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Blog Commenting In the Business World

January 29th, 2008 by Michael Kwan


Yes, the guys at College Humor do more than Street Fighter spoofs. Although comments that add nothing of value to the discussion don’t happen all too often here at Beyond the Rhetoric, they are far too common on bigger blogs and sites like John Chow dot Com, Joystiq, and so on. People rush to the comment form to say that they are the first to comment. For what reason, I have no idea.

College Humor addresses this issue in the clip above, showing how some of these inane comments would sound if they were shouted out during a business meeting. Yeah, not so good. Before you make a comment on anyone’s blog, think about how it sound if you were to say the same thing in real life. I’m sure you’re as tired as I am of people leaving stupid comments.

And here’s a second vid…

 

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  • 4 Responses to “Blog Commenting In the Business World”

    1. Matt says:

      First comment! Woohoo!

      :lol:

    2. Ed Lau says:

      Second!

      omgpwnz3d.

    3. Leo says:

      All your base are belong to us.

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