Create Your Own Blog: 6 Easy Projects to Start Blogging Like a Pro, Second Edition

Chapter 4. Building a Community Around Your Blog

Reasons to Turn Comments Off

Although the framework of social media and blogging is supposed to be built around ideas of openness and transparency, sometimes things can get a little too open. As a general rule, I keep comments turned on for all my posts and off for all my pages. Comments for posts are on because I want commentary on what I’ve written. I have them off on pages because that’s information I’ve put up for reference and I don’t want commentary or feedback.

However, there are good reasons to turn comments off on a particular post. If a post is controversial, often the comments can get ...