I’m just curious as to when other bloggers return their comments and what they think is the best way to return them.

I always wait until I write a new post before returning comments so those I comment on have a fresh post to read when they click on my name, but how soon do you return your blogs comments, how and.. why do you do it that particular way?

I know a lot of bloggers respond as soon as they read a comment via email or even the normal return site comment. I’ve thought about doing this (the email part at least), even tried a plugin or two.. none of which worked and I’m just curious how you guys go about emailing responses.

Do you have a plugin you use for the job or do you manually copy and paste each commenters email address into the compose screen of your inbox?

If I could find a plugin that enabled me to email comment responses I’d use it all the time but all the plugins I’ve found have been for normal ‘quick’ mail or just enabling me to type a normal comment response in the admin panel of WordPress without having to leave said admin panel.

The latter of those two plugins isn’t too bad but in order for it to really do its job the commenter I’m responding to would need to be subscribed to the comments of that particular post.

Yes, yes I know there’s yet another plugin to send an email to unsubscribed people when I respond to their comment but who wants to use two separate plugins to do a single job? Not me and not most of the bloggers I know across the web.

Obviously those plugins weren’t, and aren’t, what I’m looking for.. so, do you know the plugin I’m searching for? If so please be kind and shove a link to it in my face.

Until I figure that plugin out I think I’m going to mosey over to WordPress.org and drop a suggestion into the box for the next release.

I’d really like to see an option in the comment moderation area that allows us to respond to a comment via email or normal comment. WordPress has so many other features but from the interactive standpoint, I think those two features would be highly useful.

More ways to respond and connect with our readers = more return readers + more comments + more link love + okay, you see where I’m going with this one. It would be highly beneficial, don’t you agree?

Let’s have a show of comments, hands and any other appendages that stick out of who would like to see these two features popped into WordPress’ already numerable feature list!

And for god’s sake, no penises or boobies please, I’m not into peep shows.. at least not today