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FineYoungSinger - thank you
posted by
gomedome
on August 1, 2008 at 9:16 AM
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HOLA. Everyone should read this.
posted by
FineYoungSinger
on August 1, 2008 at 8:33 AM
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Pat_B - Yeah, I can admit to a couple of those as well
I can think of about 4 comments that I wish I hadn't left and for various reasons. The one that bothers me the most was mean enough to crush a newbie on her first "Christian spread the word on Blogit" day. She was about thirty but I put the comprehension age at about fifteen. Crushing someone from an intellectual weight class that is barely measurable is not something that I find any joy in.
posted by
gomedome
on July 31, 2008 at 8:46 PM
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Luz_Briar - that is certainly true but we must counter-balance this with
possibility that there are others that consider us crappy people.
Many people I have met online are happiest when they are crappiest. With many others, they are stuck in a perpetual mode of there is something wrong if nothing is wrong. Then we have those who want to share their wisdom from a lifetime of failures with us. I have come to regard the internet as a cesspool of deception but now that I know the rules of the game, and can simply flick a blocking utility lightswitch to shut these people off . . . I'm okay with all of it.
posted by
gomedome
on July 31, 2008 at 8:38 PM
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I once made an impulsive snarky comment and that blogger responded
they were going to block me. I don't know if they did or not. When I went back to make amends for my bad, I saw the response and thought "even better." I knew I shouldn't have clicked on that blog. I knew their typical stuff was Jerry Springer style confontation. Common sense flew out the window and I did a stupid thing.
posted by
Pat_B
on July 31, 2008 at 4:04 PM
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agreed
life is full of crappy people we need to deal with, and having them on the internet as well is not something i aspire to. some people are so beligerant, i suppose, that it seeps into their 'net life.
haha, and as for the 19-year-old 'outspoken' girl, that's just all kinds of bizarre!
posted by
Luz_Briar
on July 31, 2008 at 3:26 PM
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Re: I HAVEN'T BLOCKED ANYONE -- HAVEN'T HAD THE PLEASURE
Xeno-x - I don't use the blocking utility unless I absolutely feel it is necessary. As I mentioned in the past, I have no idea how many people have me blocked. I know of at least 3 preemptive blocks against me. 2 where the people doing the blocking stopped in to tell me why they blocked me and in both cases it had only to do with their opinion of me. One I hadn't posted comments to for 2 years, the other I had never posted comments to. The third one I found out purely by accident.
For the most part I could not care less but one thing I am certain of, if I had conducted myself the same way as either of the first two preemptive blockers had, they'd be crying like the little children that they are.
posted by
gomedome
on July 31, 2008 at 12:46 PM
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I HAVEN'T BLOCKED ANYONE -- HAVEN'T HAD THE PLEASURE
of encountering anyone who would comment as those you describe.
I love reading the statements of these people -- but they don't comment on my blogs; instead they just post -- and get undone because Kooka corrects an erroneous statement they have made.
I have had one major run-in -- with a person who spread slander and wouldn't recant -- Blogit banned that person (although you can still find membership information and click on posts -- sort of odd I guess).
I have heard of others having similar problems to you -- but me? -- I guess I'm Just not a big enough fish for their frying pan.
[sob] 
posted by
Xeno-x
on July 31, 2008 at 11:55 AM
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OTA. - no I'm not happy, at least not yet
I'll have to write the obligatory "woe is me, I've been treated unfairly" post appealling to the sympathies of others and where I neglect to mention any of my wrongdoing. . . . then I'll be happy. . . nyuk nyuk.
posted by
gomedome
on July 31, 2008 at 11:18 AM
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I left off.. Good Post! ~Peace, OTA
posted by
Blue_feathers
on July 31, 2008 at 11:17 AM
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Gomedome, Ok, I'll unblock you now. Happy? LOLOL.. ~Peace, OTA
posted by
Blue_feathers
on July 31, 2008 at 11:11 AM
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Sunnybeach7 - it is a little different when someone approaches hat in hand
or is trying to fix a misunderstanding.
