tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846380584667288537.post4932547976411164435..comments2023-03-26T13:57:23.263+01:00Comments on Always Hope: How rude do you like them? (comments, that is)Charliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08102799923678550905noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846380584667288537.post-23052008003293517022011-07-25T12:35:20.533+01:002011-07-25T12:35:20.533+01:00Interesting. I rarely bother to disagree with a bl...Interesting. I rarely bother to disagree with a blogger's viewpoint in the comments section, since everyone is entitled to their opinion. I only engage in argument and controversy if I am personal or blog friends with the blogger, and care about them and their opinions. I guess I don't have the energy for controversy. <br />That said, my own views have often been modulated, refined or even altered as a result of critical comments from people holding opposing viewpoints. And thinking, and having your thinking refined, is one of the pleasures of blogging!!Anita@Dreaming Beneath the Spireshttp://dreamingbeneaththespires.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846380584667288537.post-44987051808669738352011-07-23T19:55:48.258+01:002011-07-23T19:55:48.258+01:00Sadly I rarely attract trolls. I might get more co...Sadly I rarely attract trolls. I might get more comments if I did. Maybe it's harder to troll irony because nobody knows that, deep down, it's all very serious.<br /><br />Keep up the controversy! And disagreeing is fine as long as you're courteous in my opinion.Archdruid Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849759985107161674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846380584667288537.post-54619604715520218502011-07-15T10:36:21.485+01:002011-07-15T10:36:21.485+01:00It seems to me that if you never write anything re...It seems to me that if you never write anything remotely controversial in your posts, you really do not deserve to get any response at all.<br />Like most bloggers, I love to get comments on my posts and if they are not necessarily friendly it doesn't matter.<br />Anything which teases a response out of a reader is in my opinion a successfull blog.<br />Gratuitous rudeness is another matter entirely and i think should I ever receive such a comment I would simply delete it. (If I knew how!)Ray Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846380584667288537.post-35492666158476443802011-07-15T08:40:41.647+01:002011-07-15T08:40:41.647+01:00Thanks for the comments. Just to clarify - I am no...Thanks for the comments. Just to clarify - I am not complaining about the behaviour of the blogger in my example. He was bold enough to let me comment, and to be honest I wasn't particularly courteous because I was quite cross about something he had written. <br /><br />Also to clarify that I am encouraging critical comment on this blog! I just reserve the right to suppress anything that isn't very high quality.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08102799923678550905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846380584667288537.post-73092998425702054292011-07-15T08:12:14.071+01:002011-07-15T08:12:14.071+01:00I have posted on this before after being really ra...I have posted on this before after being really rather hurt in comments boxes. I now no longer read those blogs. My mother and several of my closer friends have experienced the same in some of the same blogs too. The danger with this is that it is a platform for the weak to roar like lions so when you go at them with lion taming gear, they accuse you of borderline abuse. <br /><br />I am sorry that you have experienced this. You are one of the most measured courteous comments I have read, and you always mitigate your words carefully. In short, you deserved better. <br /><br />The retort to your blogger you can simply say 'if you don't like people to disagree find a private place to air your public views'.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268991293847325315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4846380584667288537.post-21661270942936307382011-07-15T08:09:25.648+01:002011-07-15T08:09:25.648+01:00Just found your blog via your twitter link. So no...Just found your blog via your twitter link. So no need for me to be rude.<br /><br />But you're right about intelligent, well directed criticism can provoke useful debate.<br /><br />Just posting criticism, without a thought through response is actually just a waste of your and the poster's time.UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.com