Commenting

Hi lata, Is there any problem in my commenting ? please let me know. I observed in to day's uploaded rangoli of inidra sundar and suganthy maams rangoli has no "post new commnets " please check it out. Also pleaseeeee see to upload my kolams also. thanks sudha

hai mam i could also feel the same problem as to not able to send my views for indramam's and suganthy mam's kolam also i just saw my mail r u suggesting we continue to discuss about our chennai meet via e mails and not through our website

Lata, I came to know the reason for the absence of the comment area in some members kolams.

Why do certain people comment and others don't? To comment or not to comment, that is the question. (1) The time taken to view a rangOli and enjoy is quite different from the one necessary to study and comment, at least for me. One has to take a longer time to study the pattern if one has to pass comments on somebody else's work. People are busy, they may not have such time or inclination. I do not consider just "good", "nice", "fine" as comments. (2) Some people by nature are shy and reserved. This is reflected in their comments or no comments. (3) A few people may feel that their English vocabulary is not adequate. While they can read and understand and even converse, their writing abilities may be minimal. I find that this is true even in America where everybody knows English.

I'll let you on a secret. It took nearly two months to do research and write an exhaustive article on the song I mentioned in my blog. The telugu translation too is not trivial. It has to stick to the original metre also, that is the translated song could be sung in the same way as the original. That is why I have very great respect to the writers of dubbed films To date, the number of comments on this is zilch whereas the number of comments on another musical article is nearly 20. Does that deter me from writing another article? No way!

Regards! - mOhana

Thank God! Latha, you didn't say 'people who comment about other's kolam should upload their's for comments'! Some gain popularity thro' their kolams, some thro' comments. Catch my point?

Lata maam I know how we all love to get comments ... my hands were itching to give a comment on a lovely kolam but I was not able to due to this problem... can u pls give some more time for these people you have disabled the comments section so that they understand the significance and give us their feedback ... maybe even after this they dont ... then perhaps you can take the decision... whatever be it ... I love getting comments... even if it is just a word ... cos we know even if the kolam is not good, they are commenting to appreciate our effort at attempting it and encourage us to become better or increase our enthusiasm to give more wonderful kolams... my humble request to all members pls do comment... this is something which keeps me going

While I join with few friends who has given their comments, yes indeed we need comments which makes us perfect or correct our mistakes however at the same time we should also able to comment say it in a positive manner for other's work also, which I feel will increase relationship within the site and we come to know each other well. At the end Lata ..Yes uploading creations is important, more important is building relations which can be derived only when we comment

Well well, "TO COMMENT OR NOT TO COMMENT" as JKM has termed it

Lata, I personally feel that most people's basic interest when they join a site like this, is to look for kolams (frankly that's how I found this site), maybe new ones to add to their collection. Once we see others uploading their work, this automatically kindles an urge to submit our own work so that others can see how good (most often that's what everyone thinks) we are. New members might feel shy, or bad about their language command or whatever, but in good time, they also begin to share their views and comments. Though I joined more than two years back, I started uploading kolams only from margazhi contest 2009 onwards. Before that I never even visited the site (though I used to get news letters through mail), but once I started uploading, I found responses from others and then began to share my thoughts on others creations too. It is a learning process and not a very difficult one at that - as this website is very user friendly. Over a period of time you get to know each other and then become good friends. I owe a lot to ikolam as I found so many good friends here. I spend time looking at each kolam in detail to share my views on each and every creation. Good, nice and fine are sometimes said by me too, so that no one gets discouraged or disappointed at not having received comments for their work. Sometimes it is difficult to judge whether the other person will take your comments in a positive way or not. When I find I need to share my views on the negatives, I most often add - 'my opinion', because the creator might just think 'oh who is she to comment like that'. If I dont visit the site for two days or more, I make it a point to go back to where I ended the last time which most often takes a long time as I would have more than 35 to 40 kolams waiting to be seen - but still I try to religiously follow this. It makes me feel a bit guilty if I go without posting my comment on anyone's kolam, so sometimes I just leave atleast 'a very nice', or 'cute' etc.. When I post my kolams I love to see what others think of it and I am sure everyone has the same feelings too. I also make sure to thank the people who have stopped by to take their time to look at my work and make an effort to give me their views which I think is basic courtesy. If someone has the time to upload their own work, I definitely think they can spare some time to look at other's work and share their views too. There are far too many people who have never commented on any of my work too, but again that does not stop me from uploading nor even posting my comments on their very own work. All this is because I am too much in love with kolams and the related stuff to bother even about it.

I think you must have been pushed too far Lata, for you to have taken this step now, but I am sure, you know best.

Why am I talking so much now??? Well I am saying this, so everyone who knows me (or even doesn’t know me) can understand me better

LONG LIVE EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH IKOLAM – I JUST LOVE THIS PLACE

Judy, for the past 2 days I was wondering how to write what I feel about "commenting"
you made my work easy. Word by word you have expressed my views Thank u. Even I became an active member after Diwali contest 2008.Seeing Lata's enthu in publihing all the kolams with nice comments, I realised that by simply uploading kolams daily I cannot get the benefit of ikolam unless I enjoy others work and appreciate them also. The belongingness to ikolam site started only after that sharing.(thanks for Lakshmi for appreciating all the kolams by immediate comments and you for making it in a hilarious/humourous way). At one stage I found myself enjoying the art of commenting others work in a joviale way and uploading my kolams became secondary for me.( Sometimes I insisted also someof the friends to give their comment on my work and others, openly).But I understood that it is ones wish to express their opinion or appreciation openly.... to be continued.

rajamma

Due to time constraints and other deadlines, I am unable to comment as much as I used to do earlier. Also, the present format of rangOli display makes it more difficult to go back to the earlier entries. Therefore till the constraints ease, I try to comment only on a very few rangOlis that catch my fancy. Believe me, I appreciate and enjoy the others too. It is not my intention to leave anybody out.

