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Brooke’s analysis pretty much hit the nail on the head. You frequently write about how you want more people to comment and have a barstool/reddit-esque comment section that fosters further conversation and is a large part of what makes other websites highly successful. I have actually been following the North Korea situation a little bit and decided to contribute and when I saw your response I felt like Odd Todd applying for jobs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC6mzc_uq6k&t=1m45s)

I think Sam’s response below is a textbook example of what you should be going for

Jeff • about 11 hours ago
I had a pretty obviously mentally handicapped driver the other day who happened to start off missing a turn and then ended missing a turn.

Are there exceptions to this rating system? This is probably one of only a handful of jobs he is capable/comfortable doing and he seemed genuinely happy to be able to help us get from A to B. Technically it isn’t fair to all the 5* drivers out there and it wont rid out the poor drivers as effectively. Should we let this bro slide and have him just cruising around in circles wasting peoples money? Or should we put the hammer down and 3 star him! Oh the mystery of life…

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Sam • about 9 hours ago Author
That brings up two questions.

1) What you asked, are there exceptions?
-I would say almost definitely yes. Everything is situational, and there’s a difference between a guy being a dick and a guy doing his best with a disability.

2) What’s the criteria for a rating?
-Is it strictly “How fast did he get me from point A to point B”? Or, maybe he missed a turn or two, but if you had a pleasant ride or were happy because he seemed genuinely happy, then maybe the rating shouldn’t be that bad. I think this depends on the person.

As I said before, just constructive criticism

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The reason I wrote that is because I saw the Zerg rush picture in the linked post and could barely read it and you know how I love a Zerg rush.

Also, you should go into your sites WordPress menu on the left hand side, under settings, under permanlinks, choose custom structure and add this “/%post_id%/%postname%” . Your current URL’s are coming in as post numbers which is the worst way for google to identify keywords and for guests to know what your posts are about.

Don’t you love how helpful I can be!!!!!!!!

First, whenever you or I write “From now on, my blog will change from X”, I know it’s not going to stick. I wrote this post a while back (http://www.bansheemann7.com/?p=6346) saying I would do the opposite of what you’re doing, and post more frequently with less quality. That never happened. I post whatever stupid shit I think of like I always do.

Second, though I personally didn’t think twice about what you said on my reason for blogging (aside from what it would be like to hit you in the face with a 2×4), it’s very easy for others to take what we say the wrong way.

Third, I’ve been actively trying to give thoughtful responses to all comments on my posts. Think of how we feel when we have a post sitting up that we clearly worked hard on with zero comments. It sucks. That’s probably exactly how a commenter feels when there’s one comment on our stupid post, and it’s them. I want to acknowledge them with the end goal being commenters feel more comfortable commenting, resulting in more comments!

It’s a tricky spot because essentially you may feel “hey, I gave you my thoughts. That was the point of the post!”

The most valuable commodity any online venue can have is engagement. On the flip-side, fostering an apathetic audience is a recipe for decline. Enagement creates visits, “interaction”, etc. – which are what makes blogs and websites successful.