Cullect is Not a Comment Silo

” For example, when this item is viewed through FriendFeed they will allow comments on it “over there” and I’ll probably miss them unless I go look for them. I will certainly miss the comments on Shyftr which I have never heard of until today and have never used, but from what I hear it does the same thing. Is this a good or bad thing? Well if you like to know what people think it’s bad.” – Dave Winer

You’ve probably noticed, Cullect doesn’t ask you to create a new account to use it. It assumes you write on a weblog (or Twitter, or Tumblr) and that you want to continue.

This means when you read something worth writing about in any Cullect.com reading list (whether you’re a curator or not) it’s easy to publish to your weblog (or Twitter, or Tumblr).

Now there may be cases where you’d prefer to write a comment on the article’s originating website rather than your own. Some feeds publish the url for each article’s comments in the comments tag. This is the ‘Comments’ link sometimes available in an article’s footer. Click that link and you’ll be sent to the article’s comment form.

Whether your reaction is published on the original site or your own, Cullect tries its best to connect them. Making it easy for everyone to follow the conversation, wherever it lives. It just doesn’t live here.

Short Link: | April 12, 2008 by Garrick Van Buren | Filed Under Background 

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4 Responses to “Cullect is Not a Comment Silo”

  1. Arik Jones on April 12th, 2008

    I couldn’t agree more. I want to read first, discuss later. Thats how all feed reader user stories should go.

  2. admin — The Original Analog Machine on May 13th, 2008

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  3. Michael Janssen (jamuraa) on May 20th, 2008

    This interests me, because I was wondering about a “feature” to add a comment to an article when it is recommended. This would make the #/Recommended link more like a tumblog or link blog. I could just sign up at tumblr I suppose.

    Then again, there is something to be said for letting the articles / items stand alone.

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