Reply to the first three comments personally; the culture of the section flows from there. Track which posts get quoted elsewhere — those are your real hits, not the view counts.
Print the top ten fan emails and pin them near the desk on gloomy days. We treat this as an internal note more than a manifesto.
Nothing prescriptive here — just a small observation from our reader feedback log for entry 088. If it lands, keep it; if not, discard without ceremony.
