How to lose friends and alienate bloggers

August 20, 2009 in Christianity, Communication with


  1. Find a blog/article about a topic you’re passionate about online.
  2. Barely read/comprehend the original post – just find key words and points that invoke your bloodlust.
  3. Get indignant.
  4. Post a comment about why the person is wrong.
  5. Only read the follow up comments that talk directly to your point.
  6. Argue with those comments using much hyperbolic subjectivity, little objectivity in order to demonstrate why you are right while continuing to ignore the context.
  7. Read back what you, and they wrote.
  8. Feel guilty.
  9. Post a contrite apology on that discussion and a list of things that alienate people so others will learn from your mistakes.
  10. Hope that the people from the other blog also read yours so that they see said list.

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About Nathan Campbell: Nathan runs St Eutychus. He loves Jesus. His wife. His Daughter. Coffee. And the Internet. He is currently a student at the Queensland Theological College and a mercenary PR Consultant.

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2 Responses to “How to lose friends and alienate bloggers”

  1. simone r August 20, 2009 at 8:27 pm #

    are we twins?

    Just done that.

  2. simone r August 20, 2009 at 8:28 pm #

    I’ve been known to write poem apologies.