Soooo…..in my “blogging for dummies” books one of the recommendations is to add your postings to social bookmarking sites such as Reddit or Stumble Upon.
Copy that.
I’m a do’er.
I’m on it.
I signed up for an account a few weeks ago but had only added 1 posting. I knew I really had to get on it so last night I thought I would add my 3 postings on how my son had chosen my husband as his hero. You know, the funny, not really serious point of view of what it’s like to not be considered your son’s hero. Stings a little, right? This is how I cope-writing here.
Just a few minutes after posting I’m suddenly getting A LOT of traffic to my site. I am really excited. I’m watching Google Analytics real time and I actually had like 20 some people on my site. Eureka! I go back on to reddit.com and notice, I have 2 comments. Suddenly I’m questioning why I haven’t done this before.
Here was the comment. I thought I had screen shot it and I guess I didn’t but it was simple and to the point:
YOU ARE A FUCKING NARCISSISTIC PSYCHOPATH
Come again? I looked at the 2nd comment, confident it would be a mother telling Ozzy Osbourne to shut the hell up.
The 2nd comment was:
YEAH, REALLY GLAD SHE’S SEEING A PSYCHOLOGIST
In addition to these individuals taking my post COMPLETELY out of context, this was in my mind borderline harassment. Suddenly another comment came up. This one I can screen shot because it’s the only one left on my post. When I reported the 1st thoughtful comment to Reddit, they must have removed the 2nd guys response because it too was gone. Here is the 3rd comment:
What in the world?? Joining Reddit joining the cast of Orange Is The New Black. I was being attacked, all within 10 minutes of my post for no reason at all. It was like these people were waiting to jump me or something Jesus.
I debated in responding back to the 1st one but realized that is probably what they wanted and I wasn’t going to to fall for it. I reported this person and it was removed. For the last one which made no sense at all, I wanted them to elaborate. I have yet to get a response:
You really can’t see the response so here is what I wrote: Thank you for your advice. Could you please elaborate on the grammar and syntax you are referring to so I can make the appropriate adjustments?
I decided to check out my well spoken fans. All 3 had 1 thing in common- raging dorks. They were hardcore gamers discussing various topics such as unicorns and wizards. Reading additional posts made me feel better knowing what I was dealing with. I responded back to the 3rd one because it wasn’t abusive and I welcome constructive criticism.
So fellow Bloggers, proceed with caution when posting on Reddit. You never know when NUTSAC3000 is going to post something nasty in response.
Aw man, I’m sorry you had that response 🙁 Even if people miss the point of your post and disagree, there’s no reason to talk to someone that way! Thanks for the warning.
Appreciate it. I just couldn’t believe it was so vicious and within minutes.
Thanks for the warning! … And I shall be on the look out for NUTSAC3000 … sounds like a well versed, well rounded individual LMAO!
And surely Nutsac3000 has become this wise simply living in the realm of video games. I hope to be like nutsac3000 someday.
Holy moly!
Just yesterday, I was thinking about how I came to the blogging world to put my own positive imprint into the interwebinz world because there are so many Negative Nellies like those folks on there bringing things down (and also because news articles bring me down and and and).
And THEN I realized that I was getting more out of the blogging community because we all really bring each other up. I’ve never had negative comments on my posts, and I’ve never seen negative comments on others’ posts. I’ve seen healthy discussions, but nothing intense. I didn’t expect to get so much from other bloggers.
But these Nutsac people clearly don’t get what this community is about over here. Constructive comments about syntax? Sure, because blogging is writing and tips are welcome. Hurtful comments aimed at your character because they didn’t understand your joke? Move along.
Sorry you had to experience the rude comments, but thanks for sharing your experience. I’ll happily stay within the positive blogging community, ’cause I don’t have the thick skin to take random, unnecessary Nutsac comments from people who don’t take the time to understand the jokes.
I couldn’t agree with you more. The blogging community is much more supportive, not to mention intelligent enough to pick up on the joke AND not to attack like rabid animals. Thank you for your kind words and your thoughtful response!!
Gotta keep reaching for the stars! #goals
Can I get an amen! What would the reaction be you think if I posted on Reddit about Readdit? 🙂
I did that a long time ago too. I got the most traffic I had ever had in one day and I was excited to do it. Then, I tried to do more of my posts and reddit started telling me that I couldn’t do more posts and that it was something like spam. So I got frustrated and never did it again. And the fricking trolls are the worst on Reddit too, so skip them.