Abusive Members At WA - Really?
I Was So Happy Site Comments Seems To Be Back On Track
I happily started requesting comments this morning and received many great ones.
Then I went into my WP dashboard and noticed the red button showing I had another comment. Curious because I thought I'd answered them all, imagine my surprise when I saw a very abusive message left on my site because I had disapproved a comment from a WA member.
The commenter was pretty unhappy bacause I had ruined his 'perfect acceptance' score by disapproving his comment. He then added that I should check the guidelines for giving comments, called me a "F.....g Retard" and said that I didn't know how to answer questions on my own topic.
But here's the thing.......
I did not tick the circle requesting questions about the topic. I KNOW that the training tells us to ask questions in our comments to encourage engagement etc. HOWEVER, there are options to tick when you request a comment and one of them is to request questions about the topic. If you haven't ticked that circle, it means you don't want questions.
The point is, you have an option whether you want questions in the comment or not and commenters need to take the time to check what type of comments are being requested.
And to the abusive commenter hiding behind a made up email address to leave an abusive comment on a fellow WA'ers site........ I ain't no shrinking violet, but seriously your language and behaviour on many fronts is out of line dude (whoever you are)!
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That behavior is unlike the very kind treatment that I have received throughout in my 5 months of being a member here.
Perfect acceptance. And nice language. Sounds like a real classy person. But that type does exist, even here at WA.
Sorry this happened. Maybe you caught the 1 in a million. Please do not let 1 or a few bad characters ruin Site Comments for you. It is a great extra feature.
Walking the Path of Peace, Sanders
Wow!! whoever that is...this is the second incident of an abusive person...thank you for posting, I was just about to go get some comments...maybe not after all :(
1 or 2 or 3 bad characters... Site Comments is still a good place to go for comments.
Walking the Path of Peace, Sanders
It’s the first one I’ve encountered in several hundred comments and almost a year at WA, don’t let it put you off.
I agree with Sanders...ask for comments do not let a few bad apples ruin it or scare you away from the comment thread. They will be taken out with the trash soon enough. Folks like that will always be around but they dont hang around. Why because they do not have what it takes to be a success in the long run.
I just mentioned it, the market doesn’t care about anyone’s feelings. In order to survive in entrepreneurship, you need to have thick skin. They just proved that they didn’t have it.
Sorry for that bt whoever did that should
Know that he won't hide for long they say a thief has only 40 days.
No matter where we are there will be those who think by being rude they are being helpful. Seems, you had to encounter someone who actually proved they should have been deleted. I am sure you got many good ones. I would not spend another second on them!
Shoo, Ann. Totally uncool. Whoever they are, they are not likely to last long here. Well done for not being a shrinking violet and tackling this head-on.
That's very unfortunate, Ann and you're right, there's no place for abuse here.
It's doubly frustrating when you're right (about being able to not request questions) and they're wrong. Clearly didn't check what you'd requested.
Presumably the comment was left outside WA using a fake email address, so they're gutless as well.
I know it's hard, but all you can do is realize that you are better than that, dust yourself off, and move on.
All the best
Phil
You get all sorts everywhere and WA is no exception, I guess. Yes the comment was left outside WA, completely gutless!
Unfortunately there are so many ‘keyboard Warriors’ out there nowadays.
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Sorry to hear that happened to you. Yes it seems there's a couple of bad apples around at WA.