But this happens very rarely in my experience. This says it all: "I think that some feel they should have the right to say whatever the hell they want and degrade an individual as a person over and over again and that no action should be taken against them. Yet the same person, if faced with 1/2 the shit they like to dish out, they cry victim."
This is the one aspect of recurring behavior that I have run into on this site that still surprises me. Especially when they write what seems like the obligatory "woe is me, I've been treated unfairly" post afterwards where they leave out how they prompted the action.
posted by
gomedome
on July 31, 2008 at 11:07 AM
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ECRIDER - Re: On Gome's Tips
Did you take a wrong turn somewhere?
I simply don't understand how you construed what I wrote in this post to come up with this: "How can you say you don't care about a young lady? Do you have children?" Caring or not caring was never implied nor stated. The only thing that was implied was that listening to a young lady who was younger than my daughters (which sort of negates the second question) speaking in that manner made me feel uncomfortable. I told her as much, she persisted, I blocked her but you somehow have an issue with that?
As for the rest of your comment: No I do not believe in God, at least not the God that I assume you believe in which is probably based on some ancient and highly improbable, primitive, paternal and mythological construct. As for getting to heaven, if there is such a place, I have confidence that the way I have conducted myself in this life so far will place me at the front of the line. (I'll put in a good word for you wth the big guy)
As for praying for me: knock yourself out, muttering gibberish to imaginary invisible people is not something I do but if it makes you feel better, go for it.
posted by
gomedome
on July 31, 2008 at 10:51 AM
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ECRIDER...I think you totally missed a point somewhere...
or I did.
Why would someone want to put up with comments of a sexually graphic nature? And why should they?
If you are going to talk about God, then you shouldn't even approve of this kind of behavior, let alone tell someone they should love the person for it.
My two cents
posted by
Afzal_Sunny7
on July 31, 2008 at 10:43 AM
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Gome,
I've had that happen as well. By me blocking someone, and in cases where others have blocked someone.
I fail to understand what gets someone so bent out of shape about being blocked...especially when it's for a damn good reason that they understand.
I think that some feel they should have the right to say whatever the hell they want and degrade an individual as a person over and over again and that no action should be taken against them. Yet the same person, if faced with 1/2 the shit they like to dish out, they cry victim.
posted by
Afzal_Sunny7
on July 31, 2008 at 10:40 AM
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Sunnybeach7 - I generally don't have a block list or at most it only has
1 or 2 people on it.
Because of the nature of this blog, I let most people have 3 strikes before I count them out. I used to unblock them and give them a second chance but have found that in most cases this never works out.
What I have found rather surprising is the behavior of some people after they have been blocked and not blocked just by me but in general. Some people go quietly away but most try to take issue with their new status as persona non grata. I've had knuckleheads chase me around this site polluting the comments of other people's blogs with our disagreement. I've had persons I have blocked make appeals for sympathy in blog postings, not only to myself but to others who were uninvolved. More often than not, these appeals have a comical slant of errors of omission and are dripping with a woe is me theme.
Blocking has never been an issue on any of my other blogs, to which I am hardly surprised.
posted by
gomedome
on July 31, 2008 at 10:34 AM
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On Gome's Tips
Do you Believe in God? How can you say you don't care about a young lady? Do you have children? God says love and aid your fellow brother. I hope you are trying to get to heaven. You are a great writter But you need to controll what you say. I will pray for you. You have your God and other people believe in their God. The only person have the right to kill is God. Life Is Short We Should Love One Another !
A reader '' My Brother oh No''
Lady Star ******
posted by
ECRIDER
on July 31, 2008 at 10:29 AM
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spinner - thanx for stopping in
posted by
gomedome
on July 31, 2008 at 10:23 AM
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Gome
I have found the need to block very few people, and for just reasons.
There are a few I have blocked and unblocked due to misunderstandings.
There are some I have blocked because of the behavior they have displayed to other bloggers i care about, that affects me deeply.
Sometimes blocking happens by accident too. I check my list occasionally to make sure.
When my connection isn't working great, a few clicks to try to open a page can result in me almost blocking someone.
posted by
Afzal_Sunny7
on July 31, 2008 at 10:08 AM
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I would not do such a thing, haha, good write my man
posted by
spinner
on July 31, 2008 at 9:50 AM
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