Over my blogging days I have come to realize that blogging is not a social platform, in fact I do not use it a such. However I have also noticed that, because I “advertise” my entries on social platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Google + and others, I get most of my responses / replies on those platforms. People seem to think that whether they reply on the social platform of their choosing it is the same as replying on the post. It is not, there is no aggregation of the replies on the posts and often the discussion falls flat.
Let be be clear about this too, I am talking about replies not Facebook likes, Google +1’s or re-tweets though I find those problematic too, however this is a technology issue.
So now I face a problem, and I am certain I am not alone, I can aggregate Facebook discussions on my blog but I may end up violating privacy. But if I do aggregate it would need to be across all social networks and I have not found an easy solution to that as yet.
So what is the solution? Truthfully, user education, post replies where you read the article, it helps the writer’s credibility with the search engines. At this time there is little more that can be done.
Have you got a solution?
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