I didn't know I cared

[dsrtao]

I just unsubscribed from an RSS feed of a blog that I frequently enjoy. Why? Because I wanted to make a comment, went to the blog, and discovered that the author had decided to turn off commenting. This strikes me as so antithetical to my conception of what a blog is -- a microcommunity -- that I felt disgusted, and stopped reading.

Comments

[dsrtao]

I agree it's a strong reaction -- I add and drop blogs all the time, and I've never before felt that it was worth mentioning in public.

I thought that this person had a public conversation, but I was disappointed to discover that it was a different sort of thing -- essays, not conversations.

I have now expended enough energy on this discussion that I could have written a letter to him in the first place, so I think I shall.

[kayshapero]

Good idea - you may find that he was being spammed or something. Or he may find that he didn't think this through.