What is disturbing to me about Words, Feedback and Blog Comments is...
The
fact that the power and weight of words is and continues to be
amazing, they can be used to heal or to divide, hurt or give comfort.
They can teach, inspire, and change lives. What they should not be is
manipulated.
My father raised me to not commit to paper words I might
later regret. I try in my personal and professional life to adhere to
that standard. What I have noticed in this day and age, is people are
quick to fire off an email and or text in the heat of the moment full
of the instant emotion they experience causing regret to later seep
into their consciousness. The damage sometimes cannot be undone.
What causes me great concern is that on these
keen blogs, and feedback is that ones words can and sometimes are taken the wrong way. Words written can come across as not being what one was intending when the feedback, or blog comment or even blog was written.
By all means keep the ability to delete
comments, ( and feedback when applicable within keen rules) but REMOVE please the ability to CHANGE and MANIPULATE words
that will be taken as written by someone else when YOU the BLOG owner may have
changed them YOURSELF.
IF you are leaving feedback as is your right and the interaction did not go as planned and you are not happy with the reading, try to remember that you can say what you believe about the interaction, but it might be better IF it was said in a manner that gets across what you need to say that is not mean spirited, as that may affect the perception of you as a person, the Advisor as a reader and not the reading itself. Keep it from being or getting personal, getting personal takes away from the message, try to keep it on topic and know that not all readers can or will connect with you. Readers should try not to take it personally, as most of the time, it's not about you, it's about the person themselves.....
That is a situation that could create a BIG
problem for the person who made the comments and that person may not in
fact be responsible for the words that are attributed to them. Words have consequences, I have no problem standing by the words I say or write but ONLY if I have in fact written them.....And only if they are understood in the manner in which they are meant...
Joan