
…commenters disagreed but wrote really fantastic, cogent responses that challenged my point of view. There was 1% though, that either felt attacked, got the wrong message or missed the point of what I had to say entirely. That’s probably the first rule of being a writer on the Internet. Regardless of whether you go viral or not, realise that no matter how clear your argument is, no matter how well you may spell it out, people bring their own perspectives and prejudices to the table. Often, they’ll take what you’ve written in a way that completely baffles you, leaving you to think “…