Thanks for stopping by and adding to the conversation.

I too have seen that some people only leave posts on “marquee name” blogs and ignore other lesser knower bloggers. When I find a post that resonates with me or even one that is completely opposite of my views, I want to leave a comment and I want to share that post with others.

I think conversation about topics and issues is a good thing and I see the social web as the neighborhood front porch. It’s a place to congregate, share thoughts and perspectives, and even engage in healthy disagreements. We all become stronger from those discussions.

Continuing the front porch theme, when we become exclusive, forget to include certain neighbors, overlooking or omitting other voices, we don’t get the full picture and we are missing an opportunity to expand our horizons. Not including others in the discussion causes us all to suffer.

Thanks again Steffan.

Jeff – Thanks for the shout out and I’m so glad you enjoyed the post. Thanks for sharing it.

So you and I have had several great conversations about this, but I want to have a related-but-important one here that I think will also resonate with you on “maintaining and nurturing your online connections”. It’s this in a nutshell…

I find that too many people online focus on interacting on big blogs and outlets and on getting the attention of influencers and almost completely ignore their friend’s blogs and work. Do you see this happening? I find that this has the following effects: Their contributions go unnoticed, the quality of the discussions they have is greatly reduced and they don’t create strong relationships. It seems like such a backwards way of embracing the tools. Do you see evidence of this on the social web? Your thoughts on this are appreciated…