People say more when they're defensive but not necessarily more useful things, no?
And you can be provocative without using invective - "Classic Or Dud" is provocative because it's trying to force people off the middle ground, but it's still a neutral question. This is also a big reason I put marks out of 10 on Popular - I want people to engage with my review, sure, but if they DON'T engage with my review they can engage with the mark, by disagreeing and giving their own version.
Re. the column: the comments lag is REALLY annoying if you're used to ILX or LJ or any less moderated environment. I still commented though, maybe it will appear! Also, in terms of content, it might be that some readers are tempted to think "OK, I'll see where he's going with this" rather than jumping in immediately.
Maybe a contest to name the three metalheads would open up comments! I say Winken, Blinken and Noddy.
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And you can be provocative without using invective - "Classic Or Dud" is provocative because it's trying to force people off the middle ground, but it's still a neutral question. This is also a big reason I put marks out of 10 on Popular - I want people to engage with my review, sure, but if they DON'T engage with my review they can engage with the mark, by disagreeing and giving their own version.
Re. the column: the comments lag is REALLY annoying if you're used to ILX or LJ or any less moderated environment. I still commented though, maybe it will appear! Also, in terms of content, it might be that some readers are tempted to think "OK, I'll see where he's going with this" rather than jumping in immediately.
Maybe a contest to name the three metalheads would open up comments! I say Winken, Blinken and Noddy.