Thank you also for sharing the frustration that many of us feel when leaving comments that we put a lot of effort into, only to realize that the blogger in question simply moves on to other posts and never responds. I myself leave many comments that I spend a lot of time on, many times more than my own blog posts, and I never hear any reply from the bloggers.

I am guessing 2 main things are the reason for such a thing, among several other smaller things:

1 : Fame. As a blog or a blogger gets famous, they realize they can get away with not responding to everyone, and thus they put the concept of interacting with others aside.

2 : Appreciation for others. Many bloggers either do not realize, or do not consider necessary, the importance of appreciating and interacting with others.

There are some opposite views to the concept of replying to comments also. You may want to read why Seth Godin does not even allow comments on his site.

Thanks again Jen! Hope to see you around more.

Guess you can tell by this comment, I’m the one who’s previously left a comment on a blog without receiving any acknowledgement:(

If you don’t understand what I am saying, try to learn from Mr. Bes Zain.

Andrew Kuo, thank you for your comment and thanks for stopping by. I really appreciate it.
You are right. Successful blogs are the ones that interact largely with the community. However, the question is: do we consider blogs successful because of earning a lot of money or having a high Google PR/Alexa rating? So many blogs we see today with high Google ratings or a lot of income, but they only respond to comments when they realize other people are observing them, or if they want to pretend like they interact in order to get more traffic.

Ronalfy, I am glad I have the power to enslave you within my blogging walls. Heh.

About not expecting comments, I agree! Comments are a favor, not obligations. You give a good example about businesses; same thing happens to me almost everyday. I walk into different stores and sometimes even hospitals and I get appreciated only when my wallet comes out, while at the same time the business keeps saying they really care. If people could simply say “I care only when your comment brings me more traffic and money and I will not come to your site anymore after I become successful“, I would be happy as being honest about it is better than deceiving.

Thanks again Ronald.

I feel enslaved just typing this. Just kidding
This is an excellent post. Blog owners should not “expect” comments. It’s the same concept where you walk into a business and the people just ignore you. Why should you be loyal to a business (or blog) where your contributions (financial or not) are repeatedly ignored?