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First WA Criticism and I'm $@$@#

whitneyfoste

Published on April 23, 2019

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First WA Criticism and I'm $@$@#

I've been a Wealthy Affiliate member for a couple of years but I've only been active for about one year. The story I'm about to tell is why I limit my association with people on the internet.

I saw that my latest blog posts needed some comments so I tried the site comments platform for the first time in a while. There was only one blog on which to give a comment and it was not a topic that I'm really interested in. I should have gone with my initial instinct and just skipped it, but I needed the credit so I read the post and picked out some points that I thought I could use. I added the comment which I believe was an appropriate length and contributed as much as I could considering that I'm no expert on the topic. The author requested comments from all four categories so I gave overall feedback which went beyond "great post".

So, this morning I get a notice that the comment was disapproved. Okay. Then I read the feedback. They said my comment was too general. Okay. Then they added that I should go through Kyle's tutorial on giving feedback correctly.

I'm ready to blow a gasket. Don't get me wrong. I'm not some spoiled kid who can't take criticism, but I don't appreciate when people go out of their way to make you feel like an idiot and disguise it as "helping". Sorry, but you're not my boss.

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I've given close to 20 comments, all have been approved with appreciation for my efforts. If a comment isn't what you're looking for, just leave it at that. Don't tell someone they don't know how to give proper feedback. I think this platform is based on the personal taste of what you're looking for. Are you that insecure with yourself that you need to insult others to feel big?

Then, I get in the email that if too many comments are rejected you're banned from the platform. So, my comment doesn't fit someone's taste and I get threatened with getting banned?

I've gone through the trainings and I don't promote WA, I'm actually an education blogger. Maybe this platform isn't for me anymore. I'm paying 50 a month for site hosting basically. I really don't need this, I can get comments off Facebook.

I've already seen the issues with abusive speech on the live chat, which I don't use. But maybe there should also be a training on giving appropriate feedback. I just feel that I went out of my way to try to help someone and I got slapped in the face.

I think it goes without saying that I WILL NOT be using SiteComments anymore.

I don't know, maybe I do sound spoiled but I swear I'm not. Thoughts?

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