Thanks for commenting!

I really value readers who comment, so I’m here to say THANK YOU! (You’ll only see this message the first time you comment on my site.)

This is how I feel when you comment. (Disclaimer: The photo's more than a decade old. But I still like it.)

My primary goal with The Traveling Writer is to provide useful information and entertaining stories about writing, travel and social media. But I also strive to create a community here, to start conversations about topics that matter to us. When you participate by leaving a comment, it brings me one step closer to that goal! So thanks.

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Gargi September 17, 2010 at 3:55 am

Great pic for the comment-thanking! Makes me smile just as widely for having commented!

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Kham October 1, 2010 at 10:44 pm

That’s just awesome!!!

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Harumi Gondo October 13, 2010 at 11:12 am

Cute!!

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Tisha October 15, 2010 at 4:27 pm

Liking you even more…GREAT pic!

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Leslie Forman October 27, 2010 at 12:21 am

This is amazing! I should figure out how to install something like that on my site. Mine has some sort of default message that says I need to approve the comment. I love the photo too! Bubble gum and a baseball cap!

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Karie Price | Real World BA December 13, 2010 at 12:10 pm

I’d love to know how you implemented this one-time comment thank you page, if you’d be willing to share. :-) Such a great idea!

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Alexis Grant January 7, 2011 at 10:26 pm

Just saw this. I can’t even remember how I did it! If you ask Google, you’ll find directions. It’s a page, but it’s hidden from view. I think Outspoken Media at offered directions in a blog post at one point. Hope that helps!

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Jen December 29, 2010 at 9:42 pm

OMG, this is so cute! I have never seen this on a blog before, and I love it! Thank you :)

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charles January 7, 2011 at 10:37 pm

I sent this picture along to my dentist who promises to be in touch.

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Alexis Grant January 7, 2011 at 10:41 pm

Hey! My rents paid a lot of money for those teeth!

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Joleene Naylor January 18, 2011 at 5:59 pm

Ha ha! I love that photo! What a neat idea!

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David Knight January 21, 2011 at 4:44 am

Now that’s what you call a big happy smile!

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Dianne January 25, 2011 at 1:44 am

a smile to make us smile

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Omar Ahmed January 25, 2011 at 11:20 pm

Grat pic anyway!

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Himu February 22, 2011 at 9:33 pm

I like it anyway.

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jillian March 25, 2011 at 6:23 am

This caught me by surprise (in a good way) love, love, love the personality in the photo!

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Tia Nevitt March 30, 2011 at 5:53 pm

Wow, I love this Thank You page. I do believe I will shamelessly copy you!!!

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J Q Rose April 11, 2011 at 6:55 pm

I know how you feel about comments. They make us all smile…so here is another!!

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Manisha May 6, 2011 at 2:54 am

Hey very cute pic… :)

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Julie Musil May 12, 2011 at 12:01 pm

That’s awesome! Loved the picture.

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Shelly Brown May 18, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Awesome stuff. Thank you for the thank you :)

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Torre July 9, 2011 at 4:12 am

How cute you are!

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WordPress Designer August 31, 2011 at 6:22 am

This is really a humorous.
After commention on your wordpress.com to wordpress.org i m redirected to this post where i find a photo of yours with great smile

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Heather Sunseri September 6, 2011 at 7:50 am

That is so funny. Love that picture! It’s the first time I’ve seen that picture b/c I probably commented on this site before you put it up there, or I don’t remember it. I changed my website from Blogger to Wordpress over the weekend, so I’m using a new login.

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Lisa Duran September 26, 2011 at 12:35 pm

Your big smile makes me smile big!

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Tam Linsey October 12, 2011 at 12:06 pm

Okay, now that’s just cool and cute as all get out. I need to figure out how to route my blog commenters like this.

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Trish Johansen October 12, 2011 at 6:07 pm

Lol, it made me feel welcome and more part of what you do :-) Especially great as it’s the first blog comment I’ve posted!

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St Martin Island October 13, 2011 at 10:54 am

Wow! You just step it up one notch. Go girl!

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Genie @ Healthy Living Now October 20, 2011 at 7:29 pm

Pretty unique :)

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adsloko October 29, 2011 at 6:42 pm

It’s nice pic with big smile, make me smile too :)

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Ian Robinson November 24, 2011 at 6:15 pm

This is classy. Great idea!

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barb December 5, 2011 at 8:26 am

what a nice surprise! i blog too – at the empty nest mom – so i know the feeling. It’s so nice to hear from readers and especially nice to welcome them. your cute smile did just that.

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Gigantium Technologies December 11, 2011 at 11:10 pm

I think I Love your smile

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Julie Farrar December 15, 2011 at 2:37 pm

Great idea for first-time comments. I need to see if I can create a page like this on my blog. I hate when I realized I missed welcoming a first-timer.

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Shae January 6, 2012 at 12:34 am

Such a great idea. Innovative. I might just have to implement this myself ;)

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Noch Noch January 12, 2012 at 1:22 am

hahahah awesome photo!!!

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Connie Read Burris January 20, 2012 at 11:05 am

What a fun surprise to see your “Thanks for commenting” pop-up. Great idea!

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E. Sheppard February 13, 2012 at 6:32 pm

You are most welcome! I love the funny smiling face picture too. It’s great.

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LKWatts March 4, 2012 at 7:49 am

Wow – never seen this before! This is unique!

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Edward H. Carpenter March 18, 2012 at 9:39 am

Smiling back at ya! :)

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Holly March 21, 2012 at 10:47 am

Nice touch!

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Lindsay Anne Williams March 26, 2012 at 3:32 am

Noice one!

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chantal p March 26, 2012 at 12:20 pm

<3 dimples

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