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I added the Top Commentator plugin to this site a month or so ago. It automatically places a text link to the sites of the top 5 commentators in my sidebar on every page so that it’s easy to see who’s the most active here.

Here’s the kicker, though: despite the fact that I have an RSS subscriber count that I’m very happy with and despite the fact that the site gets very consistent traffic, everyone’s apparently apprehensive about commenting for some reason. The result is that not only will just 2 comments get you the top spot in the Top Commentators list, there are 3 slots that aren’t even filled. Just one comment gets you a text link on (at last count) over 300 pages.

Now, this isn’t an invitation to spam me — I watch my comments very closely and have no problem deleting ones that don’t add to the conversation or that are clearly for just getting a link (i.e. you enter something like “Bad Credit Refinance” as your “name”) — but surely you’ve got something worthwhile to say, right? I don’t even care if it’s criticism. As Sahar said this week: I worry too much when everyone is positive about what I do. Either I’m a genius (highly unlikely) or they don’t tell me the truth!

Let’s get some conversation going!

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