DocAndersen
My grandfather always said, tell it like it is. Be open, be fair but be honest. I know that many of you have gotten private messages here on this site that have upset you. Many of you have sent me the message or reached out that Most of the news you got was upsetting. I’ve gotten messages from people that were offended by the comments and the PMs of other authors. I always tell them to contact the admin team. Why do I do that? Because one time, I took the complaints of four authors to another author, and that person blew up. They ended up calling me names, and based on that; I haven’t interacted with them until they communicated with me (downvoted a post and commented on another post).
Most of you are now saying so? Recently an author on this site has been doing a random comment contest. This user reads, comments, and leaves random comments. They also share with social media the posts they read. They are going back and reading older posts and sharing those. The casual comment challenge being done by the author is helping the site. Another author on this site sent them a pm saying that the random comments were terrible. The second author told the first that the random comments were limit the author’s ability to earn on this site. The author that sent that message has done nothing to benefit anybody but themselves. They are the first to let everyone know that they earned money on this site. But they don’t share on social media, and if you are lucky, they respond to comments on rare occasions.
First of all – there is some dishonest communication going on.
- Random comments today don’t impact your ability to earn. I have not seen a post that reached the daily maximum for comments in more than a month.
- If you can’t say something in the open, don’t send a private message. That is a horrible way to treat someone.
The other thing my grandfather taught me was to stand up for your friends. I have lived that from the moment I was told. I am honored to call the Radeon Commenter, my friend. I see the impact of the random comments on the site, and it is beautiful. So if you get a random comment, give that commenter a huge thank you!
If someone sends you a PM that is offensive or hurts your feelings, send it to the admin team. There is no queen of this site. We are all peers!
This work is Copyright DocAndersen. Any resemblance to people real or fictional in this piece is accidental (unless explicitly mentioned by name.)
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if you can’t say it out-loud, don’t say it
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If someone offends you send it to the admin team!
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Yes
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The random comment contest has actually bumped views over the last two weeks
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Yes
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Have you gotten a random comment?
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They are fun, I love the quotes!
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It is great to receive good comments, but when bad comments come I just ignore them. If it turned uglier I would go to administration.
i would personally be offended if anyone sent you a nasty message. that I promise!
Q: IF YOU CAN’T SAY IT OUT-LOUD, DON’T SAY IT
Yes (5 votes) – 100%
Q: IF SOMEONE OFFENDS YOU SEND IT TO THE ADMIN TEAM!
Yes (5 votes) – 83%
No (1 votes) – 17%
Q: THE RANDOM COMMENT CONTEST HAS ACTUALLY BUMPED VIEWS OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS
Yes (5 votes) – 83%
No (1 votes) – 17%
Q: HAVE YOU GOTTEN A RANDOM COMMENT?
Yes (4 votes) – 100%
Q: THEY ARE FUN, I LOVE THE QUOTES!
Yes (6 votes) – 100%
Interestingly the three nos show a clear bias against the random comment contest. But the majority of people find it to be fun.
so i guess the one person has an issue.
They also should check themselves, i watch the rate of views very carefully on the site. I would say that views were increasing because of that contest if they weren’t!
Never argue facts with suppositions.
There is always one of those apples in the bunch you know!
it is frustrating in the end. but you are right.
I have received some random quotes but I don’t know what I’m supposed to do about it, or about the rules of the game, sorry. I have never understood for instance why I have 12 thousand followers on Pinterest? What do they do? I write articles and advertise them on Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and tumbler. They all have certain games going on???!!! I don’t play them either. So, sorry if I’m offending “Gamers” its nothing personal, I just don’t get it, that’s all.
The rules were shared a bit ago. But the contest isn’t the thing here. The reality is that people are trying really hard in many ways to make the site better.
So the reality of the random comments – if it asks for a PM, send a pm denoting you found it.
If it doesn’t reply and mention the random comment.
It is a fun way to help the community grow!
Well, a big thank you then for the random share. Why don’t we just write content?
The random commenter also writes content. It is a two-sided thing. Community building!
Doc, tell me, directly, I really can take it, I have never partaken in the various games, guess this, could such and such be so and so? and whatever else the guessing games are about. since 2009 these quizzes have popped up periodically and I don’t do them. If you mean I’m the one negative writer here because I don’t do quizzes, never have, never will. So, pal, ust say it! I have made no secret about how I feel about them.
“Interestingly the three nos show a clear bias against the random comment contest. But the majority of people find it to be fun.
so i guess the one person has an issue.
They also should check themselves, i watch the rate of views very carefully on the site. I would say that views were increasing because of that contest if they weren’t! Never argue facts with suppositions.”
i don’t think you are a negative writer! I do not do challenges normally, i have stayed away from them other than the 365-day photo challenge. I am doing them now just to be entertaining.
i suspect the 3 nos show a clear bias against the person that started the random comment challenge. In part because the person that has the bias, can’t really do anything to help others on this site.
When insulted one shouldn’t keep quiet so that it may not spread to others and become chaotic on the site.
that is so important and so true pal!!!!!
Fortunately, I have not yet received a message with any insulting statements. The idea with random comments is great. Thanks to the author of this idea. I was happy to read the wonderful quotes.
they really are a lot of fun aren’t they?
I was really having fun. Any change is always welcome.
i agree! by the way, if anyone ever sent you a nasty pm, i promise I would share that information with the world, you are far too kind to ever get a nasty PM!!!! Ergo my sharing this post!
Thank you very much for your kind words. I don’t know, maybe someone doesn’t have as good an opinion of me as you do. 😊 I will definitely let you know if this happens to me.
my rule has always been I don’t care if someone attacks me. I can ignore it. But when they attack my friends I don’t tolerate it.
I’ve been that way since I was little. It comes from being a big brother I think.
We are very similar. I am an older sister too and I have the same rule.
it is a good way to be, but since it is the only way I know how to be, I suspect i may be biased!
I think we have this trait a little innate already.
a friend of mine does personality studies for companies. He talks about the different styles of people and what they bring or don’t bring to a meeting.
I find it really interesting when we talk. His concept really seems to work. There are those who want to derail every meeting they are not leading, but who get angry when they are leading and someone else tries to derail the meeting!
I don’t see myself getting anymore nasty private messages again, thankfully. And kudos to the random commenter going the extra distance.
that is the true value of all those random comments – going the distance for others!
Good for you! Those who have nothing positive to say should say nothing. especially in private messages. I will admit I have been negative here many times about lack of communication. But never about another member.
Kuddos to our friend who is at least trying to help keep the site going.
Hey, in fairness and defense of you my friend, you were very kind and open about wanting more communication 3 years ago. Now, it is 3 years later a little frustration is acceptable!
Thank you. I never saw it as negative but others did, so… good to know! 🙂
well I didn’t it kept me focused on making sure that was on every poll
I noticed and appreciated it as well.
hopefully whatever is going on with the admin team works itself out.