Huh? I am a what....!?

Why do people assume things? Why don't they listen and approach it reasonably....

Published on July 12, 2005 By ----- In Misc

There seems to have been ill sentiment towards recent actions of mine... according to some, i have been 'hogging' the forums...i did not intend this, as i have said repeatedly, i merely post those topics because i have found them interesting, and i thought that, maybe, others would be interested, i don't know if others avidly search for such news items...so, i brought them to JU....also, if others are indeed interested in the topic, then they could start a debate over it...none of my actions were intended on purpose...and i also apologize for the language, i was at the time of recent comments, having to deal with a conflict on another site...so some of my frustration/anger wasn't intended, but came out...

Another thing...if JU is a place for personal blogs, then why can't someone post something he/she found publically...., and i avidly search search,read and think...thats who i am, i am not the 'narcisst' or 'forum hogger' that some think... also, why (i heard this on the 'polar bear' topic) should someone be banned for actions that are not intended to be selfish, but done with others in mind...why...such actions as blogging would go against the essence of the 1st amendment, blogging....etc... perhaps i will stick to my blog only for a while...

Comments (Page 2)

Myrrander

on Jul 12, 2005

it isn't hard to piss some folks off on this site...try sniffing some ether...there really *are* ogres out there...

Myrrander

on Jul 12, 2005

actually, i didn't like you that much at first, but if you can get under the dogpile's skin like that, you must have SOME good qualities

cheers

bakerstreet

on Jul 12, 2005

The problem isn't posting something you find on the internet, it is posting it with nothing added yourself. If you do it by posting the article verbatim, you are plagerizing it. If you just post a link, you are kind of selling your blog out when people come there to real YOUR thoughts.

One way to do it is to save up a bunch of interesting links, and write an article about all the interesting things you have found that week. That way you are offering insight, you are passing on the interesting stuff, and people are still coming to your site to see your own little slice of life.

Frankly, if we started just posting links we could fill this site up in mere hours. I could post 20 or 30 articels a day without breaking a sweat. There is a bit of annoyance when people go to the trouble of writing their blogs, and making sure they provide original content, only to get buried by someone who posts 5 or 6 articles with nothing but a link in them.

No worries, just remember that your blog is your blog, and it should rest on YOUR merits, not some guy's that you link. This isn't a competition, but in a way our blogs vye for attention. When you bump 4 or 5 original thoughts out of view to post the same number of bare links, then there's that many people wishing people had seen their stuff.

Myrrander

on Jul 12, 2005

btw, my last two comments were meant very tongue in cheek

we really need some sort of "tongue in cheek" smiley

hehe

Myrrander

on Jul 12, 2005

You know, Lucas, it was Baker who actually jumped on me, not for posting links, but for doing something just as bad, posting articles verbatim on my blog (which he mentions above). He was gruff about it, and it pissed me off, but after some thought, I realized I was pissed about it because I was embarassed I hadn't done better.

You've gotten pissed, now you can get over it and become a better writer -- I don't think I've ever been in a writing class (and I've taken a few) or been part of a writing group (and this is certainly a diverse one) where I didn't get pissed off at least once -- and wind up a better writer when the dust settles.

Even my knockdowns with LW have had that effect -- even getting confined to my own blog had that effect. Dunno, maybe you'll take it now and not have to get knocked upside the head as many times as I have.

-----

on Jul 12, 2005

-LW, bottom line, you incorrectly assumed things about me, you are wrong. i am not what you think i am...i have tried to get it through to you...its like some one trying to drive a car through a flippin steel wall...nothing gets through...and yes, i will stop posting those links..do other things...like everyone has suggested...but, all i ask is that you apologize for incorrectly assuming that i was a forum hog,etc... GET IT! YOU WERE WRONG!

-----

on Jul 12, 2005

So you call me a fucking bitch and then claim I was the one carrying on?

--I apologized for that, or perhaps you decided not to read, i don't know...and yes, i apologized for both things..., and yet you continued to piss and moan about it...

You've gotten pissed, now you can get over it and become a better writer

--Hello! I am not pissed about the "embaressment", i shrugged that off as it won't kill me, as i have been saying is; LW had NO right to assume/insult me, when she did not know me...thats it, end of story...period.

-----

on Jul 12, 2005

ya know what...i'm gonna be the better person, and back off, i have tried to tell you my intentions, and that i would stop the link only posting...but you don't get it...so, i bid ye fair well and hope you have a great life

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