1) occasional reposts, or links to severals older posts, in a current post. It could be done on a particular day of the week. I like hunting through the archive, but sometimes I feel lonely way back here (2009) and it would be interesting to see what new comments or thoughts might come up. (If you personally don’t want to take the time, I would be happy to send you links to some of my favorites from the week. Maybe a “Junior-Editor Explores the Archives,” or something, kind of series, with all the posts being at least 12 months old?)

2) I would like a general idea of what Keepa’s cost is. You have the donate button, but it would be nice to know what your cost is in a month or year, so I can make my donation appropriate. (Also an option besides Paypal, which I have now tried to unsuccessfully use three times, would help me.)

3) Maybe I have missed it somewhere, but a general policy that describes what you look for in a guest submission would be nice.

4) Some place to ask general questions, not necessarily related to a particular post. I have emailed you several times, and I don’t know if the lack of response is because there are problems with AOL, (it has been mentioned in older posts that there have been problems with that in the past) or if there would be a more appropriate way to address the questions, especially on older posts.

Hope you see this!

(Seriously, thanks for all of this. Everything seemed to get some show of support, even the unnamed “other,” so I’ll keep it all on the roster and keep looking for more. The comments are especially helpful, beyond the poll clicks.)

I love the variety on this site, but the main thing that keeps drawing me back is the stories about the people, about the choices they make in the circumstances they have. You’re very good at presenting them.

Like most of the other commenters, I like nearly everything that’s been posted. Magazine covers (and photos to a lesser extent) are fun to look at, but hard to comment on. Don’t mistake the lack of comments as a lack of interest

My favorite posts are the “Talks/Reminiscences/Letters from archival sources” and “Cultural Issues.” They help me sort everlasting gospel truths from current policy, creating some enlightening moments. Oh and I love the “forgotten saints” series. And I’m looking forward to the Brigham Young posts too. (Maybe you can publish your biography of him in serial form on Keepa

One last comment: The “Doctrine/Practice (how we used to do/teach things” series has alot of potential, but many times they are several lessons long, and I either give up or have all my good comments ooze out of me by the time I get done reading. Maybe posting one lesson per post, with a few questions at the end (a format similar to the “ugliest lesson” post) would generate more response.

And: I agree with Brian D. Often I don’t comment because I don’t have time or don’t have anything to say, but Keepa is one of the few blogs that I read religiously. I used to stress about number of comments or even page views of AMV’s posts — until it became clear that it’s easy to chase comments and hits because the bloggernacle is no different from anywhere else in that posts that are about controversy, sex or celebrities bring a lot of traffic and comments, but rarely anything really interesting and satisfying.

I know the success of a post is often gauged by the number of comments, but that doesn’t always hold true. You should sign up for Google Analytics, if you have not done so already, so you can see how many hits you are getting for each post.

I think you will find that a majority of your readers don’t comment, but spend some quality time reading your posts.

It’s especially good to hear from lurkers like Jeannine and Sanford, along with the stalwart Keepa’ninny commenters.