Reviewing Comments about My Work

Some comments are utterly ridiculous.

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I write fairly regularly on both Medium and News Break. My stuff generates quite a few comments. Generally speaking, the comments on Medium are much more positive. I have regular readers on Medium who provide a lot of positive feedback. I have a lot of random readers on News Break who provide some insults and just plain dumb comments.

Some readers ask legitimate, thoughtful questions. On occasion I will try to answer them. As for insults, I generally ignore them. If they are particularly egregious, I will delete them.

Here is a sampling of the questions and comments I have gotten.

1: Some links would be nice.

That’s true. They probably would add value. So why don’t I have more links? In some cases, I’m not sure I have the rights to do so. Plus, it takes more time, and when writing for Medium, I have to consider if it’s worth the time it would take. And finally, if a reader clicks on a link to another article, I have to consider if the reader will click back to my article. If somebody actually clicks on my article, I’m not sure I want to send them away.

2: How about some pictures.

Good idea. I’d love to have more pertinent pictures with my pieces. So, where can I…