Comments on: Do you find your fans/followers creepy? http://electrolicious.com/2008/03/do-you-find-your-fansfollowers-creepy Daily affirmations of a word mercenary Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:13:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Bobbi http://electrolicious.com/2008/03/do-you-find-your-fansfollowers-creepy#comment-11308 Bobbi Sun, 18 May 2008 17:20:09 +0000 http://electrolicious.com/2008/03/do-you-find-your-fansfollowers-creepy#comment-11308 I just came upon your site, yesterday. I have read a few posts and definitely enjoyed them. amy put a link on her comment, to a post from the new yorker. Well, I just finished reading it and started to cut up some chicken and realized, I need to comment on this article. I started reading it and at first, I thought, this is not relevant to Ariel's post, but it was interesting. I continued to read it, all 6 pages. It was interesting and I felt envious of the parties that were mentioned in the story, I wanted to attend such gatherings, why am I not like those people mentioned? How can I become them? Then, the story came to an end and that's when I realized, it is totally relevant to your post. I felt envious of those people who turned out to be pretty ordinary or worse, the one guy had issues, far beyond anything I've ever experienced. The moral of my 'comment/story' is; although I just read your post touching on the fact that you shouldn't feel bad about who you are because of who you think someone else is and somehow their life is better. I went on to doing the exact same thing not 5 minutes later. Be happy for who you are, that's my lesson for the day. I never realized I envied others until today, 10 minutes ago, so I guess it is human nature. I hope others read your blog then read that article and can take away what I did. Thanks for making me realize that I have that misconception of other people's lives and no matter what, I will never know who they really are. Because everyone, no matter how open they are about their selves, are their own editors. Thanks to amy for posting the link in her comment. I just came upon your site, yesterday. I have read a few posts and definitely enjoyed them.
amy put a link on her comment, to a post from the new yorker. Well, I just finished reading it and started to cut up some chicken and realized, I need to comment on this article. I started reading it and at first, I thought, this is not relevant to Ariel’s post, but it was interesting. I continued to read it, all 6 pages. It was interesting and I felt envious of the parties that were mentioned in the story, I wanted to attend such gatherings, why am I not like those people mentioned? How can I become them? Then, the story came to an end and that’s when I realized, it is totally relevant to your post. I felt envious of those people who turned out to be pretty ordinary or worse, the one guy had issues, far beyond anything I’ve ever experienced.

The moral of my ‘comment/story’ is; although I just read your post touching on the fact that you shouldn’t feel bad about who you are because of who you think someone else is and somehow their life is better. I went on to doing the exact same thing not 5 minutes later. Be happy for who you are, that’s my lesson for the day. I never realized I envied others until today, 10 minutes ago, so I guess it is human nature.

I hope others read your blog then read that article and can take away what I did. Thanks for making me realize that I have that misconception of other people’s lives and no matter what, I will never know who they really are. Because everyone, no matter how open they are about their selves, are their own editors. Thanks to amy for posting the link in her comment.

]]> By: SolShine7 http://electrolicious.com/2008/03/do-you-find-your-fansfollowers-creepy#comment-10823 SolShine7 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:35:51 +0000 http://electrolicious.com/2008/03/do-you-find-your-fansfollowers-creepy#comment-10823 Your last line says it nicely. You have a good take on the whole fan thing. Your last line says it nicely. You have a good take on the whole fan thing.

]]> By: amy.leblanc http://electrolicious.com/2008/03/do-you-find-your-fansfollowers-creepy#comment-10557 amy.leblanc Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:20:30 +0000 http://electrolicious.com/2008/03/do-you-find-your-fansfollowers-creepy#comment-10557 i have the same issues wiht some of my readers, specifically readers who have never met me/hung out IRL. they think my life is all parties and fashion shows. most don't ever even absorb what i do for a day job, because i don't write much about work. i think most especially weird is the visual aspect - obvi i only post FLATTERING pictures of myself, and i have a lot of readers who like to regularly comment on my appearance (men, mostly), and sometimes i just want to reply by sending them the most unflattering photo i can find as a counterpoint. "Since I’ve done copywriting for 10 years now, I think that in some ways I inadvertently write this blog as though I’m selling myself and my lifestyle." on that subject and a little off this one, you HAVE to read this: http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2008/03/10/080310fi_fiction_kunzru i have the same issues wiht some of my readers, specifically readers who have never met me/hung out IRL. they think my life is all parties and fashion shows. most don’t ever even absorb what i do for a day job, because i don’t write much about work. i think most especially weird is the visual aspect - obvi i only post FLATTERING pictures of myself, and i have a lot of readers who like to regularly comment on my appearance (men, mostly), and sometimes i just want to reply by sending them the most unflattering photo i can find as a counterpoint.

“Since I’ve done copywriting for 10 years now, I think that in some ways I inadvertently write this blog as though I’m selling myself and my lifestyle.”

on that subject and a little off this one, you HAVE to read this:
http://www.newyorker.com/ficti.....ion_kunzru

]]> By: Elli http://electrolicious.com/2008/03/do-you-find-your-fansfollowers-creepy#comment-10555 Elli Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:29:36 +0000 http://electrolicious.com/2008/03/do-you-find-your-fansfollowers-creepy#comment-10555 I also really like that quote--"Don't compare your insides to someone else's outsides." I know I've fallen prey to that kind of comparing on occasion, and it can be hard to remember that what people write on their blogs isn't the whole picture. It's a thin line, though, because I think it's pretty normal to compare yourself and your life to others as a way to gauge how you're doing in the world. On the other hand, it's pretty easy to take it too far, especially when comparing insides to outsides...the gnarly mess of actually being someone to the shiny cover shot that everyone shows the world. I also really like that quote–”Don’t compare your insides to someone else’s outsides.”

I know I’ve fallen prey to that kind of comparing on occasion, and it can be hard to remember that what people write on their blogs isn’t the whole picture. It’s a thin line, though, because I think it’s pretty normal to compare yourself and your life to others as a way to gauge how you’re doing in the world. On the other hand, it’s pretty easy to take it too far, especially when comparing insides to outsides…the gnarly mess of actually being someone to the shiny cover shot that everyone shows the world.

]]> By: Ariel http://electrolicious.com/2008/03/do-you-find-your-fansfollowers-creepy#comment-10545 Ariel Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:56:48 +0000 http://electrolicious.com/2008/03/do-you-find-your-fansfollowers-creepy#comment-10545 Sure, Brodie. But that's not what I'm talking about. Without getting into it, I've had folks take it way, WAY past that point. Sure, Brodie. But that’s not what I’m talking about. Without getting into it, I’ve had folks take it way, WAY past that point.

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