First I want to say that I enjoy the Glenn Show and watch/listen to every episode. I comment occasionally.
Glenn’s participation in the conversation has dwindled to almost zero. This reduces my motivation for writing comments significantly. Whether Glenn actually reads comments or not is not at all clear. John has stated many times that he doesn’t. He seems to be proud that he doesn’t. I have assumed that if anything, Mark Sussman curates comments for Glenn to consider reading. It seems to me that the monthly Q&A is meant to take the place of active engagement with comments. I also assume that Mark also curates the Q’s. Personally I find the Q&A’s to have degenerated over time and become kind of repetitive.
Various Substacks have a wide range of author participation with comments. Nikita’s comments and suggestions apply more to those with authors who actively engage with their community.
Looks like Glenn took your comment to heart. He's actively engaging (both commenting AND giving "likes" to other comments) in the Reparations Substack.
For the record, I don't curate comments for Glenn to read, nor do I suggest Qs for him to address. I read as many of the comments as I can, and occasionally I'll call something to Glenn's attention that I think warrants discussion, often a suggestion from a reader about one aspect of the show or another. I glance at the Q&A threads once or twice, just to get a sense of what's on people's minds.
First I want to say that I enjoy the Glenn Show and watch/listen to every episode. I comment occasionally.
Glenn’s participation in the conversation has dwindled to almost zero. This reduces my motivation for writing comments significantly. Whether Glenn actually reads comments or not is not at all clear. John has stated many times that he doesn’t. He seems to be proud that he doesn’t. I have assumed that if anything, Mark Sussman curates comments for Glenn to consider reading. It seems to me that the monthly Q&A is meant to take the place of active engagement with comments. I also assume that Mark also curates the Q’s. Personally I find the Q&A’s to have degenerated over time and become kind of repetitive.
Various Substacks have a wide range of author participation with comments. Nikita’s comments and suggestions apply more to those with authors who actively engage with their community.
Looks like Glenn took your comment to heart. He's actively engaging (both commenting AND giving "likes" to other comments) in the Reparations Substack.
I think it’s just 1 or 2 commentators who basically said they love him. We will see if he is going to actually engage.
For the record, I don't curate comments for Glenn to read, nor do I suggest Qs for him to address. I read as many of the comments as I can, and occasionally I'll call something to Glenn's attention that I think warrants discussion, often a suggestion from a reader about one aspect of the show or another. I glance at the Q&A threads once or twice, just to get a sense of what's on people's minds.
Sounds like curating to me.
Ok.
What’s the purpose of a comments section when the owner/author of the site doesn’t engage?