"I turned off comments in the last redesign of powazek.com because I needed a place online that was just for me. With comments on, when I sat down to write, I’d preemptively hear the comments I’d inevitably get. It made writing a chore, and eventually I stopped writing altogether. Turning comments off was like taking a weight off my shoulders. It freed me to write again."
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Derek Powazek on Your right to comment ends at my front door.
I can understand this. I turned comments off on my old blog, I don’t have comments here and I don’t have a list of notes below my posts, because I don’t want to write with the pressure of hoping I’ll get a big response. Going comment free allowed me to write so that I enjoy it, this can only be a good thing.
