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	<title>Comments on: Commenter Etiquette 101</title>
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		<title>By: Lisa Barone</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lisa Barone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Keep it impersonal?
Don&#039;t talk about their mother?
Just state your stance and walk away?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[puzzled face]  Why are you trying to ruin my Internet?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The sad truth is you&#039;re always going to have *that* guy who comes by the blog because he&#039;s having a bad day and feels the need to take it out on you. It&#039;s really easy to tell people to take the high road, not to respond emotionally and to find their zen place...but when you&#039;re the subject of that attack, it&#039;s really, really hard to subdue your hands and NOT hit the publish button. Because even though you know it&#039;s wrong and it&#039;s only going to fuel the fire, it just feels *so* good. :)  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That said, you&#039;re right. Feeding the bad people does nothing to make the blogosphere a better, more intelligent place. And though Susan has had to talk me off the ledge a number of times, I think I&#039;m getting better at keeping my cool. Or if I&#039;m not, please don&#039;t tell me. I at least like the illusion. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[Also, yey for the addition of Katie to the blog. This one has personality. We like!]
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Keep it impersonal?<br />
Don&#8217;t talk about their mother?<br />
Just state your stance and walk away?</p>
<p>[puzzled face]  Why are you trying to ruin my Internet?</p>
<p>The sad truth is you&#8217;re always going to have *that* guy who comes by the blog because he&#8217;s having a bad day and feels the need to take it out on you. It&#8217;s really easy to tell people to take the high road, not to respond emotionally and to find their zen place&#8230;but when you&#8217;re the subject of that attack, it&#8217;s really, really hard to subdue your hands and NOT hit the publish button. Because even though you know it&#8217;s wrong and it&#8217;s only going to fuel the fire, it just feels *so* good. <img src='http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />   </p>
<p>That said, you&#8217;re right. Feeding the bad people does nothing to make the blogosphere a better, more intelligent place. And though Susan has had to talk me off the ledge a number of times, I think I&#8217;m getting better at keeping my cool. Or if I&#8217;m not, please don&#8217;t tell me. I at least like the illusion. </p>
<p>[Also, yey for the addition of Katie to the blog. This one has personality. We like!]</p>
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