Are comments on blogs too long?

Ever notice how most review sites ask you to sum up your review with a one-liner?

I wish blog comments worked that way – write a comment over 50 words and you have to write a very concise summary. Maybe I’ve become conditioned by the soundbite nature of Twitter, but it seems to me that most comments could be summarised in 10 words or less.

Brevity is the soul of wit

Reading blog posts takes time, often there’s some significant action in the comments too, and reading them can take much longer than the original post.
Some comments are just a ‘yes, I agree’, others have valuable information, often there’s no way to tell, and even skimming a three paragraph comment takes time. Read the rest of this entry »