When you blog, you open yourself up to some pretty intense scrutiny, some sharp criticism, oftentimes some very damning condemnation and, once in a while, to some praise. It comes with the territory and being thin skinned certainly doesn’t help things.
But whether thin skinned or thick skinned, I will venture to say that to most bloggers receiving that one nice, complimentary—adulating is even better—comment can wipe away the tears caused by those 10 preceding mean comments.
But how about comments that promise you riches, love and friendship–perhaps something even more intimate–and, the most complimentary of them all, those that use your comments space to advertise their wares, thereby implicitly acknowledging how great your original post must have been and how many millions will be reading it—and their ads.
I don’t see these kinds of comments at TMV—a credit to our screeners and moderators.
However, at a blog where I periodically post I get them all the time.
Since today I don’t feel like doing any in-depth thinking, or blogging, let me share a sampling of them with you. Perhaps they will prompt some of my sharpest critics to emulate them.
However, if you feel that this post is worthless, frivolous (which it is), please—just for today—withhold your comments as I am feeling quite thin-skinned.
The comments have not been edited. Only the e-mail or web site addresses have been redacted to protect the “innocent.”
Hello,
My name is Naura Bamba. from Abidjan Ivory Coast and I am 17yrs.I have an inheritance fund of 3million USDollars from my Late father Mr Godwin Bamba,I need your assistance to get this funds invested in your country due to the political situation here in Ivory Coast. Please if you are available to be my partner and guardian, get back to me immediately for more details.Thanks for your co-operation and may God bless you.write me back and for any reason you can not be able to assist me on this transaction please contact me immediately ( bambo01@xxxx ) for me to look for another person.Thank.Sincerely yours,
Naura.
Oh my friend,
Nice Meeting You,i wanna be your friend.First friendship cannot be seen or even be touched,it must be felt within the heart.Hoping you feel just the way i do.wow, friends are like clothes, without them you feel naked!I guess am right.
Miss kate sanusi,I will tell you more about me, my family and all that maybe necessary in this relationship when you reply to this mail.If this interest you, get back to me on my email (katesanusi@xxxxxx))
Yours dearly,
kate.
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The author is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and a writer.