Regards! - mOhana

You are excused JKM - take your time but please leave a remark - believe me it makes a lot of difference - atleast to me (and I know to many others too)

I think , ikolam is a platform one who wants to share , or show their creation.It is user friendly site too.we can send it whatever we want.criticize without hurt anyone is acceptable.but sometimes we use some words without any thought.Here variety of people and so are opinion.who can say that who is right? By the way, jude and Rajam have expressed most of our thoughts correctly.Due to lack of time, power failure , server failure, some personal work are some of the reason , sometimes we missed to comment .It is not possible to comment all kolams without in fail. lata, I thing you don't force us to comment all kolams one by one.

Always a late comer..
As Jude said, I entered into ikolam just for having new ones to decorate my front yard and it led into passion to post mine's.. Earlier I was a very very silent admirer because I felt that a beginner can't comment about plus and minus, Though should have written a sentence..

I don't know why I haven't left any comments on Mohanaji's and Lata's work, still peeping now and there... My apologies for not doing so..

I'm the one in those few active members which Lata has mentioned in her post. I have pestered her to the core with so many mails and expected her to comment in my column, never posted in her's.. Indeed a selfish soul.. I'll try to change my attitude.. And ofcourse never entered into Dotted section. Bychance into this blog and happened to see so many discussions on the way.

And big thanks to the adminstrators for slicing your time and spreading happiness to the world..

I admire your guts Vinci for admitting your mistake - there is always a time to make good changes in life so go right ahead... (by the way what is your name??)

Lata it doesn't matters how many weeks I have been a member in this site, its about courtesy.. When I expect, I should have reciprocated..

Jude I'm called as Vinci, part of my name..

That should be the spirit, Vinci!Pour your comments!

First i would like to say sorry latha If we have made you feel taken for granted. the thing is as a begginer i dont feel iam yet experienced enough to comment on works by many of ikolam members. iam awestruck by the talent and perfection of the works that i feel who am i to comment on such great works. anyways i always try to leave a short appriciation or admiration to the work, any ways i have never tried pulli kolam and just now iam starting to experiment on it and sikku kolams to be frank i get frightened by them. thats why i just admire them and then iam gone , cant comment on something i dont even know the basics. as for other designs i have tried a few of your designs at home . particularly that kathakali desig took my fancy. had done it in november with few left over colours will upload it as soon as my problem regarding upload of image is solved. just remember that we all love you and admire you for all the troubles you take.

lata i sent you a couple of kolams by mail 2-3 days back did you get them?

comment on commenting: This blog on commenting too, I noticed after rajam told about it.[What an observant teacher?] Mine is a mixture of many things. As far as I am concerned, sometimes, I visit regularly and whatever catches my opinion gets a comment if I have ample time to see the kolams in detail, ample time to think and write the comment, server availability, electricity availability, computer availability,mood, pre occupation etc etc. Sometimes, I don't go to the site at all for days together. As Judy said, going back and seeing from where I left last, WILL take lot of time and patience esp when the server and broadband connection is slow to the core. You feel like getting up even though u have time and inclination to see the rangolis and comment. So, those period rangolis will miss the comment but not intentionally.[Believe me, sometimes, I don't have the patience to go back and check if my rangoli is published or not if I don't visit the site for a couple of days.] You can comment like nice, good, cute etc for the sake of commenting, but as far as I am concerned, atleast half or one sentence will do some justice even though you don't write Ramayana. wotsay?

Is it possible to have somewhere a list which contains the names of people who uploaded rangOlis in the last fifteen days? Then it is easy to go to the individual galleries and view the new rangOlis instead of the present method of going back one by one that is very slow? This thought occurred to me after I read jayantIji's comments.

Regards! - mOhana

Nattula ena nadakthune theriyala.. apappa.. Anyway, coming to the point, am really sorry for my late entry to this topic.. cudnt get to see ikolam for many days due to hectic office work. Lata, As other members told, mainly to learn

A big sorry for my late entry to this topic.. cudnt get to see ikolam for many days due to hectic office work. Lata, ppl join here mainly to learn new kolams and design. I learnt many basic things after joining ikolam. So, commenting on others work is a second phase in the starting and gradually it will take first place. But i never deny that the real contribution starts from commenting/sharing views abt other's work. I believe almost all the members know the importance of commenting others work and they are doing it. In my case, I love to comment on all posts..But becoz of not getting enuf time, i am not able to do so. I love to view all the new entries within the min. time am getting. Commenting comes next depends on timing. Sometimes, wtever we want to say would already have been commented by other members..in such cases, i cud leave some simple comments (nice, great etc.) It doesnt mean that our comments are not sincere. Hope i phrased wtever i wntd to say. However, will try to give more comments as much as possible. Good Day..