Comments on: Blogging 101 – how to deal with negative comments?

By: Anon-just wanted to get your attention

Anon-just wanted to get your attention — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:17:19 +0000

It is time for everyone to give their heads a shake and remember what this forum is for. It is not for bashing others, belittling people or making yourself feel superior. It is about autism, plain and simple.

By: angharad

angharad — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:44:56 +0000

i recently had a jerk putting really nasty stuff about my son on my blog so i put comment moderation in action. also (because it was in breach of the ISP terms and conditions of the jerk – who happens to have the same ISP as me) i wrote to complain. and because i am a geeky lady i googled the jerk’s IP address (little numbers that say which computer he is) and found a whole lot about him, not least that he has a prediliction for very smutty websites. all this made me feel much better.

i hope you don’t let this make you less open – your blog is fabulous.

By: Haddayr

Haddayr — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:22:33 +0000

Anon is a busy person with strong opinions and anxious to share their superior viewpoint.

Okay this nearly made me spit out my tea.

By: Stephanie Lynn Keil

Stephanie Lynn Keil — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:47:53 +0000

“Instead of calling for a community circle to open up, it may be wiser to open yourself to more communities.”

I wish others would follow that advice.

See, I only interact with people on the internet due to my autism. At the moment I cannot interact in any other way with people. I’m not going to explain further but I think you can understand this.

By: Joeymom

Joeymom — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:00:26 +0000

Well, Stephanie, its a good thing then that I don’t just read Hub blogs. I was kinda assuming other people didn’t just read stuff from their own little circles, either. But again- that may be the scholar in me.

The Hub is like any other community. It is diverse. It is its own little corner. And the individuals within it can make their own decisions on how their own little corners and facets are run, and who can post on them. For example, I don’t allow anonymous posts. Some of blogs on the Hub are not that interesting to me, and I don’t read them at all. Some fade in and out of interest. I have my own little set of about half a dozen I read regularly, some on the Hub, some not.

It doesn’t up my shackles to be not welcome on a particular blog. It tells me something about the source and the information (or lack thereof), no big deal. Its a big Interwebs. Plenty of other blogs in the sea of bytes.

Why do people get huffy over not being welcome into someone else’s livingroom? You can’t be friends with everybody. Not everybody is going to want to argue with you, or want your advice, knowledge, or even support. So go somewhere else. Sometimes you just do what you can, then cut bait. Otherwise, you’re not really being helpful, you’re proselytizing for your own point of view. For better or for worse, you’re aren’t going to convince everybody of anything, even if you are arguing that the sky is blue.

If you’re looking at blogs as some huge source of definitive information, its probably time to get out of the house and head to the library instead of depending on the internet, which is notoriously bad as an information source. It would be like writing a class paper using Wikipedia. Not a good idea.

Being caught in small circles means you are often just hearing your own echoes, instead of new sounds. Sometimes that is what you need, and it is comforting. But sometimes it is better to move out of the comfort zone. Instead of calling for a community circle to open up, it may be wiser to open yourself to more communities.

By: Tanya @ TeenAutism

Tanya @ TeenAutism — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:43:36 +0000

After reading your insightful dinosaur post, I fail to see how Anon wrestled the idea of “respect” out of it, all the while completely missing the part about trying to engage your child in play and cherishing his limited speech. Furthermore, I’m glad I’m not Anon’s child. I’d much rather be yours.

By: Club 166

Club 166 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:41:38 +0000

Hard to be anon
Right sometimes, but mostly wrong
Better to sign name

Haiku (mostly anon) Joe

By: Stephanie Lynn Keil

Stephanie Lynn Keil — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:50:39 +0000

I’m the “enemy.” Oooohh…maybe you should actually bother learning a bit more about me and my life, which is all true, by the way.

This is so childish: there are “enemies” to you people. I have no “enemies,” but apparently you do.

By: Madeline

Madeline — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:18:22 +0000

Oooo Laurentius……I am so glad that you speak a foreign language!
Cheers

By: Laurentius Rex

Laurentius Rex — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:13:44 +0000

It’s all a loada bollox innit