Comment of the Week ? ec?cen?tric

Brandy (a beautiful mess) left the following comment in response to another blogger in ?Liz?s Off Topic?s Forum? (on the blogroll).

Brandy ? This comment made me laugh so hard tears were rolling down my face. I needed a good laugh, and thank you!

?Hi. My name is Brandy and I am a former victim of Liz?s spontaneous freedom of speech used with razor precision in the dismembering of my ego.

Actually, Liz and I ruined each other?s week more or less, made total asses of ourselves, and unfortunately for Liz it all began from her sincere feedback to my sincere lack of blogging experience. It was sincerely brutal.

But I think what Liz is trying to suggest here is that your blog appears to lack any sort of structure whatsoever, making it immensely difficult to navigate and even more difficult to find common ground between you and your reader.

First, are you a person or a collective of various authors? Do you have a specific intention behind your blog? I did my best to follow your train of thought but found no single train of thought within your articles. The topic of everything I read seemed to be?quite technical in nature. Technical articles must possess?a deep marriage of organization and human-ness in order to?remain relevant to a broader audience.

For example, when each post begins with an identical?icon or picture but the post itself has no sort of them (especially since each of your articles are not listed anywhere on your site, as well as being titled simply with capitalized title words but not a clickable?link) a new reader will immediately feel confused and disoriented, and you will have lost a valuable connection.

Being as it is so challenging for me to process technical writing ? specifically about topics that don?t interest me much ? it was frustrating trying to figure out whether you are a person or a spammer, whether you were simply blogging to fill your down time or to satisfy some inner need for an outlet, whether your blog theme is causing your site to appear so jumbled up and redundant or that?s just your personal style.

I would advise you to brush aside any ill feelings you might have felt after reading Liz?s feedback; I speak from experience when I say that once you get past that harsh, b*tchy edge she gets on occasion, you?ll be blown away by the genuinely helpful contributions she will bring to the table.

If it seemed like Liz was telling you that you suck, she wasn?t. She gets testy from time to time, but if you can ignore the urge to feel offended you will grow your blog to a better, more effective and purposeful place to connect with intelligent people (unless you?re actually a spammer, then you actually do suck,)

If it isn?t a front for some spamming scheme, I would suggest making your blog private until you have re-structured it (or should I say pre-structured it?)? You will lose potential followers every day that your blog remains as is, and people who recognize your name/gravatar are unlikely to re-visit twice.

Additionally, why would anyone?s comments disappear? I?ll tell you right now?that?s why Liz developed a somewhat dismissive tone. There is too much fluff and filler from too many bogus blogs written by deadbeat liars who spend their spare time creating false forums for privacy violations, posing on the form of some type of actual blog.

If you?re legit, please don?t dream about punching me in the earlobe later. I came bearing peace, I took time to elaborate on the chance you might appreciate some feedback, but either way the ball is back in your court. I surrender this soapbox and wish you well. ????

To view the entire discussion click here: http://awomeninherthirties.com/2012/08/11/lizs-off-topic-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-2008

Source: http://awomeninherthirties.com/2012/09/01/comment-of-the-week/

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