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I was talking to a friend of mine who also has a blog, and he was distressed by a negative comment he received. This got me thinking, as a blogger, who is putting his thoughts out to the world, should he not expect to receive some kind of feedback on his posts? And should he only expect to have positive comments and feedback?
I figure I can expect to have feedback that runs the gamut. I understand his concern and I also understood his reaction. The feedback wasn't terribly kind, and he didn't receive it on his actual blog, instead he received it on his Facebook wall. Was this an appropriate forum for that feedback?
If we are going to put ourselves out there and use multiple forums of promotion, I suppose we can expect any of those forums as possible sources of commentary and feedback.
Was what the commenter said inappropriate then?
I guess that would depend on the recipient. For him, no. Me? I think I would have just given it back in kind, or simply ignored it, or deleted it, whichever pleased me at that point.
I also provided him feedback, but I did so face to face- frankly I was somewhat bored with his post. I thought it was mildly indulgent and overlong.
But you know what?
It's his blog, he can do or say whatever in the world makes him happy.
Would I call him lame on his Facebook wall? Probably not. But that's just not how I usually operate.
But the thing is, that's the risk you take when you use a public forum for expressing yourself. People are going to make digs and some people are going to think you're the second coming. But will they ALWAYS think you are? Unless you are totally awesome... probably not. It's the haps. I have multiple people I follow, other than S.T. Lewis, who is just spot on about all the time, most of them- the revered Wil Wheaton for one, and 27b/6 for another, have let me down. But I move on and read them again and weigh each of their posts on their own merits. Just like an Emmy winning comedy can have an off episode, so too can a great blogger have an off post.
Just shake it off and try again.