Commenting Policy
[ 17 April 2007 ]
After four months (to the DAY!), I have received my first negative comment. Well, not negative so much as a blatant personal attack. It reminded me that I needed to write up a comment policy! So thank you for your contribution, Felix!
As the vast majority of you are aware, iCiNG is a positive place. I do my very best to write in an uplifting, encouraging, fun manner. There are so many websites devoted to judging other people & general nastiness — it’s so boring & easy, & the idea of getting involved in that makes my skin crawl. I know that a lot of you feel the same way, which of course is part of the reason why what we have here works so well.
At the iCiNG brunch in Melbourne yesterday, Allan told me that he really enjoyed reading the comments here. I agree with him, they are always interesting & helpful, I absolutely love getting feedback & hearing about other people’s experiences! We have such a great community here, the responses from all of you definitely add to what I’ve written & are so insightful.
I’m a big girl, & I welcome constructive criticism & suggestions. I will not, however, tolerate abuse, rudeness or negativity, whether it is directed at me or other people. It has no place here, & in my experience, that stuff always says more about the person who wrote it than the person it was aimed at. ANYONE making nasty comments will be banned.
As my father always says, “We don’t give no shit, we don’t take no shit — we’re not in the shit business”. It applies here! (Thanks, JP.)
There is a permanent link to this article here, if you ever you want to refer to it.
Stay lovely!
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala 
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Bah, who knows what that fool was thinking. I only found your blog very recently and I am really enjoying it. So ban the stupid people, this isn’t a forum for insult. No one will miss them. Kudos to you for dealing with it in such a grown up manner.
Wow!
That person was ridiculous (and needs to improve their writing a bit :\).
I really enjoy your articles :].
Hi Gala, I’ve been reading your site for at least a month now, and I’ve become pretty obsessed with checking for new articles. I simply adore everything you put up here. I don’t know why I haven’t commented before now, but after reading that “negative feedback” you received, I just wanted to say: for a person who claims to be a journalist, they have pretty bad grammar. And, bad grammar means that we, as writers, just simply cannot take that person seriously (if they’re being negative, at least). Because, seriously, GRAMMAR tends to say a lot about writing abilities, if not anything else. That being sad, sorry you had to receive that from someone who wanted to waste their time complaining. One time, way back in the day before livejournal was cool, and I had an opendiary (that was also before they decided to change it all up, and give benefits to those who paid them) and someone told me I was posing as a writer! What kind of comment is that, really? Soooo, yeah, keep up the good work, I look forward to more articles!
muchlove,
Ivory
I really appreciate the upbeat positivity of this site. Yay you!
Thanks kittens. He followed me to Melbourne Metblogs & made further ridiculous remarks there, too! His comment there included a reference to “Charles hemming way” (sic). I think he meant Ernest ;> Makes it hard to take seriously. I hope his angst keeps him busy & makes him very happy!
Oh Gala, I hope that didn’t get to you.. I think the best thing about your style is that it is completely original!
Your site is sweet and brings a smile to my face daily, keep up the great work. The complete lack of grammar in that attack seems to reflect the intelligence of the source. The fact that you are a genuinely caring person shines through in your writing! (ok I’ll stop now.. ;)
Haha I love that saying of your dad’s! :D
[a} — Me too! He is my hero ;>
I felt the urge to defend you, but then I realized how absolutely absurd and ridiculous the comment was in the first place, and figured that you didn’t need it because you can handle yourself. :)
Anyway, I think both you and your website are great.
Unfortunately people seem to think that because they are on the Internet that flames and negative comments are par for the course. If he hates your site so much, why read it?
I don’t need to say it as everybody else has, but we all love your blogs and posts and general ridiculousness. :)
Oh dear, that was the most pathetic comment I’ve ever read!
Someone’s jealous of your following.. ;)
Ahh youre so lovely and tolerant of other people’s weirdness and harshness. You honestly didn’t deserve such an awful comment!
Hah, what a dickhead. If I had one I’d tell him to lick my left nut.
Love your colour scheme and positivity.
As for poor felix, you can’t take any so called professional seriously if they only have a hotmail address.
Look forward to more uplifting articles, x.
Hi!
I just wanted to say hello, and that I truly love you :D
I used to be the kind of person who would leave nasty comments on peoples webpages if I thought they were lame, skanky or too full of themselves. I can’t explain why I would, but hey, I’m only 16 so, maybe I just had to grow up.
After coming across your website I seem to be more inspired and a more positive person, and the thought of leaving negative comments on anyone’s web site now doesn’t even cross my mind.
So ‘Felix’, you tool, it’s good to know that you have the mentality of a 14 to 15 year old girl, if not less then that because I a) never attacked people with such positive, harm nodoby attitudes, and b) umm.. had a much superior grasp of the English language.
Gala you rock!