Comments on: Some advice for new bloggers

By: Nosemonkey

Nosemonkey — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:36:13 +0000

Sorry, Robin – I’ve been out of the country for two weeks and am rather out of touch, so can’t make head nor tail of the strikes. I’m also rather too jetlagged to make the effort of reading the several dozen articles it’d probably take to get a handle on what appears to be a complex and confusing situation shrouded in misleading claims from all sides.

Oh, and for article requests like this, it’s better to bunk me an email – I prefer to keep comments on topic. Ta.

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:02:45 +0000

I thought you might have something to say about these protests at Killingholme.

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By: Vincent Lieser

Vincent Lieser — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:45:57 +0000

Thanks a lot for these pretty useful tips. I would add a fith : do not hesitate using self-deprecation !

Well, you know…sometimes, that’s the only way to get positive comments. :o/

By: Nosemonkey

Nosemonkey — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:43:42 +0000

Robin – indeed, it’s partially about perception, hence my putting “it seems” in there (with its implicit “to me”), and following up with “the same is true for left-wingers commenting on right-wing blogs and vice versa”. Eurosceptics are, however, far more frequent comment-leavers on pro-European blogs than the other way around (this is something Eurosceptic bloggers have commented on as well), so I’m far more likely to notice them being discourteous.

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By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:45:41 +0000

Your point 4

When do you see EUrosceptics writing as you say ? I always see it as the other way round. Isn`t this just your bias ?

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Blogging for brekkie « Etan Smallman — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:47:56 +0000

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By: varske

varske — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:03:32 +0000

I’d just like to support no 4: be nice. I’d never really thought about it, but it works.

I had a rather heated (for my blog anyway) exchange with someone who didn’t like foreigners commenting on what happened in his country. Each time I replied to his comment, I said thanks for commenting. At the end we still didn’t agree, but he thanked me for the “foreigner’s” politeness on the blog.