A great reminder from WordyNerdBird on the importance of taking a few seconds to leave comments. I would add that this goes for book reviews as well!
Something many people don’t understand is the value of leaving a comment on a blog.
It’s easy to read a post and move on, and even easier to like a blog post without reading it.
But stop and think for a moment. How much more valuable to the writer, and other readers, if you actually bothered to respond. Isn’t that what you’d hope for when writing your next blog post? Nobody wants to invest time in writing something that people are just going to skim over.
Not only that, but you will gain more from the post and from the interaction with others than you realise.
You might gain new ideas or perspectives, or you might just end up feeling a little better about life.
It doesn’t have to be a long or complicated post. Even just saying “thank you” or “I liked this!” does the trick.
However, commenting on a blog…
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Delaney Croft 
Much agreed! I feel this way about posts on Medium as well. Even if people post a kindly disagreement, I like it because I at least know people have truly read the posts. BTW, I love your website. It’s so clean looking!
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