When I started commenting on some of the other money making blogs out there, I immediately noticed that my inbox was filling up with emails thanking me for my post and providing the usual spiel about my first comment on the blog, and so on.

Am I the only person who doesn’t like these emails? They seem to be very vogue right now. At first I foolishly thought that the bloggers had taken the time to email me personally. That I thought was a brilliant touch and I really appreciated it, but then I realized that the emails were automated. What a let down. Everyone does it. Kumiko was doing it when she had comments turned on (turn them back on for God’s sake Kumiko – I’m eternally frustrated that I can’t comment on your blog!) and Pureblogging does it too.

Make your choice

If you do want to send an email out to all first-time commenters, it’s really rather simple. I found a post on Pureblogging  that laid it out. There is a Wordpress plugin called Comment Relish that sets the whole process up for you. At the moment it’s not something I will use because I detest automated emails, no matter how good the intentions of the blogger are. The fact is, I received a number of very lame emails from some bloggers and they put me off going back to their blogs.

Out of all the mails I received, I must say that Kumiko’s was the best, but it still didn’t make me happy to have the it drop in my inbox.

What do other people think? Am I being up tight about this?

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