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Handling negative feedback?

Started by Kristine , author of Raising a Quiver Full 6/5/2010 1:20:07 PM

How do you handle negative feedback or comments on your blog?  Recently, I received my first negative comment and man, did it hurt my feelings.  Then today, I woman sent me a message on twitter saying she wouldn't follow me and telling me her reason.  I had moved past the blog comment and now I'm hung up on the twitter message.  For me, the best way to handle it is just ignore it, but it does hurt. 

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Reply by Karen

author of Stairstep boys 6/8/2010 1:43:45 PM

I haven't received any negative comments on my blog yet.  But, my blog is still fairly new and so I have less traffic & few comments in general.  However, I know how sensitive I am & I'm sure my feelings would be very hurt if I did receive a negative comment.  I think you are right.  The only thing you can really do is ignore it.  I got pulled into a 'conversation' on my facebook account based on a comment with a difference of opinion.  It wasn't beneficial to anyone & I still think about it to this day.


I've received two obnoxious comments so far. The first one called me a facist about how I was raising my eldest daughter. (I blogged a response to them ;) The most recent one was an Anonymous (gotta love that) person telling me that no one was going to take my Blog seriously with my bad grammar and spelling. It upest me for awhile. I debated on Blogging a response to this obvioulsy bored and miserable person but I chose to wait. I read the Bible that night and again the next day. By that evening I decided that they weren''t worth my time. The people I want to take my Blog seriously do and those that won't because of my grammar and spelling issues can go find Grammatically correct Blogs to read. ;) Afterall I'm a writer, not an editor. lol I'm so sorry they hurt your feelings. Just know that when miserable people stumble across genuinely happy or Godly people... they tend to lash out. *hugs*


Reply by Kristine

author of Raising a Quiver Full 6/15/2010 7:50:41 PM

Thank you Kristy.  Like you Karen, I'm very sensitive, something I pray about frequently.  Since my own anonymous negative comment, I've changed my comment feature so they can't be anonymous.  I didn't like doing that, and really it doesn't make much difference, because I still won't respond to them, but that might deter someone who otherwise would have something nasty to say.


I haven't received any negative blog comments, but have had a few people say something hurtful when we were out and about.  Two of our kids are adopted, so I get, "which one is your real child" somewhat frequently.  I try to remember that a lot of times people don't know the right words to say, but it still hurts!


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