tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post5617270879394357322..comments2023-11-03T02:45:14.110-05:00Comments on I Have Touched the Sky: Mental Energyrowanblazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820814610269599162noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-22291939623803954022015-05-18T08:24:41.039-05:002015-05-18T08:24:41.039-05:00I'm not sure if you mean his hate or the backl...I'm not sure if you mean his hate or the backlash, but I'll as if you meant his. I know a lot of people seem to think that if someone has a valid point buried in a wall of hate, we should still listen. After all, to do other wise would be a form of "shoot the messenger." However, from my point of view, the noise of the vitriol drowns out any bits of reason may be contained in the message. It has to do with credibility. Anything you say that reduces your credibility will interfere with the message you are trying to convey. <br /><br />This is turning in to another blog post.rowanblazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820814610269599162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-24639662650740738322015-05-17T22:06:22.127-05:002015-05-17T22:06:22.127-05:00Unfortunately like a lot of the vitriol that gets ...Unfortunately like a lot of the vitriol that gets throw about these days (prob every day but hey) any interesting message that could have been looked at, discussed and even added insight into blogging that he had is lost under a wall of hate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-21640513125286644372015-05-12T08:14:19.534-05:002015-05-12T08:14:19.534-05:00Wise words. Thank you, my friend.
I didn't wa...Wise words. Thank you, my friend.<br /><br />I didn't want to feed the troll anymore than I had to—still maybe more than I should have—and I certainly wasn't going to comment on his actual page. Unfortunately, the whole controversy has had actual micro-economic effects, mention the disruption to several people's lives. So to say they are simply trolls is a bit naive.<br /><br />This blog is where I vent, among other things, so here is where I put my response. I intentionally made it difficult to find the original link in my post, but left Chestnut's more direct link in the comments, mostly because Blogger deadens comment links, requiring the reader to do at least the work of copy-pasting into an address bar.rowanblazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820814610269599162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-84337246023621111052015-05-12T02:48:58.291-05:002015-05-12T02:48:58.291-05:00Because I love my NBI compatriots, this link is fo...Because I love my NBI compatriots, this link is for all of you. :)<br /><br />http://99u.com/articles/25151/dont-feed-the-haters-the-confessions-of-a-former-trollJeromaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02206083433625986970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-39316046164289671192015-05-11T10:21:47.225-05:002015-05-11T10:21:47.225-05:00Yeah, I'm not sure I'd heard of the guy be...Yeah, I'm not sure I'd heard of the guy before, either. He definitely has a victim complex, for all his protestations otherwise.rowanblazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820814610269599162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-16836172372705365982015-05-11T10:20:01.912-05:002015-05-11T10:20:01.912-05:00Makes his bragging very amusing.Makes his bragging very amusing.rowanblazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820814610269599162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-11290637235740444192015-05-11T10:16:22.665-05:002015-05-11T10:16:22.665-05:00Ah thanks! Bit of an anti-climax though - I've...Ah thanks! Bit of an anti-climax though - I've never even heard of him!Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-514344667768888352015-05-11T10:12:33.042-05:002015-05-11T10:12:33.042-05:00Wow... so... who exactly is this person? I'm p...Wow... so... who exactly is this person? I'm probably painting a target on me by saying I've never even heard of their blog until now. Seeing the kind of toxicity and intolerance in that one post alone, I'm probably better off not knowing. <br /><br />They sound pretty bitter. Kinda like a kid that doesn't want to play nice with others at recess. So it comes off like "Well, I'm not in their nasty little group. I don't like them anyhow, so neeeh!" *sticks tongue out* <br /><br />Seems like anytime you try to do something nice and positive (NBI) for other folks on the net, there's always gonna be that one. You're right. Not worth the mental energy. Aywrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15454715842565041714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-30485722538098220942015-05-11T09:07:39.751-05:002015-05-11T09:07:39.751-05:00Other than this post, I probably won't mention...Other than this post, I probably won't mention it. Mental Energy and all that. But then, I'm just burying my head in the sand, I guess.rowanblazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820814610269599162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-7290135571251450002015-05-11T09:06:09.148-05:002015-05-11T09:06:09.148-05:00I really felt even more attacked reading that post...I really felt even more attacked reading that post, and I may even tackle the first talkback topic now, whereas I was hesitant before.Chestnuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11244347083890036116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-3691970415832266892015-05-11T09:06:06.055-05:002015-05-11T09:06:06.055-05:00It actually took me a couple clicks to get to the ...It actually took me a couple clicks to get to the link through Twitter itself. It only goes so far back. Tweetdeck and apps like Plume do a better job of showing an entire thread.rowanblazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820814610269599162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-5980218960818844302015-05-11T09:03:38.456-05:002015-05-11T09:03:38.456-05:00Tweet Zero: https://twitter.com/mevsmyselfandi/sta...Tweet Zero: https://twitter.com/mevsmyselfandi/status/597542141192081408<br /><br />For future, if a tweet is linked, you can scroll up the page until it hits the first one. :) <br /><br />(Took me a while to figure out when I first started on Twitter. ^_^)Chestnuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11244347083890036116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-9892758898114861402015-05-11T09:02:09.487-05:002015-05-11T09:02:09.487-05:00Cabals, Free Companies. Corps, you name it. :-PCabals, Free Companies. Corps, you name it. :-Prowanblazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820814610269599162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-88227370097149919632015-05-11T09:01:21.996-05:002015-05-11T09:01:21.996-05:00I posted the link in a comment on your latest. Fee...I posted the link in a comment on your latest. Feel free to follow it and/or moderate the comment into oblivion.rowanblazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820814610269599162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-75229741157146209692015-05-11T08:58:58.176-05:002015-05-11T08:58:58.176-05:00Wait, we have cabals in MMO blogging? Why wasn...Wait, we have cabals in MMO blogging? Why wasn't I told?<br />Wilhelm Arcturushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033496821708933394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765136501328523372.post-72327737001476818892015-05-11T08:47:03.847-05:002015-05-11T08:47:03.847-05:00Not being a Twitter-user I can't deconstruct t...Not being a Twitter-user I can't deconstruct that thread to a Tweet Zero so I still have no idea who said something to start it or what it was that they said. Can you either explain how to get to that initiating tweet (assuming it was a tweet that started it not a blog post?) or give some other clue who it was and what they said?<br /><br />Hard to form any kind of opinion when you have absolutely no idea what the topic is.<br /><br />Oh wait...is this something to do with Gamergate thing? I bet that's it...<br /><br />Sorry, thinking aloud there.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.com