A couple of thoughts immediately sprang to mind.

1)If you have comments because you believe in community, then why should you determine what is interesting, as opposed to letting the audience decide what they find they want to talk about?

2) I’m not sure the underlying - that there is a correlation between the 90% of closed posts and the 90% of crap comments - is correct. After all, does only opening a minority of posts mean that you will attract only good-quality comments? I don’t think so.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with not having comments on a blog - eeee, some of us are old enough to remember the days before comments became ubiquitous - but good community management is more important (and more effective) than simply closing the loop.

A couple of thoughts immediately sprang to mind.

1)If you have comments because you believe in community, then why should you determine what is interesting, as opposed to letting the audience decide what they find they want to talk about?

2) I’m not sure the underlying - that there is a correlation between the 90% of closed posts and the 90% of crap comments - is correct. After all, does only opening a minority of posts mean that you will attract only good-quality comments? I don’t think so.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with not having comments on a blog - eeee, some of us are old enough to remember the days before comments became ubiquitous - but good community management is more important (and more effective) than simply closing the loop.