I literally have like three minutes to post this, but I wanted to let new readers know (and remind old readers) a few things about why I cannot sit around all day responding to comments.
Here is an excerpt from a post I did this past summer when I was deciding whether or not to get back into political blogging.
Things have changed in my life since then to the point where I think I can go back to blogging, I just need to have some boundaries.
For one, I will probably do just one post a day. And I cannot get bogged down with discussions in the comments. [...]
I need to figure out if I can do this without it taking over too much of my life, like it was before. My primary responsibility is to my family and I can’t get involved in anything that will push them into second place. Keeping up with everything that is going on, enough to blog intelligently about it, can be a full-time job in and of itself.
I homeschool three boys, age 10 and under, I have a home to run, I am working on a website for an online business, with a drop dead date of Oct. 29, and I have a homeschooling/homemaking blog that is my number one priority, as far as blogs go, because it is more purposeful.
Add to that the fact that all three of my kids are battling colds and I don’t have a lot of time for comment wars discussions, especially when they degrade into name-calling.
I have not even had a chance to read any of the comments left on my post from last night, but I will get around to it later today or this weekend. There are also other comments that I wanted to respond to, as well.
October 12th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Commenting on comments…
I may give you hell and attack your ideas, Charity, but I won’t resort to calling you names. But if you’re going to put up ideas and opinions that are easily disproven, and don’t have the time or the will to defend them and back them up, perhaps you shouldn’t allow commenting (which would be tragic, because nobody would learn anything on either side),or just don’t post anything that you’re not willing or able to defend.
What’s your new business? And what software are you using to design it? Just curious.
October 12th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
It’s not a matter of not having the will. I just didn’t have the time. It takes time to put together a response.
I do not agree that I should not allow comments if I am not going to respond to every thing someone says. Many blogs are like that.
As for the business, I am going to sell some stuff that I make – wire sculptures and soaps, to start. Well, hopefully sell, anyway.
I am still in the process of figuring out exactly how I am going to make the site. Free is good, but it needs to be balanced with control of content. I am playing around with a couple of options to see which I like best. I think I like what I was working on today the best, so far. I will be sure to tell you all about it when I am finished.
October 12th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
Are you messing around with a site design website or doing it up from scratch?
October 25th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Charity,
Hang in there girl! Kids come first. BELIEVE ME! I know.