“What are the value of blog comments?” I’ve been wrestling with this one for awhile. It seems that, when I really press myself and others, the answers come up short. Like Skee-Lo.

I wish I had a few more blog comments.
“Comments build community on your blog,” some folks say. “Comments are a great way to build traffic,” others will hypothesize. “We have blog comments because, well, we’ve always had blog comments.” Yes, I suppose that’s true. But does that mean they’re worth having?
Regardless of reasoning, I want to find out what will happen to this blog if I turn comments off for 30 days. One whole month. No comments. Will this blog die? I suppose we’ll find out.
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