Why I Grew Alligator Skin
Published on August 4, 2015
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First of all I want to thank Steph Hill and EKautz for the inspiration to write this post.
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Sports Blog Therapy
I have had a lifelong love for sports. Over a year and a half ago I joined a local hockey newspaper sports blog to interact with like-minded enthusiasts and take my mind off of my families health issues at the time. My, my, my did I get a big surprise of my life.
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Just The Good Ole Boys
I quickly began to understand there was a good old boys network on this blog run by a PR guy from the local hockey team. And they sure didn't like any opinions that were different from their own.
Character Assassination By Committee
I was one of those posters who had an opposing opinion because I didn't like the direction the team was heading. Mr. PR guy didn't take this too well. He resorted to what was to be his modus operandi tactic and that was character assassination by committee. After one of my disagreeable posts, he would typically counter with a long vitriolic and condescending rant. I would then rebuttal back. Next he would proceed to pull out his puppet strings and unleash his minions of doom.Their sycophantic purpose was to attempt to justify boss man's opinions. They would use this tactic on any and all opposing viewpoints. Thus, the majority of posters on my side of the tracks made an exit stage right rather than stay on this blog and take the abuse.
Too Stubborn To Be Intimidated
I have never been someone to take to intimidation. I absolutely abhor it.The only alternative was to grow thick skin or alligator skin to be exact.There are ways to counter the negativity. Humor if used tactfully can be a very good remedy. However, it can also backfire and infuriate the poster if they feel they are being made fun of. IMO the best thing to do is to just shake it off and walk away. It really means nothing. Everybody has opinions and assumptions and you know what they say about assumptions.The fact is sometime in everyone's affiliate marketing career they will come across mean and nasty people. It is how you choose to handle these encounters that will make you or break you.I still post on that hockey blog from time to time. Maybe I am a glutton for punishment or I just refuse to be broken by nasty people.
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