Do You Reciprocate?

Do you reciprocate? When a fellow Content Producer comments on your article, do you in turn, comment on theirs? I have been a CP since March of this year and have found myself becoming lax in reciprocating in the past few months. I made the decision last night to read and comment on one article from each topic, beginning with Arts & Entertainment and working my way down.

A few months ago, in the forums, a reciprocation thread was started. It is possibly still going on, I would not know, as I have not visited the forums in quite some time. I did find it to be a good idea not only to give and get a few extra page views, but also to see the varying writing styles of other Content Producers. I also received a few new ideas for my own articles.

As I began reading an article from each topic, I began to wonder just how many people would reciprocate. Assuming that most Content Producers are like myself, and check their email each day for comments, I figured that I would receive an obligatory comment from approximately twenty-five to thirty percent of the comments I had left. I was wrong.

I commented on no less than twenty-one articles, some comments contained no more than the words "great article," however I did comment. It has now been over twenty-four hours and I have received only one reciprocation. Granted there are no rules or standards that dictate that one must reciprocate, however, I had hoped that I would receive a few page views for my efforts.

I do not consider my little experiment a waste of time. I was thoroughly entertained, educated, enlightened, and even grossed out a little from the articles I chose to read. I now plan to visit each of the over two hundred articles I have had published to do just as I had hoped the authors of the articles I read last night would have done. Reciprocate.

Upon finishing this article and submitting it (for no upfront payment, of course), I will visit my CP page and check each article for comments that I have not given an obligatory reciprocating comment. I realize that the bulk of my page views will not be received from other CP's , though it is nice to get one when you give one.