I Was Told To F$@k Off
Yep, you heard me alright. Finally, I was personally attacked by the blog readers today. Well… Ok… I admit this is not the first time since I started Yuna’s Village. The first encounter was when I published the “Apple missing one bite” joke. It was just something I wrote to have a laugh at Microsoft. Someone left a comment to inform me that I was stupid. My first reaction was to delete it and so I did (a nice incentive for being the blog system admin 
)
When Darren Rowse published his Disclaimer, he sadly wrote in the “What Does Blog Cost Me” section:
Personal Attack - This is all sounding rather heavy here and I don’t want to get too gloomy but another cost of this site is that at times the response that people have to my writing here is to attack. I guess I’m writing about topics that people have strong feelings on (money and blogging) and people feel they want to have their say. Unfortunately the internet can be a pretty impersonal medium and people feel they have the right to write things that they would probably not say to the face of a human being. I try to respond graciously to such emails, comments and instant messaging interactions and don’t let them get to me too much - but at times it all gets a bit too much and takes its toll on me.
At that time, I really couldn’t understand who the hell would attack Darren, a guy who spent 12+ hours a day writing and collecting blog tips to share with everybody. So to support him, I wrote back in the comment section:
…
But like you said, the web is a brutal place and sometimes our best intentions are not always being appreciated by a few people who don’t think on the same line. I guess that’s something a blogger has to deal with, just like every other person who holds a profile in the public.
…
It was fairly easy for me to say that to Darren at that time. After all, I wasn’t the one who’s being attacked… until now.
The post and research I did on the “Elite blog” topic got picked up by digg.com’s homepage (you can see some of the aggressive comments through the link) around lunch time today. By the time when dinner was cooking, I’ve had about 2700 visitors on site. Along with the excitements, the publicity also brought me some comments like, “shitty blog”, “I hate all bloggers” and the one that really got me angry: “Fuck off”, a rude no point comment left on my own site.
It was easy for me to tell Darren to laugh it off. But when it really happened, I couldn’t help but wonder, “Why would people do that? What did I say?”
But think about it, did I ever say anything mean to anyone I have never met? Heck yeah! I bitched about Reese Witherspoon’s ridiculous chin and thought her Legally Blonde was cheesy. I remember seeing her in one of the interviews telling the host how hurt she was when she got on the Internet and seeing so many people hating her and her movies. Oops… I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings Reese… I just said whatever I felt like saying…
So, the comment I wrote to Darren is something I could have a use myself. After all, we are the ones who choose to put ourselves out there for the world to read. And the world has its rights to say whatever back to us… some of the stuff may not be pretty… So… what can I do? Consider it as the growing pain of a baby blogger and laugh it off I guess…
On the bright side, out of today’s 3300 visitors so far (still counting), the attack ratio is only 0.24%. I should really consider myself lucky then.
Blog on!
Cyco Miko said,
August 29, 2005 @ 10:03 pm
You know, if you can get that attack ratio to get above….oh…. let’s say 50%, consistently, it might actually be a good thing. Just trying to see the brighter side of things
Yuna said,
August 29, 2005 @ 10:12 pm
Yeah no joke… the attack ratio can be one of my “getting famous” indicators… hehe…. Ok.. a canadian guy on digg.com just called me a moron.. that’s another 0.3% …
Brandon Satrom said,
August 30, 2005 @ 7:49 am
Hey Yuna,
I love your site, so keep it up. I love how well thought-out this response was. And Cyco may actually have a point. You could probably find some pretty high attack ratio numbers on the big dog blogs. People just can’t seem to tolerate the success of others. Hence the large number of irrational negative responses. I would actually welcome negative commentary from someone that was also constructive (as I’m sure you would). Specific things they don’t like, ideas for improvement, etc. Those would be great for me. But it’s the drive-by negativity that really sucks.
In any case, you’re doing great things Yuna.
paco said,
August 30, 2005 @ 8:38 am
There are a lot of internet tough guys out there, so dont sweat it. If I let every person that called me a moron or told me to %*@$ off on my favorite message board get to me, then I would have been bald at 25. But I dont, so Im still youthful and sexy
paco said,
August 30, 2005 @ 8:41 am
HA! Right after I wrote that I went back to my board and sure enough, someone called me an idiot
Yuna said,
August 30, 2005 @ 8:58 am
Thanks Brandon, you are absolutely right that constructive negative comments are very helpful… guess the trick is to shake off the negative part…
Haha.. Paco.. I did see you being called an idiot..
Boy.. I actually wrote a post to whine like a baby… time to brew haha!!!
Travelling Aussie said,
August 30, 2005 @ 9:40 am
There is a saying in Australia called the Tall Poppy Syndrome. It is basically where people try to knock down the people who are successful.
Some people basically don’t like to see other people succeed.
Keep up the excellent blogg Yuna.
ME Strauss said,
August 30, 2005 @ 1:39 pm
Yuna,
I am sorry. Some people have no room for others to be happy. But just because they yell loudly doesn’t make them right. *smile* Empower the 2700+ who know you are the best.
smiles,
see you tonight *grin*
me-Liz
Yuna said,
August 30, 2005 @ 1:46 pm
Actually, it might just be a few 10 year olds practicing their F word skills behind their parents backs… you never know.. What the heck.. blog on..
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