I must admit, that I have started to see the “Bloggers Commenting Back” bubble popping up on the bookish blogs that I am visiting lately, but I haven’t had the pleasure of sorting out the source of the originating blog nor the full meaning behind it! Turns out, this a pledge to not only acknowledge those who comment on YOUR BLOG but to visit the COMMENTER’s BLOG in return! I have already implemented this pledge on my own merit in regards to making sure that not too much time goes by before I reply to a comment on my blog! Sometimes it draws out to a lengthy conversation (which I love!) and sometimes its just a ‘quick note’ back to let the person who dropped by know that I appreciated their stopping on my blog!
I am a blogger who encourages comments to populate her blog, as much as I am a blog reader who loves to leave comments for other bloggers! This is something that I have always done, but I must confess, I am not sure if I have always done the other ‘half’ of this pledge, which is why I will make an effort to remember to do this! There are times where a blogger visiting my blog came over from a conversation that started on ‘their blog’ originally, and then we’re hopping to each others’ whilst continuing the conversation! Laughs. I always smile rather happily when that happens! I think this is a lovely bookish (blog) community event where all bloggers who hope to find conversative people to alight on their posts will now have a clever way of seeing which blog & blogger is happily taking part in this even! I put the badge in my sidebar underneath “Stay Connected” because the merit of this pledge fits that perfectly!
I, Jorie, of Jorie Loves A Story, personally pledge to continue to be excited and enthused to reply to each and every comment that comes to rest on JLAS!
I will always attempt to leave a direct reply within hours of its posting, barring any life event that might take me away from doing so! IF I am delayed in replying straight-away, a reply will surely come, so please have patience in me! I will remember to visit the blogs of those who leave me a comment as a way to show gratitude and thankfulness that they dropped by! In the event a blog has a comment section that I cannot leave a comment on, I have already implemented writing that blogger via PM!
Remember, if you want to take the pledge yourself, please visit the Pledge Sign-Up Page, as this is hosted directly by Readers Wonderland! In the interim,
I look forward to your next comment!
{SOURCES: Badges provided by Readers Wonderland for bloggers to show support and credit to the blog, as well as promote the pledge!}
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AWESOME. Thanks so much for making this post, Jorie! When I first started this, I had no idea so many people shared my opinion about commenting back, it’s great.
I loved the concept when I first saw the badge, as it does state its mission statement rather cleverly! I was beyond thrilled that I could not only showcase this on my blog, but promote the word of the pledge itself by being an example of a blogger who appreciates comments and gives them freely back in return! :)
Bless you for creating this gateway of allowing all of us to stand united in such a wonderful way! :)
Yes, this is something I’ve been trying very hard to do since starting my blog last week! I’m just not sure how much I’ve succeeded because of how new this all is to me, but I’m hoping that by mid-October I’ll have settled into the blogging world enough to officially take the pledge :)
I totally understand where you are coming from on this, on getting settled and situated!? I find that blogging is a giant learning curve, and each week/month that we blog, we learn something new! :) This is why I started my series of “Stories of Jorie”, to give a bit of a glimpse into the life of a blogger! I’m thankful I could give you something to shoot towards!! And, I think your doing amazingly well for being your first week!!!