Why Comment?

Some people spend a lot of time reading and posting comments on blogs. But... Why is this such a popular activity? I searched the web for blogs and read the comments left by their readers. I found that most people left comments to give their opinions. Sometimes they would express opposition to the blogger's view and sometimes agree with them. Also, they would often praise or criticize the blogs. But above all, it seemed that the main purpose of leaving comments was to interact with people. Blogs make it easy to find people with the same interest, therefore having a common ground to discuss things.

Marit's hobby blog is about a woman named Marit who likes to make crafts. She posts pictures of things she has made. People commented on her blog about how nice her crafts were and the kinds of crafts they made. A New York Times politics blog called "The Caucus" talked about how ballots were still being counted in New Mexico to determine the winner of Tuesday's caucuses. A lot of comments left on that blog were complaints about how long it was taking and that there should be a better process. The last blog I looked at was Jamie's blog. Jamie is my classmate in Etec 414. I left a comment on her blog basically to respond to the comment she left on my blog, and to reconnect with someone who went to my high school. The address of my comment on her blog is https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5098819903369020196&postID=3882181688707807522.