I’ve finely honed my commenting skills.  I learned to use the word honed.  Here is a dissection of the elusive perfect comment.  The word dissection sounds gross, but I promise it will not be  that icky.

1.  Don’t comment cranky.  Your tone will show through.  It’s like not walking into a grocery store while hungry.

2.  Be Personal.  "Great Post!" has been done to death.  Don’t leave the person wondering if you are a spammer.

3.  If you’re commenting on a cat blog, make sure you aren’t putting in the url of one of your blogs that has a post on top about how you hate cats.  Lesson learned the hard way.

4.  Warm up.  I learned this the hard way as well.  I was sarcastic before people knew I was just kidding.  I need to slowly get people used to me instead of being all in your face.

What has been your favorite comment of all time?  What’s your definition of a perfect comment?

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