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How I got a fairly rude DM from @scottbourne
I read a good amount of photography blogs. One of which is PhotoFocus. Love this blog, love Scott Bourne (@scottbourne. I especially love his gusto on the new convergence of HD video and DSLRs, something I've been passionate about since even hintings of the 5DmkII were floating around.
That being said, I responded to a blog post of his today via Twitter. I fully agreed with his post, and was looking to reinforce what he was stating at his post, Why Photographers Should Have A Blog Instead of Or In Addition To A Website. Excellent points, and it's something that I'd come to terms with a few months ago myself.
So I post the following on Twitter:
And the reason for what I said in the last tweet was because I felt like I was just using the reply as an excuse to put my blog out there for a prolific photographer/blogger to see. Not my intention. So I stated as such, in the follow-up tweet, in of course 140 characters or less. Not slighting the blog, nor him. So what do I receive in return? This:
I don't know what the deal here is, but it's been irking me all day. He seems like such a nice guy, but to have my first ever response from him be so rude and defensive, eh... Not too thrilled.
Anyways... Scott... If you thought I was being pissy and complainy, I'm sorry. But I'm not sure that really gives license to slam down a pretty innocuous statement from a reader with such insensitivity. But hey, I suppose if you've had everyone talking mad shit about you not allowing comments every day, I guess it'd be understandable. I've never seen anything of the sort at least that I can remember, but hey, if I managed to hit that hotbutton without intending to do so, again I'm sorry. It's just that comments, feedback, reciprocal communication... The Conversation... That's what these here intertubes are about these days, and it was a little shocking. That, and I didn't want to sound like a self-serving douchenozzle up in your Twitters. Too late for that though, looks like the 140char limit strikes again. Really though Scott, no hard feelings or insult meant or anything.
Just a hunch, but I think now I've excluded myself from all Photofocus/Scott Bourne contests from here on out. lmao.
Hmmm... Maybe the more twitter etiquette way would have been to put his name at the end to imply you were replying to him versus you were retweeting something he said to avoid confusion That being said, I wouldn't stop doing something you like but yes, I agree his comments were left field. Luckily, twitter moves so fast no one is going to remember if you were out of line or he was. I hope you are both having a better day today.
You know, either way it's effing rude.
And the crazy thing is, I'd been still following him for a long while after that. I still subscribe to and read Photofocus to this day.
Although Twitter has rolled out their new People You Should Follow widget thingy on the sidebar, and it said I should follow Scott. Kind of weird. Go to his page, sure enough, not following him. So I tried to follow him again, and it said that he blocked me from following him.
Some people, goddamn. I like his work and he's probably a decent enough guy, but he seriously takes shit WAY too personally.
Scott, if you read this, I implore you--go back, look at how you reacted to a simple and rather unoffensive comment. See if you feel differently now. Fact is, the conversation is what keeps communities alive. If you've got a valid reason for not allowing comments on your site, fine. I'd love to hear the story, actually! But if it's a my-way-or-the-highway thing, well... Such is life. Fact is, I've still been a fan and reader of yours this whole time, but you've decided that apparently I don't get that right anymore. Not the way to do business on these here interwebs. For shame. :/
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