Do lots of blog comments always equal a better blog?

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I've written on the subject of boosting blog comments before, how important do you think they are, if you don't get any does it mean nobody enjoyed the blog post - or are craft blogs that get masses of comments usually part of link up parties and therefore they don't show real engagement from the commenter, just a desire to bring traffic back to their own blog - or am I being cynical?

Do lots of blog comments always equal a better blog?

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