Hello you! 

As you might be aware of, I listen to a large measure of podcasts.  What got my attention was that they often have hundreds (or less in the beginning) to thousands of listeners with few comments on them.  The speakers often ask for listener feedback, but seldom seem to receive any.  So after a long time of hearing this I realized how would I feel if I was doing a show and was getting little to no feedback.  Now the ones doing the show know that people are presumable listening due to being able to seeing how many downloads/plays they have, but are they hearing any feedback/a thank you?

What I started doing for the last couple of months is leaving a thank you and often something specific I enjoyed or got out of the show.  Mostly the responses are short, but every once in a while I leave something of length.  I prefer to leave a comment where the home of the show is located.  By doing this I feel that someone who sees the site will know that the show has a crowd with a voice.  If they do not have an area set up to comment I will @ mention them on Twitter as an acknowledgement.

I started doing the same for every YouTube videos and blogs I take in.  It is easy to type “Thank you” and maybe a short sentence.  This has caused me to not only cut back on what I take in, but has also has raised my level of appreciation for what I do take in.  By going back to what I saw/read/heard I am mentally chewing on it some more.

K, bye

How could you better acknowledge the speaker?