The comment drop

Do you do this? I think everyone probably does this.

I occasionally go through my feedreader (or livejournal friends page) and make sure to leave a comment on some person’s blog or another that is designed to give the impression that I’m a regular reader.

I’m not really sure why I do this. I think it’s because I like the idea of reading everything everyone in my reader writes, but I know that’s impossible.

This is different than the link-comment. If I get linked, I’ll usually drop by and leave a comment if it’s at all appropriate. A lot of people do that. It’s cool - it’s what makes this a conversation. But this is unprovoked comment dropping.