Comments on: The New York Times on Female Bloggers http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=3645 Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:46:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: MsJoanne http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=3645&cpage=1#comment-204369 MsJoanne Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:03:10 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=3645#comment-204369 As a woman, I wholeheartedly agree that facts and logic are the best ways to go.  Also, being confident in your writing and not couching it with "I think" or "I feel" and other such statements.  This is typical in any male/female communications class one might take. I also think that being argumentative isn't helpful.  Strength comes from facts and knowing what you are writing about.  (Mind you, I am not always so fantastic at this...sometimes I do love a good round of Whack-a-Troll (R).  What can I say?) The other thing I find is that since i started blogging, I am much more conscious as to how much I swear.  While that was always a part of my normal vernacular, I find it distracts from the message.  Now, when I swear in my 3D life, it's almost one of those OMG moments, where before, I never would have thought twice of it. There's my two cents.  :-) As a woman, I wholeheartedly agree that facts and logic are the best ways to go.  Also, being confident in your writing and not couching it with “I think” or “I feel” and other such statements.  This is typical in any male/female communications class one might take.

I also think that being argumentative isn’t helpful.  Strength comes from facts and knowing what you are writing about.  (Mind you, I am not always so fantastic at this…sometimes I do love a good round of Whack-a-Troll (R).  What can I say?)

The other thing I find is that since i started blogging, I am much more conscious as to how much I swear.  While that was always a part of my normal vernacular, I find it distracts from the message.  Now, when I swear in my 3D life, it’s almost one of those OMG moments, where before, I never would have thought twice of it.

There’s my two cents.  :-)

]]> By: Ron Chusid http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=3645&cpage=1#comment-204343 Ron Chusid Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:18:36 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=3645#comment-204343 <em>Don’t respond to everything</em> That's something bloggers should keep in mind regardless of sex, and not limited to attempts to intimidate or bully females. There's a tremendous amount of hateful nonsense posted in the comments to blogs. It is best to either delete or ignore them. There's far better things to do than to waste time responding to every idiotic comment submitted, and to devote the comments section of a blog to responding only serves to lower the tone of the blog. Don’t respond to everything

That’s something bloggers should keep in mind regardless of sex, and not limited to attempts to intimidate or bully females. There’s a tremendous amount of hateful nonsense posted in the comments to blogs. It is best to either delete or ignore them. There’s far better things to do than to waste time responding to every idiotic comment submitted, and to devote the comments section of a blog to responding only serves to lower the tone of the blog.

]]> By: deepseas http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=3645&cpage=1#comment-204342 deepseas Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:57:19 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=3645#comment-204342 I agree. As a female blogger, I must have passed the test as I'm frequently referred to as a "he" in responses.  Another point to make is when someone tries to intimidate or bully us online, we don't need to dignify the attack by responding. By leaving that poster alone to fume and moving on to a responsible poster, you take the wind out of their sails. Don't respond to everything. I agree. As a female blogger, I must have passed the test as I’m frequently referred to as a “he” in responses.  Another point to make is when someone tries to intimidate or bully us online, we don’t need to dignify the attack by responding. By leaving that poster alone to fume and moving on to a responsible poster, you take the wind out of their sails. Don’t respond to everything.

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