
The 80/20 Rule & Strangers On The Internet
Most Comments Are Wonderful...Some Make You Wonder WTF?
The 80/20 Rule applies to most things in life. Including comments from strangers on the internet.
Over on our YouTube channel, there are a few things the less-than-20 crowd NEED/WANT me to know/ answer:
āQueer is an OFFENSIVE word!ā (Blocked for being offended at a community post.)
āWhy don't they use inclusive language?ā about a 100-year-old silent film.(Blocked for being ridiculous.)
āWhere were Colt, Drummer etc...ā about a menās magazine montage. (Blocked for being a creative dick-tator.)
While FAR from the worst offenders, I canāt EVEN with these types ofā¦comments or commenters. So I remove/block them from the channel. Loudly and proudly.
Bye, Felicias. Aināt this-body got time for their nonsense or bullshit.
Since they seem to crave attention, outrage, and oxygen, I choose to reward their bad behavior and lack of common sense by depriving them of all three. Iāve learned (the hard way) that Mark Twain was/is/will always be right:
To counter-program the less-than-20 minority, Iād like to spotlight a few of the YouTube comments that have brightened our days recently:
āThank you so much for making this film available! ⤠I was there that day in a strange way. I heard the loud chants echoing off the skyscrapers but I could not judge the direction. I remain very disappointed at not being able to join the great event. The documentary Gay and Proud (1970) gives me a glimpse of the experience I missed 54 years ago.ā
āWhat a corny collection. Thank you.ā
āThank you very much for sharing this. Iāve always wanted to see it, and this is a gorgeous copy.ā
āThose two men had danced together before. They move together gracefully. What a beautiful restoration, thanks.ā
āWe love your videos with those beautiful images of two people that love each other. We really appreciated the photos on women. Thank you.ā
THOSE are our kind of people. THOSE are the people we aim to reach and love sharing our work with. The lovers who celebrate. Not the haters whoā¦well, hate.
We realize weāre all a little bit of both, but we try to balance it out and keep it in check. When I recently forgot my manners and blasted one super-rude commenter, one dog-piler thought he was Howard Cossell.
āWow! Talk about thin-skinned. Sounds like an honor grad of the Yassar Arafat School of Diplomacy.ā
While I donāt disagree with himā¦he did get blocked for not minding his own business. I also have never claimed to be a diplomat and simply donāt tolerate strangers on the internet picking on me or my thin skin.
Iām playful and can be quite sassy, but this is not War Games. And I refuse to play games with these kind ofā¦people. For them, itās GAME OVER.
May you find the 80/20 balance that works best for you.
Thanks for reading!
Clint
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Sorry I digressed in my previous comment. It's just that in my head, a bully is a bully. Apologies.
You cracked me up with "Bye Felicias!". I love the way you're dealing with castrating censors, censorship and the rest of the miscreants that populate our turbulent digital world.