Thanks to you, my dear readers, the PN China Blog English version has been the most-trafficked session on the PN China English site for the past six months.
However, while so many of you generously spend time browsing entries, only a small number of you have taken the extra step to leave comments. So far, I've gotten 53 comments for the 111 English-language entries and 96 comments for the 122 Chinese-language entries. That's not bad at all. And I don't read too much into the sheer number of comments. Still, I tried to place myself in your shoes and came up with 12 possibilities for your silence. My responses to the reasons are in parentheses.Which of these reasons, if any, apply to you? Let me know. If there's anything else I didn't think of, also let me know. You can either post a comment here or e-mail me at nyingsun@crain.com.Keep in mind, a trade journal's mission is to serve the business community. You are the real experts, not me, in the field. My job is to share information, inspire discussions and make your voices heard.Cheers.1. "I'm too busy to write comments." (Understood.) 2. "If other people don't comment, why should I?" (Because what you have to say is important!) 3. "I don't want to reveal my name, e-mail or URL." (Don't worry. You can leave those fields blank!) 4. "I don't want to draw attention to myself, especially since the plastics business community is relatively small and people can probably recognize me from what I say." (Oh well, people know you anyway...) 5. "I don't like how the comments don't show up immediately and instead need to be approved by the site owner." (I delete five spam comments a day. I really don't think you'd appreciate seeing phishing-fraud links on our site.) 6. "Although interested, I'm not particularly knowledgeable on the subjects." (You can raise questions then.) 7. "The topics are interesting, but the way facts and opinions are presented doesn't spark discussion." (I'll definitely work on that and welcome more specific advice and suggestions.) 8. "It takes more than a couple lines to weigh in on some complicated matters." (We set no limit in length of comments.) 9. "I have strong, different opinions, but I don't feel like sharing." (It feels good to share.) 10. "The topics are too broad, not focused on plastics." (I thought general business news and cultural background would benefit our readers as well, no?) 11. "The postings are more news-oriented than opinion-oriented." (There should be plenty of thought-provoking issues reported as news, such as the Chinese bag ban.) 12. "I'm not sure why I don't like to post comments." (Keep me posted if you figure out why later.)