Seth Godin does not want to hear from me!   Seth Godin does not want his mind cluttered with his readers’ opinions.   I don’t blame him; if he feels he has to read and listen to all comments - he’d not be free to write anything.

I think comments are terrific, and they are the key attraction for some blogs and some bloggers. Not for me, though. First, I feel compelled to clarify or to answer every objection or to point out every flaw in reasoning. Second, it takes way too much of my time to even think about them, never mind curate them. And finally, and most important for you, it permanently changes the way I write. Instead of writing for everyone, I find myself writing in anticipation of the commenters. I’m already itching to rewrite my traffic post below. So, given a choice between a blog with comments or no blog at all, I think I’d have to choose the latter.

So, bloggers who like comments, blog on. Commenters, feel free. But not here. Sorry.

One blogger weighed in on Seth Godin’s not allowing comments on his own blog.

"I respect Seth’s POV—but I don’t think this is consistent with the marketing principles that he evangilizes.  So, I’m taking him off my blogroll.  For authenticity—please see Jaffe Juice. 

That was just after Seth Godin experimented and let comments on his blog - but just for one post about getting traffic to your blog.

I think Seth Godin should allow comments - and just not read them!