested in knowing what friends or other readers think of the things I said. They mean a lot to me, and it is also through their comments that I am aware of the areas I need to improve and so forth. Because I understand my friends and readers take the time in reading and commenting on my blog, I always try my best in answering to every of their comments if possible (which is on the same comment box where they had left their comments on my post). However, if I encounter some problem with blogger, I will then email my reply to them but this is rare.

Honestly, I have no idea what is the best way in responding to comments but I feel as long as they are answered, it is all good. I will not feel slighted but I will be very happy if I get a response from the blog owner.

So what about you? I'd love to hear from you.