Negative Comments Are a Good Thing
I actually look forward to negative comments in my blog because it’s an indication of growth.This is a general rule to keep in mind: as your blog gets bigger, the number of negative comments increases. Therefore, don’t look at negative comments in a blog as a bad thing. It’s really a good thing - your blog is growing! Evil rule to remember: if you’re not pissing
somebody off, you’re not doing it right.
This does not mean you should purposely try to piss readers off. That would be stupid. What is does mean is you cannot please everyone all the time and you shouldn’t even try. That goal is not possible no matter how much we wish for it. The blogsphere is too diverse a place for everyone to be happy with what you have to say or do.
Let’s face it, a blog comment section would be pretty boring if everyone replied, “Great post! Incompletely agree with you.” Having a negative comment show up in a post encourages discussions among the readership. It’s the same as a flame war in a forum. While many people say flame wars are bad, most forum owners won’t stop it once it starts because it generates a lot of traffic and traffic equals money.
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