Feedback
03/04/08
I LOVE getting feedback about my blog!
I love to write, it is my second passion, and my purpose in writing isn't so much to release what's inside of me (that's what a diary is for!) but to share with others.
I have started to get a few emails here and there from people I don't know. They're mostly polite, but occasionally they are downright abusive!
I think that online it is easy to forget that we are all living, breathing people who think and feel.
I've probably done it myself, but the extent to which people forget this astonishes me.
I do not believe that some random person in the street, upon hearing my conversation, would start publicly yelling abuse at me, so what makes it acceptable online?
Don't get me wrong, I love criticism as much as praise (sometimes more) but only when it is constructive and intelligent.
For example, on my 'Fashion' page under a little whine I had about the new Vogue being late, someone anonymously wrote, 'bad influence'.
If you think Vogue is a bad influence, then that's fine, but tell me why and tell me who you are so that we can talk about it!
I'm fine with being challenged, but only if it is legitimate... otherwise it's just plain annoying.
So I'd just like to say to all of cyberspace, I am a real person, with real thoughts and feelings and I deserve respect just like anyone else!
I don't claim to have all the answers, my views are biased and opinionated because this is a blog, not a paper, and I get emotional, I make mistakes, and I'm open to suggestions. So go for it! Tell me what you think, ask me questions, offer suggestions about what to write - but please remember the Golden Rule.
xxB
I love to write, it is my second passion, and my purpose in writing isn't so much to release what's inside of me (that's what a diary is for!) but to share with others.
I have started to get a few emails here and there from people I don't know. They're mostly polite, but occasionally they are downright abusive!
I think that online it is easy to forget that we are all living, breathing people who think and feel.
I've probably done it myself, but the extent to which people forget this astonishes me.
I do not believe that some random person in the street, upon hearing my conversation, would start publicly yelling abuse at me, so what makes it acceptable online?
Don't get me wrong, I love criticism as much as praise (sometimes more) but only when it is constructive and intelligent.
For example, on my 'Fashion' page under a little whine I had about the new Vogue being late, someone anonymously wrote, 'bad influence'.
If you think Vogue is a bad influence, then that's fine, but tell me why and tell me who you are so that we can talk about it!
I'm fine with being challenged, but only if it is legitimate... otherwise it's just plain annoying.
So I'd just like to say to all of cyberspace, I am a real person, with real thoughts and feelings and I deserve respect just like anyone else!
I don't claim to have all the answers, my views are biased and opinionated because this is a blog, not a paper, and I get emotional, I make mistakes, and I'm open to suggestions. So go for it! Tell me what you think, ask me questions, offer suggestions about what to write - but please remember the Golden Rule.
xxB
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