Count me among those who find plenty of value in blog comments not only because the ability to add something to another person’s Web page is quite powerful, but disparate conversations on third-party services are pretty hard to wrangle (Echo and LiveFyre are getting better at this, but they are far from perfect).
Ultimately, whether you have comments is your business — there’s no blanket “right” or “wrong” way to do this. I, personally, get a lot of value out of the debate and accountability well-managed blog comments can provide, so I’ll more frequently patronize sites that have them than those who don’t.
