Reddit
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Today, I just made a Reddit account and submitted a few post links. Now, it has brought in a lot of views (already), but despite those views, all I want people to do is like our posts. No, I don't mean Facebook like, I mean like it as in they enjoyed the short read and they enjoyed the music. A feature on Reddit is to like or dislike a link (vote up or vote down) and you can also comment on the links added. Well, today I received my first 2 negative reviews and received a couple votes down on some of my posts. I understand that these are just minor things (or like the tagline for the Social Network movie goes, "You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies"). For some reason, I really really hate knowing that people don't like the posts. I also understand that it may be good to get the feedback so you can improve upon your writing, but I'm one of those people who likes things to be perfect. I try to keep my posts complimentary, yet true and well-spoken (hence why I write about songs that I truly like, so I don't put myself in a position to write a negative review). I've tried to just brush them off, but it's really bugging me.
I just felt like this would be a good place to vent and maybe get some feedback on some of the other bloggers who may use feedback and how you might handle negative comments/votes down (if you get any at all).
Perhaps, I'm looking at this all wrong. I need some fresh insight. -
Hey man, I know you've being hearing from me a lot lately but your gunna get some more.
Here's what I gotta say, even with out knowing the Reddit system too well. Two people don't like your post? Fuck 'em. Keep doing what your doing, only post music you think is fantastic, not just good. And see if your new found views keep rolling in. Spreading attention is the real way to judge if people like your posts.
With that said, if their "negative reviews" have any constructive criticism within them, listen to what they are saying. If you agree, adjust. If the bad reviews share no incites on how to improve, that's just another reason to pay them no mid. -
I've never heard truer words. I only write about my favourites. Lol that reminds me, I keep telling my friends that I never use my iTunes anymore cause I basically just play music off of my website now lol.
I guess that's the downfall to the internet. By that I mean, only a select few people will actually take the time to give you positive feedback, but as soon as they see something wrong, all of a sudden, the comments come flying in. Personally, I don't think there was anything wrong with the post, but I guess that's also where music junkies can get really opinionated when someone writes something about an artist that they don't agree with. I guess by a post getting a lot of views means it must be a pretty good post (I would hope).
And yeah, it is only two negative comments. Screw them.
The last part you said about constructive criticism, I completely agree with. If someone does constructively criticize, then I wouldn't take that for granted. I would change the post if I feel they're correct. Like I mentioned before, it's always good to improve upon your writing skills.
Finally, it just really irks me when people start making personal attacks, like "I don't know much about anything". It's just unnecessary. -
You're right about that facet of the internet being flawed. You can just look at YouTube comments as an example. I'm not a YouTube junkie but over the years with my experience on the website all I ever see is hate. Negative comments that range from thoughtless to racist. Someone who likes the video may share it with a friend, but is less apt to write a positive comment. While it can be seen a silly to get worked up about a couple of insensitive comments, to me it just signifies you're love and devotion to On My Radar.
Something else I neglected to mention was the breadth of the music on your blog. I don't want to speak for you or your website but OMY is defiantly a specific taste, if not devoted to a single niche. Because of this you may not see so much love on a website like Reddit where finding a mainstream music lover would be much easier than a blog trolling, and hopefully, open minded listener. -
We all get haters. The worst ones are just immature dicks, the best ones help you see another side. Take it as a joke or a way to understand other people's music taste better.
And you've got a solid music site, just keep up with it and fuck the haters - they're just jealous you're doing something and they are just talking (shit) -
Reddit is a pretty close-knit community, and in my experience they tend to vote up more unusual links. If you're just posting random music-related stuff, they probably aren't going to respond to it. Their music section isn't nearly as active as most of the other topics. You might have better luck with Delicious, Stumbleupon or Digg.
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The only one of those suggestions that we use is Stumbleupon. I think it's time to expand into Delicious.
@Sean I've only used Reddit for two days now and it really does seem that people like unusual links. That's very strange that they do.
@zechmann lol thanks man!
@Ben as usual, I think you're right! Once again. Basically, you're saying post more varieties of music to appeal to other people. Did I get that right? -
How do you guys get into Stumbleupon/Delcious/etc.? Don't they penalize you if you keep on submitting your own stuff?
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Yes, they do penalize you for doing that (as does Reddit, I forgot to mention that earlier). You really need someone else to submit your links. The best chance for that is just to make sure you have some submit links below/above your posts, or if you have some kind of mailing list for readers you can encourage it there. We had a group of bloggers going for a while where we were all submitting each other's links, but it kind of fell apart. Too hard to monitor if everyone is participating.
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@OMR
No, I was most defiantly not saying to open up what your posting, but to realize that if you have a niche of music on your website, you will in tern have a niche of a fan base. This is not a bad thing, just something to realize/think about.
@ Sean
Want to start that up again? Sounds like a great idea. -
I'd be down :)
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@ben oh ok I see, yeah that definitely makes sense
I'll join in -
Okay that's 3 in.
anyone interested in some cross pollination promotion shoot me an email - ben@metrojolt.com and I'll figure out the best way to go about this. -
I'd probably be up for it again. The main problem we had with previous groups was consistency. People would be gung ho for a while but would suddenly drop like flies. We also had issues with reciprocating, someone would submit their link but then failed to vote for everyone else's links.
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