I don’t mind leaving comments on blogs when I have something to add. It’s hard sometimes not knowing the people and not having anything of value to add. When I have something to say, I don’t mind commenting.
I haven’t received comments on here yet, but it’s always nice to know what other people think/have to say about posts/thoughts.
It’s important to be able to comment in online communities. It’s a helpful way to keep a conversation going online. People can get additional information to what they are posting and quicker feedback from other who may have similar situations.
For students to use this feature, it could be a great way to get and keep a conversation going with writing. It is scary though if they don’t follow commenting etiquette. It could get mean or hurtful with younger students. It would make sense to me in a college age setting or older, but I’d hesitate to use it with middle/high schoolers. Even being able to edit/delete comments, there would be time when the comment was posted. If they went through of feature of having to first approve the comment, then maybe that would be an option for younger students.
