Commenting is an Art : Tips to be a Good Commenter

Today we are going to discuss about a very useful topic to everyone. Let's do this in a different manner. You will learn,

▪ The importance of commenting
▪ Styles of comments you can make
▪ How to make meaningful comments under different scenarios
▪ Some tips for making good comments

from this tutorial. Read till end.. You'll thanks us later!

The Importance of Commenting

It is normal that you are making a comment in a good post that you see. Comments has many benefits, not only for you but also for the steemit community.

• Comments are open for rewards
• Comments motivate writers
• Comments give opportunity to ask questions and learn more
• Comments allows you to share your knowledge on the matter
• Comment show the engagement
• Comment help to make new friends

Styles of Comments You Can Make

May be you feel that commenting is just another activity. But commenting in steemit is an Art. Let me present some commenting styles that you can follow.

▪ Commenting while reading.
If you are reading about an interesting article, you can comment while reading it. You can select lines that are heart toughing and you can quote them and comment about it. This help to make long comments worth as a small post.

▪ Commenting on summary
Basically you can comment on the whole idea of the post after reading full content. This ignores parts you don't like and mainly focus on the main idea of the article. Good for medium size comments.

▪ Commenting on a selected fact
In some articles you can find a fact which is very close to your life. When you see a part which is very familiar with your knowledge, you can talk more about it. This style helps to make long opinion based comments.

▪ Commenting new knowledge Sometimes you may feel the article that you read hasn't covered enough knowledge. When you has more knowledge and experience than the author, you can give more new knowledge with your post.

▪ Commenting opposite ideas
If the post doesn't talk truth, you can talk against. The way you use the feeling is up to you. You can express why this is wrong, what is the truth, why this should be corrected and how.

▪ Quick comments
This are the simple comments that we make most of the times. If you are too busy with other activities, but still you want to show that you read the post you can use them. But less worth. Try to avoid this style.

Let's Discuss Some Common Scenarios

Carefully read, this is the most practical part of this tutorial.

Case 1 : Image Post

Here you have a post with an image that has nothing special on it. So what kind of comments you should make?

_{In left hand side, comment you should avoid. In right hand side, comments that you should try to make}

If you are a good commenter, a bunch of things should come into your mind. Reduce the use common general comments when commenting. Try to write some thing about what you see. It is not a crime if you do a little funny statement or emoji. If you are disagree on what you are seeing, just comment it kindly.

Case 2: A Diary or Other Article

You are unable to read whole thousands of articles that generated daily from your friends. But try to fully read posts that you are attempt to read. Use one of the styles I proposed above and put the comment.

Make the comment according to the content of post. Don't be lazy read it well and pick some important points and write about them. When commenting you can do following things.

• Give an opinion
• Share your experience on the matter
• Ask questions
• Do suggestions
• Advising or motivating
• Do a joke or express your feeling
• Do some extra observation/calculation/research on matter and talk
• Share relevant images or links on matter

Okay, let's move to another very important scenario. How you normally deal with a comment that you get to your post. I have seen many long and constructive comments are end up with just "Thanks" as reply. That's not good.

Let's see how to deal with a comment.

Case 3: A Comment

Please forget about the root article for following example. Just focus on the comment. What kind of answers you can give for such a constructive comment?

Never let down the effort of commenter. Reply back with a suitable answer. No matter whether you agree or disagree on comment. Tell it. Or you are free to skip the parts that you don't like. Try to be friendly, act as you in your real life.

It is better to make conversation under comments. That shows how much you are engaging.

Wrap Up

Let me summarize all the things now.

• All ways try to do constructive meaningful comments rather than general comments
• Use different styles of commenting
• Act as real life
• Ask questions, give opinions, suggestions, corrections, contradictions, arguments any action that prefer.
• Always reply to comments with meaning full reply.
• Try to make conversations
• Do not hesitate to join conversations between other two members, if you have something to talk about.
• Don't forget to hit upvote button when ever you make comments.

And tell us if you have any other hacks about commenting. Hope this article help you to get some idea about what to comment. And you can use #onepercent #twopercent up to the usefulness of your comment to have 1%-2% votes from @steemcurator01 or @steemcurator02

Commenting is an Art. You can get good result by practicing. And of course you can apply them everywhere!

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