Years ago, I left comments on people’s blogs which led to interesting discussions and even friendships. I’d like to return to that habit because it encourages interactions, and learning.
A few months back, I responded to a post by Niq via email and I found the interaction quite pleasant albeit short. He even shared with me extra details on my latest post at that point.
Through this interaction, I realised the benefits of this feature on a website, which led me down a rabbit hole of old posts I read before from Niq and Kev Quick.
That’s when I noticed many independent blogs have a ‘Reply by Email’ option. I liked it due to its simplicity.
So you might ask yourself, what is ‘Reply by Email’? It’s simply a way to leave a comment but via email 😂
Email has been there for years and everyone has it so you don’t need to create an account to leave a comment. It also minimises spam because few will put in the effort just to send irrelevant comments. Additionally, email encourages fleshed-out responses unlike the quick ’nice read’ comments typical on social media.
I could go on but I recommend you read Niq’s and Kev Quirk’s post on it.
With all that, I got to working, developed the feature for Blowfish, and it’s now live on this website - feel free to give it a try.
Reply by Email