Must Comment Monday
What is it?
You see these things all the time: Photo Friday, Talky Tuesday, Question Saturday. Some of them are genuinely cool things to take part in , and some of them are just a way for people to come up with ideas to fill their blogs. Sidepodcast doesn’t like to miss out on anything, so we’re resurrecting one of the best: Must Comment Monday.
This is something that I came up with, back in the days before Sidepodcast – those long, long hours spent thinking about things other than Formula 1. What was that like? With the demise of my personal blog, Must Comment Monday went out the window as well. But it was a good idea, and that’s why we’re bringing it back.
What does it mean?
Everybody loves to read blogs, but sometimes it’s only when you feel exceptionally compelled that you might leave a comment. Comments take extra time, and does anyone read them anyway? As a blogger, I can tell you that comments are about 70% of the reason why we blog. The rest is all about having a platform to moan about Mosley or brood about Bourdais.
Here at Sidepodcast, we live to read your comments. You guys add so much to the conversation and are incredibly intelligent, calling us out when we’re wrong, and teaching us things we don’t know. In my case, that happens quite frequently.
Anyway, Must Comment Monday is an attempt to make commenting a part of the routine. Each Monday, every F1 blog post we read, we’re gonna comment on. It’s as simple as that.
Are there rules?
Generally, I stick to a few rules:
- You comment on a Monday, therefore the blog post should be from Monday. If there’s more than one post that day, you only need to comment on one, but feel free to do more if you want.
- You don’t have to comment on blogs that require you to sign up / log in.
What do I have to do?
Nothing. You can sit back and revel in the improved conversation.
Or you can take part, join in the fun and make Monday your commenting day. If I’m not convincing you yet, here are two more things I’m gonna try.
First, leaving a comment can seriously make someone’s day. You can be happy in the knowledge that you made a blogger smile. You might start a conversation, make new friends, revel in a new found social circle.
No?
Okay, fine, then we’ve made you a badge:
Isn’t it pretty? You can’t possibly resist the badge.
Must Comment Monday. You know you want to.
February 9th, 2008 at 05:58 #1 - Spotted by Wolf - 2nd Edition - Weekly Selction from F1 Blogs and Websites | F1 Wolf said:
[...] an idea of MustCommentMonday came from Sidepodast. So if you never ever comment on blogs, try to make our days, make it a habit [...]
February 15th, 2008 at 09:20 #2 - daniel said:
beautiful idea, excited about monday already.
and absolutely agree on the importance, or joy, about comments. but a bit frustration also, since a lot of readers probably have excellent ideas or links or whatever, but just are not used to share. wonder if anyone has studied entrance barriers for comments, would be interesting.
February 18th, 2008 at 14:23 #3 - Lee Vilenski said:
I didn’t know where to post this, but conidering it is monday…. Mwahahaha.
I am a huge Wrestling fan, I watch the WWE, TNA and ROH (If I can) every week. So what happens when ex-F1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya turns up to last Thursdays TNA iMPACT and hits Lance Hoyt over the head with a steel chair? I feel like my words are coliding!
I would like to show you guys a picture but I just can’t find one…
February 18th, 2008 at 20:40 #4 - me said:
the Blue Orange Lion pointed us in the direction of this video.
i know nothing about wrestling though. is this a cool thing?
February 19th, 2008 at 17:58 #5 - Lee Vilenski said:
Nice. Not really cool, but it was quite funny! Juan Pablo Montoya with a bit of wrestling. I was wondering, I think Juan might have made a good choice going to NASCAR, he’d never be able to do that in F1.
February 19th, 2008 at 20:42 #6 - me said:
agreed, ron wasn’t happy with him playing tennis.
February 19th, 2008 at 23:06 #7 - Lee Vilenski said:
Lol, I forgot about that! It was all over the press that he had fallen over a tennis ball!
May 4th, 2008 at 16:37 #8 - Alianora La Canta said:
I’m glad I don’t drive for McLaren – I’ve been known to fall over fresh air before. At least Juan Pablo had a tennis ball he could wave at anyone who doubted his excuse for injuring his shoulder…
May 12th, 2008 at 12:58 #9 - My Sidey sense is tingling! said:
Monday is my Friday. So it’s my Friday night here in Oz and I’m at home on the computer. Who needs to go out partying when there is SidePodcast. Thank you Christine, Me and all the regulars for an awesome site and brilliant podcasts.
July 23rd, 2008 at 02:12 #10 - Aravind said:
Exactly.
It could be truly said that
“To understand the value of comments, You’ve got to be a blogger!!”
November 9th, 2008 at 00:01 #11 - Must Comment Monday (redux) | Sidepodcast : Your Weekly F1 Podcast said:
[...] The theory is, feedback encourages bloggers to write more, which in turn increases the likelyhood of better and more informed conversation. If you missed this the first time round, or need a refresh of the rules (all two of them), we have a page just for you. [...]
November 10th, 2008 at 17:03 #12 - Jordan Allen (Carrying the Number 1 in the Sidepodcast League!) said:
Speaking about F1/Sporting-related injuries, I am glad to see that there has been no reports of Pyrrhic victories over Flies since “me” managed to pull a back muscle while swatting one……Christine must have shown him how to use bug spray….
Fight those flies on the beaches, fight them on the fields and in the streets fight, them in the hills, but never surrender, me.
.
March 28th, 2009 at 21:12 #13 - Steve said:
This is a great idea – you should Tweet it (you may have already!) so we can re-tweet and it may become like Follow Friday – you never know!
March 28th, 2009 at 21:50 #14 - me said:
will do on monday, cheers for the suggestion steve.