As bloggers, we regularly get trolls and flamers. This doesn’t stop it sucking each and every time it happens. It still feels like a kick to the guts and still leaves us questioning our words and intentions.
Mostly trolls and flamers spread their nastiness in your comments section, or via nasty emails (I have been lucky enough to avoid emails, mostly because my trolls don’t like to be recognised).
So, when I found myself flamed in another blogs comments, I was shocked to say the least. Then I was stressed and then I had to laugh about the number of mistakes this person made in their comment.
Lets just say, I don’t think they are familiar with blogging at all.
Anyway, Mum has written a post about it, including a link to the post where I was flamed. Thanks Mum.
I know that as bloggers, the best thing is just to ignore the trolls and hopefully they will go away. However, this just seems a little bit more personal. Go visit Mum, and see the comment and you will see why.
Thanks guys, I heart you.
Also, thank you so much for all the supportive comments I got from my last few posts. You don’t know how much they meant to me. Maybe that is why I feel that Andy’s comment is so personal, because it happened when I was so down.
xx
I got flamed once in someone else’s comments. The blogger is a good IRL friend of mine and I said something that I knew she’d get, but someone new to the blog thought I was being rude. So both the blogger and I had fun with that one.
And I got flamed on my own blog once when I was still on myspace, by a very nasty relative who actually started a myspace account just to post the nasty comments. But the things she said were just so ridiculous and out of touch that I simply left them up there, and my other commenters bashed them so much that they finally went back and deleted them themselves. And I actually got an apology.
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Sweetheart, i went up on Hook, Line and Sinker’s blog and left a comment directed at Andy. It is awaiting moderation. let’s see if they have the balls to publish the comment – and the other comments they’re getting from everyone else your Mum has enlisted in the cause. Like I said to your Mum – “You don’t fuck with Veronica. Not even.”
And now for something completely different …..
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being flamed is never nice, but particularly when you are already feeling crap. That guy is a wanker and so not worth you feeling bad about.
cheers big ears 😛
*throws Veronica some Kirsch soaked strawberries dipped in chocolate*
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That was your mum. Thats so funny I was just on her site. Screw them! You know you rock!
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Every douchbag needs a home. It appears that Andy has found his at HLS. Which means you run far FAR away. People who can type, spell and use complete sentences need not apply. Sorry this happened to you.
I was called to the mat on another woman’s blog about a year ago. I was being supportive of her “situation” as were dozens of other bloggers, then I was called out BY NAME by a woman telling me I’m going to hell. It annoyed me for days, then I just had to laugh and get on with it.
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Ugh, I knew just what you mean. Sometimes, though, I even read another person’s post, and I paraoidishly (word?) feel as though they are annoyed with me, because of something they’re writing about.
Need meds much? (or please just tell me this is normal)
I’m off to see what the dickface said….
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Looks like someone stuck a Cod up Andy’s butt. I say let him sit and rotate on it.
You are far better than that stupid website, V. I’d petition other, much better sites to write for.
In fact, you could probably contribute something to Blissfully Domestic. You should really ask Alli about that. You do lovely things in the kitchen, or you could talk about gardening, earth conservation tips, child-rearing tips. Open a line of communication with her and see what her ideas for you might be.
(But give her a bit right now, she just birthed Baby #5.)
Seriously though. That website is FAR below you.
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hugs
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Well some people are just rude or morons or both so who cares , don’t let it bother you . Have a good day and forget abou the jerk!
about haha you know what I meant
someone needs a box of scorpions sent…
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Well he did have a point…
I’m joking!!! honest.
Ignore the prick. Bigger fish & all that.
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Ha, that added some sunshine to my Monday! The ignorance is entertaining! I left my 2 cents also…
It seems hey are just a tad butt hurt about not having a writing personality or readers for that matter.. Too much pride, not enough business sense. LOL!
Too fun!
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Hey I was tagged and since I don’t really have any friends on here yet and talk to you the most I tagged you ok? you can see it over at my blog . Have a good day !
What an arsehole!! I would not have been happy either.
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It happens to everyone. In real life there are people who you DON’T say things to like that…like cops. But in your blog-land anyone can say anything and that is the beauty of it. There are so many things you read that people wouldn’t say in real life.
I used to comment all the time on things but after receiving an offensive reply in email I ended up givng up.
This is a different place to real life. That guy probably hasn’t the guts to say anything to anyone, he’s probably a coward who has never stuck up for himself, you never know.
P.S it’s meant to be about fishing…not about people arguing about blogging….
What a silly bitter guy! Don’t let it get you down!
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Honey, this jerk isn’t worth it. You know that, of course… but it hurts more when you’re feeling down. When I was being slammed by asshat comments, the jerks seemed to have a radar for when I was feeling at my lowest. *sigh*
Heh, the guy is such a worm, it seems apt to find him on a fishing site.
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Mines awaiting moderation, too.
They’ll never publish our comments in a million years unfortunately.
Generally though – my usual advice is to ignore trolls. By posting about them etc, you just give them more attention, something they don’t deserve.
I’m so sorry V. That is terrible that anyone would flame you. YOU! You are the sweetest blogger ever. I’m off to see about this.
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Fu&% that Sh*&!!
I’m going to go look.
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Hugs!
I will go and look promise but i have seen the next post and i am so happy for you, SO happy that i am crying as I am typing.
Weeeeeee!
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OK, so how do I avoid having people email me nasty things? I haven’t had a rude comment in I don’t know how long, but two people have actually taken the time to set up a fake email address just so they could send me nasty. WTH?
Ignore those guys, btw. Their blog is just a way to keep new content going up on the site so that Google doesn’t ignore it. Which it does anyway since the content sucks.
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