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Not OK. Maybe, somehow, you intended this to be genuinely friendly advice, but it comes off as stinking. You put your blogging out there for criticism when you
by polshaw 14y ago
Not OK. Maybe, somehow, you intended this to be genuinely friendly advice, but it comes off as stinking.
You put your blogging out there for criticism when you submit it, criticism that is appropriate and useful to others in the comment thread of that blog post. This is not a comment thread about skore's blogging; which does not appear to be core to his activities. Even if the 'what the hell does this guy even do' part was not fair (i'm making no judgement on that) it does not reflect well for you to respond by going to much greater lengths to seek out and critique a blog from a commenter, whilst simultaneously suggesting they don't critique your work.
- lionhearted 14y agoActually I empathize with the guy. I used to make negative and critical comments online about lots of stuff I didn't like -- writing or writers, entertainment, culture, politicians, whatever. But the thing is, that's a really bad waste of life. Constructive criticism, learning, analyzing can be useful. Negativity to no constructive end? It wastes days and weeks and months and years of our lives.
- skore 14y agoIf that's the impression you get of me from one comment, then I'm afraid it seems a lot like projection. I enjoy debating online (debating in general, actually) - in a limited fashion, mostly for procrastination, at times. As with all things - the dose makes the poison. That's really all there is to it. In fact, your comment again reflects the problem that I have with your other writing - What you say isn't necessarily in itself wrong (apart from the fact that I don't think it applies to me), but I don't know what you say it for. And I'm not even sure you know.