Comments on: Tickling Your Readers Funny Bone – Using Humor in Blogging

By: How to Make Your Blog More Personal

How to Make Your Blog More Personal — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:05:58 +0000

[...] to your blog include writing in the first person, blogging with emotion, sharing stories using humor, talking about real life activities, using bylines, featuring video and images, being honest about [...]

By: swissreplica8

swissreplica8 — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:52:30 +0000

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By: Caution : Humor Ahead | Blargy

Caution : Humor Ahead | Blargy — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:40:29 +0000

[...] Darren Rowse has an interesting post over at ProBlogger regarding the use of humor in blog posts. [...]

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:37:28 +0000

I write what’s supposed to be a humor/satire blog, but I will agree that sometimes the sarcasm doesn’t translate. I recently posted a piece suggesting that if Michael Richards had a corporate policy guide to follow, his outburst would have never happened… umm, yeah, based on the comments I received, they didn’t get it. I also found that you have to be careful with the way you tag your blogs when you write humor. If you’re writing a witty bit about Jesus, you may not want to use the tags Jesus or religion… not everyone one in those categories is there for a laugh.

By: Adding a Personal Touch to Your Blog

Adding a Personal Touch to Your Blog — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:33:46 +0000

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By: Simba's Mom

Simba's Mom — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:37:27 +0000

I have a sarcastic sense of humor in everyday life, but I have found it does not always translate well to the written word. I definitely find myself editing the humor out of posts out of fear I will be misunderstood.

By: Marti

Marti — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:36:00 +0000

Being funny is hard. And it is indeed impossible to please all of the people, all of the time. I have written posts that I thought were hysterical and had them fall flat on their little blog-faces.

Genuine-osity (will that make it as a word, like Steven Colbert’s “truthiness”? LOL) is the most important. If something made you actually smile or laugh out loud in real life, it is more likely to resonate with your readers, than a forced pun.

Best wishes for a glorious holiday season!

By: Alfred Chew

Alfred Chew — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:43:11 +0000

Thanks for the valueble Tips. Will try to make my blog livelier. :)

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:22:39 +0000

Hi Alex,

sorry but this series is on being more personal in your blogging – not finding readers. You might like one of my previous posts on finding readers though if that’s the topic you’re after. There’s plenty more in my archives on that topic too.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:17:00 +0000

Come on… let’s get serious… I discover that I’ve tried all of the tips you gave in this series: personal touch, humour, etc.. ; still, no big success: although I have great content, I still am at below 100 readers/day. Please, give me real tips to enlarge my readership, please!

By: 50 Blogs

50 Blogs — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:56:16 +0000

Yes. The last thing we want to do is upset our readers. Sort of defeats the purpose of having a blog anyway!

By: whimspiration

whimspiration — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:42:06 +0000

I tend to fall back on the old, reliable emote. *smile* It makes sure folks know what I’m saying because I’m literally telling them my mood or telling actions as I write. Emotes are a lot more personal than emoticons as well. Emoticons tend to feel plastic and be terribly overused. Whether it is humor, or just honesty you are going for, emotes are a great way to get the feel across as well as the words.

By: Jimmylee

Jimmylee — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:14:41 +0000

Hey.. humor as anything else is based on perception.

not every joke is funny to everyone…. that’s the problem.

By: Talia Mana, 2006 Weblog Finalist

Talia Mana, 2006 Weblog Finalist — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:42:48 +0000

I love reading humorous or witty blogs. Some of scobleizer.com’s posts are great fun to read.

At the end of the day I think it’s about being authentic. If you try to force humour then it won’t work. If you can write your blog the way you talk, then for most people, this will result in higher readability and your readers will find you more approachable.

If you’re not very good at writing humour then I would suggest adding humorous quotes and/or pictures (checking copyright first of course!).

By: Kris Karkoski

Kris Karkoski — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:44:17 +0000

I moderately use humor on my blog for a few reasons. First, my blog is more of a news/informing blog and as such humor is only appropriate in certain posts. Second, humor needs to be scarce on this type of blog because for a post to get its objective across to readers you can’t cloud their focus too much on unnecessary humor.

By: Peter Flaschner

Peter Flaschner — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:54:27 +0000

My comment above doesn’t make a lot of sense, as the code was stripped out of the last sentence. It should read:

this is a sarcastic statement

By: Peter Flaschner

Peter Flaschner — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:47:45 +0000

BEWARE SARCASM! I’ve burned myself pretty badly with this one. If you’re going to be sarcastic, use an emoticon to let your reader’s know what you’re doing.

Another tip: if your readers are web/code savvy, you can make a joke out it like this:

This is a sarcastic statement

By: John Wesley

John Wesley — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:00:44 +0000

I totally agree. It always makes an impression when I read something genuinely funny, but I really hate reading bad humor. Humor is the most difficult type of writing in my opinion.

By: Cory O'Brien

Cory O'Brien — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:58:40 +0000

I try to use a lot of humor in my posts, and I’d say that the most important part of using humor is to cater it to your audience. If you are writing to a specific audience, and the sarcasm/joke/ism is in common use or easily understood by your audience, it will be well received.