Congrats — you’ve been handed a robot whose sole job is to relieve you of one chore, job, or responsibility you particularly hate. What is it?
(Thanks, Daniela, for suggesting a similar prompt!)
The robot will relieve me of the tedium of responding to and posting comments on WordPress sites and other blogs.
Comments are recommended to drive traffic to one’s website and interact with the blogging community as large.
But it really does not make sense to comment if your remark does not provide any fresh insight or inform the blogger what particularly struck you about his or her post. General comments are just that—generally useless and unhelpful.
An insightful observation takes as much thought and effort as a blog post.
However, it can be a huge chore.
Now, if I could have a robot that would personalise comments and provide wonderful insights, I would take it any day.
It would leave me free to focus on the core, that is, the blogging per se.
That is a huge ask and I have a small budget. So for now, I will make do with commenting occasionally and at specific times of the day.
How? Have a look at the Contacts widget of my site—if you care.