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LINK: mattgemmell.com ➚ | Posted by: Joshua Benton | January 4, 2012

Scottish developer Matt Gemmell on turning off comments on his blog:

Between responding via email, mentioning me on Twitter, or writing a response on your own blog, you have plenty of excellent ways to participate in discussion. I’m definitely not going back. If you have a blog, I’d advise you to consider switching comments off too.

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