Negative Commenters Be Warned: You Can’t Win
If you talk to any blogger about how to handle negative comments, you’ll likely get a variety of answers on how to deal with them. I’ve been victim a number of nasty comments over the past year or so. When I first came across a negative comment, I wasn’t sure how to handle it so I consulted ProBlogger.com, which is probably the most trusted source for advice on blogging. Here’s what they said:
“When someone comes by & tells you your blog sucks, you suck, your dog sucks & man, has anyone ever told you you suck?, don’t take the bait! Most of the time, these are just bitter people looking for a fight. It’s just like with bullies in school — all they want is a reaction. So don’t give it to them. There is nothing more infuriating than going out of your way to annoy someone & getting no response. They will fume like mad, & might have another go, but then they will go away. The game gets old. & you can do a little celebratory dance in your living room.”—Darren Rowse-ProBlogger
This is good advice and I should probably follow it. But I’m not going to. Instead, I’m going to take a much different approach. My approach is to do my best to EMBARRASS YOU. (more…)



August 23, 2010 | Posted by Johnny Sacks
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Back in August, I wrote a post called
Meetings. Anyone with a job has been forced to sit though one or several hundred at some point. Some jobs require more meetings than others. In my job, I’m forced to sit through my fair share of them.
During my daily commute I like to listen to sports talk radio in the car. Like most people, I listen to sports talk to catch up on news and scores and also to hear some intelligent analysis. Unfortunately, this is often interrupted by idiotic callers. There are many types of idiots who call up sports talk radio shows. I’m going to break down each kind for you.
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