Comments on: I love your blog! (psst… Or Not.) http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/?p=701 Chatting about PR, social media and everything in between. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:49:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: GoKTGo http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/?p=701&cpage=1#comment-1681 GoKTGo Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:46:40 +0000 http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/?p=701#comment-1681 aw! thanks so much!!! :D aw! thanks so much!!! :D

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]]> By: 2bnicole http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/?p=701&cpage=1#comment-1680 2bnicole Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:41:12 +0000 http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/?p=701#comment-1680 Had to come back and tell you -added you to my meme- Favorite Friday -http://www.prettypinkchandelier.com/2009/10/09/favorite-friday-posts-ive-enjoyed-this-week-from-the-bloggerverse/ Had to come back and tell you -added you to my meme- Favorite Friday -http://www.prettypinkchandelier.com/2009/10/09/favorite-friday-posts-ive-enjoyed-this-week-from-the-bloggerverse/

]]> By: GoKTGo http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/?p=701&cpage=1#comment-1678 GoKTGo Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:27:09 +0000 http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/?p=701#comment-1678 Hey! Clearly you're learning a lot already! :D<br><br>Great feedback! I think you bring up a great point talking about how people speak the loudest about things they are passionate about! It's true that once you have an emotional tie to a subject you will probably be more defensive or more excited about sharing your opinions!<br><br>And you're right - it's always important to be considerate and listen to what other people have to say!<br><br>Good luck with your internship!! Hey! Clearly you're learning a lot already! :D

Great feedback! I think you bring up a great point talking about how people speak the loudest about things they are passionate about! It's true that once you have an emotional tie to a subject you will probably be more defensive or more excited about sharing your opinions!

And you're right – it's always important to be considerate and listen to what other people have to say!

Good luck with your internship!!

]]> By: karaoshea http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/?p=701&cpage=1#comment-1677 karaoshea Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:17:01 +0000 http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/?p=701#comment-1677 Hi Katie,<br>Great post and interesting subject! I'm an intern at a public relations agency so I've been learning a lot of new things about the industry and social media. I think that social media gives people an opportunity to share their opinions with a broader audience than ever before, as well as hearing from a broader audience. Maybe because people feel they have this bigger audience that it's the time to share how they feel, regardless if it comes off as negative. I've also noticed that people are more inclined to tweet or post about things they feel passionate about (obviously), so this adds a lot of emotion into the mix, which can cause people to say crazy things. I think the best way to keep things positive is to try and consider other people's view points and if you disagree don't take it too seriously. Hopefully I can learn to do this and keep it in mind for when I enter the PR world! Hi Katie,
Great post and interesting subject! I'm an intern at a public relations agency so I've been learning a lot of new things about the industry and social media. I think that social media gives people an opportunity to share their opinions with a broader audience than ever before, as well as hearing from a broader audience. Maybe because people feel they have this bigger audience that it's the time to share how they feel, regardless if it comes off as negative. I've also noticed that people are more inclined to tweet or post about things they feel passionate about (obviously), so this adds a lot of emotion into the mix, which can cause people to say crazy things. I think the best way to keep things positive is to try and consider other people's view points and if you disagree don't take it too seriously. Hopefully I can learn to do this and keep it in mind for when I enter the PR world!

]]> By: GoKTGo http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/?p=701&cpage=1#comment-1675 GoKTGo Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:49:49 +0000 http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/?p=701#comment-1675 That's definitely a huge part of it - we're not authors with hundreds of pages to paint scenes and emotions - we're communicators with as little as 140 characters to express a thought, so we don't always have time to find the perfect words to convey an emotion.<br><br>It's like Tom said in his comment above, "the most emotions we can show are by writing "haha", "lol", or "jk" and our facial expressions are limited by emoticons..." so we have to be careful about how we interpret the tone of something when we might not even know the voice it's coming from.<br><br>I do think you're right that we can also be overly nice...but I'd have no idea where the balance lies...hmm... That's definitely a huge part of it – we're not authors with hundreds of pages to paint scenes and emotions – we're communicators with as little as 140 characters to express a thought, so we don't always have time to find the perfect words to convey an emotion.

It's like Tom said in his comment above, “the most emotions we can show are by writing “haha”, “lol”, or “jk” and our facial expressions are limited by emoticons…” so we have to be careful about how we interpret the tone of something when we might not even know the voice it's coming from.

I do think you're right that we can also be overly nice…but I'd have no idea where the balance lies…hmm…

]]> By: GoKTGo http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/?p=701&cpage=1#comment-1676 GoKTGo Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:45:58 +0000 http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/?p=701#comment-1676 Thanks GingerSnap! :)<br><br>I remember that one "mean girl" that was commenting on your post - that's def. part of what I was thinking about when I wrote this post!<br><br>But you're absolutely right, the over all community and the *amazing* people you can meet through social media definitely outweigh the negative voices and "mean" people out there!! :D Thanks GingerSnap! :)

I remember that one “mean girl” that was commenting on your post – that's def. part of what I was thinking about when I wrote this post!

But you're absolutely right, the over all community and the *amazing* people you can meet through social media definitely outweigh the negative voices and “mean” people out there!! :D

]]> By: gingersnaptoit http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/?p=701&cpage=1#comment-1673 gingersnaptoit Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:03:04 +0000 http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/?p=701#comment-1673 Great post KT! I have delt with some "mean girl" bloggers myself, and it's absolutely no fun. On the flip side, you do meet wonderful and entertaining people through social media. That's the part I love. I personally have resorted to blocking IP addresses for repeat offenders. It's not that I'm against opinions different than my own, but I am against opinions that are blantently mean, offensive or just inappropriate. Great post KT! I have delt with some “mean girl” bloggers myself, and it's absolutely no fun. On the flip side, you do meet wonderful and entertaining people through social media. That's the part I love. I personally have resorted to blocking IP addresses for repeat offenders. It's not that I'm against opinions different than my own, but I am against opinions that are blantently mean, offensive or just inappropriate.

]]> By: GoKTGo http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/?p=701&cpage=1#comment-1672 GoKTGo Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:01:34 +0000 http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/?p=701#comment-1672 Thanks for the comments, Ashley!<br><br>The examples of responses you give when you receive negativity are super helpful! And you're right, it's important not to dwell on the negative but to stay positive and find solutions.<br><br>:) Thanks for the comments, Ashley!

The examples of responses you give when you receive negativity are super helpful! And you're right, it's important not to dwell on the negative but to stay positive and find solutions.

:)

]]> By: laurenfernandez http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/?p=701&cpage=1#comment-1671 laurenfernandez Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:28:30 +0000 http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/?p=701#comment-1671 David makes a good point KT. You have to be able to read a person before criticizing. It's best to build the relationship foundation off a positive one, not negative. David makes a good point KT. You have to be able to read a person before criticizing. It's best to build the relationship foundation off a positive one, not negative.

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