http://www.imechanica.org/node/459 Comments for "Should I post an original idea in a comment?" en http://www.imechanica.org/node/459 <p>No.  Posting an original idea in a comment on a blog entry is not good for you for two reasons:</p> <ol> <li>iMechanica gives the time for initial posting of a comment, but does not give a new time when the comment is revised.  So, you cannot establish the priority of the idea posted in the comment.  By contrast, each revision of a blog entry is recorded, with its own time stamp. </li> <li>It appears search engines are less diligent in indexing comments as they are in indexing blog entries.</li> </ol> <p>While both reasons are technical and changeable, we have not found ways to change them yet.  So, it is better for you to post your original ideas as blog entries.  </p> <p>If you find an original idea relevant to blog entry A, you can make a comment beneath entry A with a link pointing toward blog entry B that contains the original idea. </p> <br class="clear" /> http://www.imechanica.org/node/459#comments Ask iMechanica Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:52:53 -0500 Zhigang Suo 459 at http://www.imechanica.org