Comments on: The Importance Of Good Parenting

By: Dr Egg

Dr Egg — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:33:21 +0000

This rejuvenating has an honesty that is not seen in more traditional publishing medias where magazine articles are regularly recycled but are passed off as new.
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By: Eleanor

Eleanor — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:03:40 +0000

Very true Sire. I don’t know if it’s standard practice but it just seems like such a waste otherwise

By: Sire

Sire — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:50:42 +0000

Just goes to show Eleanor that there’s nothing wrong with rejuvenating interest in an old post with a tweet or two.
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By: Eleanor

Eleanor — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:38:23 +0000

Yep, we use ‘subscribe to comment’ too. It’s great

As for why this conversation started again, in this case I think that’s thanks to Twitter too. I like to send out links to older posts periodically because we have so many great articles on here that would otherwise get lost forever in an archive somewhere. I also really appreciate the time folks put into community posts so I like to tweet those with their @username in recognition of this.

Whilst all the posts on the front page are date marked, I made a conscious decision to remove the date from the full post page. This means that if someone arrives here via a Twitter link, they don’t get put off by the thought that this is old information (it’s not, I only tweet the older timeless posts). It’s not until they read all the way to the comments section (where the dates are included) that they might realise it’s an older post. By then, they’re either engaged in the post or they’re not. If it’s the former, the date is fairly irrelevant

By: Eleanor

Eleanor — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:31:58 +0000

I guess like with many things in life, it comes down to what you make of it. Sounds like you and your big brother would have beat any only child tendencies out of your baby sister

But all families have to work at being close. It might seem easier if you’re closer in age but my baby brother is 12 years my junior. I don’t see him as often as I’d like now he’s in uni but I still like to think that we’re close. Facebook and text messages definitely help though

By: Sire

Sire — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:34:04 +0000

I’m not sure which one Eleanor is using as there are several, but I’m referring to a subscribe to comment plugin so that people are notified when someone leaves a new comment.
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By: Dr Egg

Dr Egg — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:30:01 +0000

OK. I guess you know what’s coming now? Which plugin?
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By: Sire

Sire — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:16:34 +0000

I think it’s all due to people subscribing to the comments. All it takes is another interesting comment to start the ball rolling again when people get notification of it. Sort of makes me wonder why people don’t use the plugin.
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By: Dr Egg

Dr Egg — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:51:08 +0000

Now I am absolutely fascinated by this phenomenon as a beginner. Can anyone tell me why this post has come alive again? It was all quiet on the western front and suddenly there has been an explosion of interest from the community at large. Is it because many of us get an email notification, which prompts others to read and restarts a debate? With 26 comments before this one, this must be one of the most read posts for Give a Brick.
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By: Sire

Sire — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:54:48 +0000

Actually being close in age is pretty important. My sister who is 8 years younger than me, well one could say she almost grew up as an only child, partly because of the age gap and partly because she was the only girl. Still she grew up fine and we are all very close.
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