Clever Ideas for Getting Readers to Respond

[fredwriter]

Hi all,

I realize it is pretty ironic that I am basically posting a question in this thread, but what do you think of posts that ask for the the readers feedback? For example, suppose you start a topic about your pet peeve and you conclude by asking the read what his or her pet peeve is. To me this is pretty much a cliché nowadays, although it might have been clever twenty years ago when writers started using it in magazines. Does anybody know a more subtle way of eliciting reader response than asking them at the end of your post or article? (Yes, I see the irony.)