Comments on: Journalism in Social Media Pitfall #2: Complete thoughts http://eatsleeppublish.com/journalism-in-social-media-pitfall-2-complete-thoughts/ Thoughts on the future of publishing Thu, 26 May 2011 22:44:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Journalism in Social Media Pitfall #3: Plugging your ears — Eat Sleep Publish http://eatsleeppublish.com/journalism-in-social-media-pitfall-2-complete-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-1550 Journalism in Social Media Pitfall #3: Plugging your ears — Eat Sleep Publish Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:58:43 +0000 http://eatsleeppublish.com/?p=1258#comment-1550 [...] Wednesday I wrote about how your thoughts should be half-finished, because that way you can create engagement with [...] [...] Wednesday I wrote about how your thoughts should be half-finished, because that way you can create engagement with [...]

]]> By: Mónica Guzmán http://eatsleeppublish.com/journalism-in-social-media-pitfall-2-complete-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-1549 Mónica Guzmán Fri, 26 Dec 2008 03:37:52 +0000 http://eatsleeppublish.com/?p=1258#comment-1549 One word of caution here. While it's great to leave open loops to spur discussion, there is such a thing as leaving too much to readers or giving them too little to go on. As a blogger on a newspaper Web site, I've found a limit to how much readers looking for news are willing to engage in "open threads." So I try to keep those to a minimum, and when I do write posts that do little more than ask questions, I try to balance them with surrounding posts that give a lot of answers. One word of caution here. While it’s great to leave open loops to spur discussion, there is such a thing as leaving too much to readers or giving them too little to go on. As a blogger on a newspaper Web site, I’ve found a limit to how much readers looking for news are willing to engage in “open threads.” So I try to keep those to a minimum, and when I do write posts that do little more than ask questions, I try to balance them with surrounding posts that give a lot of answers.

]]> By: Allan McDougall http://eatsleeppublish.com/journalism-in-social-media-pitfall-2-complete-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-1546 Allan McDougall Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:35:05 +0000 http://eatsleeppublish.com/?p=1258#comment-1546 I don't think any piece of writing is every complete. It's just that at some point you have to give up on it and move on. Very astute observation here, Jason. Thanks. I don’t think any piece of writing is every complete. It’s just that at some point you have to give up on it and move on.

Very astute observation here, Jason. Thanks.

]]> By: Jason Preston http://eatsleeppublish.com/journalism-in-social-media-pitfall-2-complete-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-1542 Jason Preston Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:33:09 +0000 http://eatsleeppublish.com/?p=1258#comment-1542 That sounds like a spot-on assessment to me. That sounds like a spot-on assessment to me.

]]> By: Wade Rockett http://eatsleeppublish.com/journalism-in-social-media-pitfall-2-complete-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-1540 Wade Rockett Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:24:22 +0000 http://eatsleeppublish.com/?p=1258#comment-1540 Hugh MacLeod recently asked why he loves his Twitter community more than his community of blog commenters. One response someone offered was that blog comments are often like a Q&A after a speech. I think that ties into what you're saying -- when blog posts are written less like a monologue and more like the opening of a conversation, the tone of the comments is different. Hugh MacLeod recently asked why he loves his Twitter community more than his community of blog commenters. One response someone offered was that blog comments are often like a Q&A after a speech. I think that ties into what you’re saying — when blog posts are written less like a monologue and more like the opening of a conversation, the tone of the comments is different.

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