Comments on: Are your blog posts incoherent?

By: Johan Swarts

Johan Swarts — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:56:26 +0000

Sies!

By: Nic

Nic — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:41:18 +0000

Hey Johan, thanks for the comment. Ye, we need to keep clear of crap, unfortunately since writing this my grammar and spelling has gone to hell!! Oh the irony.

By: Johan Swarts

Johan Swarts — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:34:46 +0000

I’m only reading this now (via Stii’s blog). Brilliant post! I completely agree with you. The last thing the internets(sic) needs is more rubbish.

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By: Paul Slade

Paul Slade — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:02:59 +0000

Hey Nic,

Shot for the mention and for the constructive crit. As a relative newbie to the blogging space, its this kind of feedback that I love – its ensures that I step up my game.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:02:14 +0000

No worries dude, I just thought I would throw some constructive criticism into the debate. I think it happens to a lot of people when they start blogging but we all learn…I know I did, I went through the same things.

That’s the big point about online media, is that it’s so easy to throw opinions around without thinking about them and their consequences. In the old media world we had editors who were trained and watched over us- but now- we are the editors and we have a great deal of responsibility on our shoulders even though we are just regular people with regular opinions.

I always see blogging as a bigger version of drunk dialling, where we too often do things without really thinking. It’s as easy as pressing “publish” on our blog programs to make out opinions and views heard, and it’s a big responsibility even though we might not see it as that.

So yeah, my ten cents worth.

Respect

By: Yasser

Yasser — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:56:42 +0000

Big up to Sean!
Your words are so true , and very inspiring!
you know what?
i take everything back i said,
i fully regret my actions , if i caused any harm i truly appologise for it!
i was angry when i wrote that , and people tend to say wrong stuff whenever they angry.

Afterall– i’m just a young dude who is open to anything and who’s tryanna learn new stuff all the time.
This is discussion is one valuable lesson i learned , and a one i will always reflect on all the time.
is it fair to say that this is my public apology?
regards,
Yasser ,
Happy Blogging everybody!

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:47:29 +0000

I’m totally with Nic on this one, and also couldn’t agree more that he’s not having a personal dig at Yasser.

Yasser, it is also important to note that Nic is no fool, he runs SA Rocks, he runs his own blog, is a qualified journalist PLUS he works at The Mail and Guardian online, so I’m confident that he knows what he is talking about.

In the online world, it takes months, possibly years, to build up a good name, and for people to trust and respect you.

If you want trust and respect in return, there are certain unwritten codes that you follow. And by that I mean you act in a mature way in your arguments, which you clearly have not done here. Your blog started in December 2007 I see, which is not long ago.

You might want to rush into things and comment here to get you noticed, but not all publicity is good publicity. Let time go on, and don’t try and rush into building a name for yourself. Nothing is easy and everything takes time.

The blogging world is full of business minds, intelligent people, and the blogging world interacts very closely with the real word. By this I mean people you meet through blogging very often present you with lucrative business opportunities in real life.

So it’s important to realise that the way you conduct yourself online does have an effect on your real world working and business relationships.

Just a thought.