When I write here, I often provoke some people into posting comments, and I like these, it proves that someone reads my stuff (beyond just the stat tracking), and it lets me think. But something in me tells me not to comment on others comments. I think what it comes from is partially in that I don’t want to turn any post into a discussion thread, and also that I have my post to say what I mean, and if I didn’t do it effectively, then I should have written it better, as opposed to trying to defend my points after someone counters them.
So in general you will never see me comment on other’s comments – although newer postings may be inspired by past comments.
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I think it can be good to reply to comments briefly, but if it turns into a discussion you can always just make a new post. Sometimes commenting on someone’s comment can just help to clarify a small misunderstanding that an entire new post isn’t required for.
For instance, you could comment to answer this question for me: is there an RSS feed for the comments? I assume not, but that would make it much easier to track them.
Sorry, no comment RSS as far as I can tell. The best I can do is add a recent comment list on the right there (it’s now below recent posts).