There is Always One in the Group ...... And Sometimes That One is Me

I remember the first time I received overly negative comments on a post. It sure felt like I was personally attacked. It took a few days to get over it enough to repost. Few hundred posts later I have learned to roll with the punches. Happy Holidays Tammy.

Thanks Tammy for speaking up. We should always be driving for excellence.

Enjoy your blogs...

Cheers

Nor Yeretsian

Stay true to yourself.  Who wants to be a sheep following the Judas goat to slaughter?

Everyone has an opinion, unfortunately some voice them to hurt others.  Glad you have pushed through that.  Merry Christmas.

I too have only been on AR for a short time.  I have been lucky so far not to have any negative comments, but my content hasn't been too mindblowing either.  I am just getting into the swing of things, but it is nice to know that there is a "delete" button.  Thanks for the info.

Opinions are like...  well...  you know, and everybody has one.  I have found that people in this business seem to have STRONG opinions and love to share them.  I recently posted a blog about being successful in what most percieve to be a "down" market and got RIPPED by somebody telling me that my blog is spreading bad news and hurting thing more than I was helping them.  Yeah...  that got deleted. 

Good one Tammy.  Speaking up is important - otherwise the discussion is bland and boring.  But civility and courtesy are equally so.  Stacey Smith did a blog the other day closely related to this - all about those who fall to low levels of discourse instead of taking a higher road.

Tammy: This is an important Blog. Not just for Newbies like us, but for bloggers in general. We are like journalsts in a sense, and so we get to express our opinion, hopefully without being rude. Sometimes we end up ruffling a few feathers and that's OK. We want and need reactions. It's not the reaction so much that bothers me, as it is what we do with the reaction. Sometimes it provides an opportunity for good clean debate, and maybe a chance to change someones view on things, maybe even my own. If however things get TOXIC, give it an honest try, delete and move on. 

Your honesty is refreshing... keep asking those questions.

Thanks for being true to yourself. YOu know what you know and that's what you write about. You can't focus on all the negative or you will drive yourself crazy.

It's my blog and I use the delete button if I feel it is warranted. I do sometimes make contray comments, but I am always civil and never attack the poster.

Tammy, I've been reading your blogs, they seem informative and written in a language I can understand. Often I'm lost with tech blogs.  Active Rain is an informative tool, I do learn alot. However, there are blogs I read that sometimes may be overly strong: but everyone has a right to their opinion. My motto is "have nothing nice to say-say nothing".