http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/07/the-nature-of-the-media-beast/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/07/the-nature-of-the-media-beast/#comment-44296 Shashi Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:56:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/?p=17427#comment-44296 From the limited time I have been following your blog, I get a sense that the articles that get the most comments seem to be those that leave a lot space for imagination and speculation to the reader. A recent example would be the cloning a neanderthal post. Suddenly, everyone has an opinion worth sharing and I think this is because it was in everyone's domain of comfort without being obviously stupid or 'wrong' Compare that to your more technical or obscure interest posts, and most people read and leave (myself included) because there is not much to say that adds any value. From the limited time I have been following your blog, I get a sense that the articles that get the most comments seem to be those that leave a lot space for imagination and speculation to the reader. A recent example would be the cloning a neanderthal post. Suddenly, everyone has an opinion worth sharing and I think this is because it was in everyone’s domain of comfort without being obviously stupid or ‘wrong’
Compare that to your more technical or obscure interest posts, and most people read and leave (myself included) because there is not much to say that adds any value.

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