Blogging = Words - Backbone?
Now this is freakin’ funny. A blogger gets all bent out of shape when people actually make comments that challenge his thoughts. He reserves the power to "delete" them - and of course, because they’re deleted, we never know what the comments were that he disagreed with - in other words, it falls under the "I will only let people say on my blog things I agree with. If not, too bad."
A while back, said blogger decided to go on a little name calling tear of me. When he did that, I responded in kind. In fact, I responded with really good words - (text file) to which said blogger deleted off his comments section. This started a whole "policy" on his site, claiming that we (the readers) were "guests in his home," and to "treat him" as guests would treat him.
Oh, please.
This is the real world. You’re supposedly a blogger. Which means that if you can put out, you’d damn well better be able to take. If you can’t, then you need to go back into your house and play with your own toys, alone. Go hide behind mommy, but don’t venture out into the real world, only to moderate your comments and then call it "fair" because it’s "your house." You want to be treated like a blogger? Grow a backbone.
I don’t edit, moderate, or delete my comments. I trust my readers, and trust myself to know that if I get some criticisms online, I can learn from them. Not delete them and run home crying about it.
What was that line from Star Trek that Q said to Picard? "If you can’t take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It’s not safe out here. It’s wonderous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross… but it’s not for the timid." - Q
Want people to start acting like guests in your house, Mr. Blogger? Start by making people want to actually visit.
8 Responses to “Blogging = Words - Backbone?”
Amen
You had me up until “Picard,” and then you lost me. But I still agree.
See, that’s the thing. JP’s not a blogger, he has actual talent. Can’t stand haters.
And before you draw me into your drama queen crap, there’s nothing wrong about being a blogger, I was pointing out that you were referring to him as just a blogger.
“Drama Queen Crap?”
Now who’s hating?
And if JP (as you affectionately refer to him) isn’t a blogger, what is he, exactly? A tax attorney? A geologist? He blogs. That makes him a blogger.
I can’t stand Ginger. (You know the kind that comes with Sushi.) Just thought i’d add that, since you talked about what you can’t stand.
And I’ll get it out now: I don’t hate JP. I don’t know him well enough to hate him. He amuses me, occasionally he even has a decent interview with someone in the industry. But I don’t hate him. Life’s too short.
“I will only let people say on my blog things I agree with. If not, too bad.”
That sounds like you putting words in someone’s mouth.
If I’m reading Mr. Pepper’s policy correctly, he’s saying he’ll nix pointless, personal attacks that contribute nothing to the dialog.
Blogs are personal thoughts and the content is up to the person.
You should talk about hiding behind Mommy. Are Mommy and Daddy still paying the payroll at the Geek Factory?
Oh wait, I forgot, there is no payroll at the Geek Factory, it’s down to just you, you ***hole.
Get a life you creep. You and BL deserve each other.
Ah, yes - another sad, anonymous poster shouting from the rooftops, hoping against hope that someone will hear him.
Let’s examine your post (BTW, I deleted your curses, I don’t think they’re needed to maintain your “points.”)
Anyhow… The Geek Factory was profitable from day one, when I started it in my apartment. It had to be, I didn’t have a choice - I had no outside funding, and sorry to burst your bubble, mom and dad never helped. Wait, that’s not true - They bought me a really expensive bottle of champagne when I moved into my first office. Drat - you got me there.
Why is the Geek Factory down to just me? Mostly because I was tired of managing people - it wasn’t fun anymore. So I sold the clients and the staff, and kept the name. Did rather well from it, too.
Now… Regarding your “get a life” comment, curiouser and curiouser - you post without telling anyone who you are, you post under an anonymous handle, because you lack the courage of even the most desperate and pathetic man on the street. You hide behind the web. And that’s fine - You need to - I understand. It’s difficult to not have courage - to sit in silence, wondering how your life wound up the way it is, as you post from Bedford, NY, wondering why you couldn’t make it in the big city - why some people could, and apparently with ease, on their own, make it, survive, and even thrive! But not you - You couldn’t handle it. I understand that must hurt - so I understand where the anger and hopelessness in your above comment comes from. Which is yet another reason why I didn’t delete it.
Good luck to you… Unfortunately, it sounds like you need it.