For example, I've been posting my Goals for the 21st Century series here as well as on dailyKos and myleftwing. The sparse attention the series has been getting shows that the political blogs are not attuned to thinking about long-range issues. This just reinforces the need for a wider educational effort.
I think my point was not that I feel neglected, but that discussing long-range planning is not something that most blogs deal with.
As for comments, I think that people process new ideas better when they comment. Even rephrasing comments in ones own terms helps fix them in one's own mind better (or on the other side, cements your counter position).
We see this frequently on dKos where many comments are just a form of affirmation or personal anecdote which illuminates the points being made in the original diary. Once people have expressed an opinion they are more invested in the idea and make better spokesmen. This is why I'm suggesting an "adopt a blog" program to spread ideas.
When I was able to do some testing on dKos (before they changed the policies on links) I determined that there were about 100 readers for each comment posted. Other sites seem to be more like 20:1 (perhaps because they have fewer casual readers).
So, to paraphrase: "Go forth and multiply (ideas)". Policies not Politics ---- Daily Landscape
