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RE: Curie Comment Contest ( October 7th - October 14th, 2018)
Congratulations too to you @grenalbrethsen!
Onward and upward.
I like that! And yes, you folks can move up just like I did for this week's round. I used to be in the honorable mentions only so I was really surprised to my name on the third spot. I am very sure you folks can do it to! 😊
There's a little bit of mystery to this one—some kind of formula or secret sauce beyond just the number of comments—a quality algorithm of some kind. So while I'm sure making more comments will help, that's not the only criteria. I'd like to move up, though, just like everyone else. We'll see. Always plenty to try to find and comment on. :)
The big difference that I notice when I was just an honorable mention compared to being on the third spot is the engagement from the authors. Before, not much (almost none) of the authors are replying to my comments except for plain "thank you" or something like that. For this last week, our conversation went further with back and forth more comprehensive replies. I think that is one thing that we need to learn how to encourage further replies to our comments.
I hope this tip will somehow help you and the others. 😊
So, get to at least third place in the curie contest if I want longer conversations and more comprehensive replies. Got it. :)
I agree. We all can do a better job of prolonging conversations. Of course, the other person were conversing with has to be willing and able to go on, too. Able used to mean time. Not it includes RCs. So, it's even more of an art to get people to continue.
I'm glad to see that you're getting more interaction. That's awesome.
I think the tip that we need to answer for ourselves is "what comment will make the author interested to reply?" So I try to end my comment with open-ended or plain question with the hope that they will answer. 😃