Responding to your Comments (Especially the Bad Ones): Part 1

July 30, 2011 2:00 pm     Posted in Entertainment, HaHa, Headliners, Sidebar  Heidi - Bridgewater State University g+ page


By Heidi

Here at CollegeCandy, we’re used to getting a wide range of feedback on all of our content. While we appreciate all of your comments, tweets, and “likes,” we also get a kick out of people who post anonymous offensive comments for no reason. Some of these anon messages inquired about the mental health of our authors and attacked our personal beliefs, so I thought it was finally time to respond to these mysterious readers and give them the spotlight they deserve!

(from 10 Reasons I’m Hating Hipsters)

Weirdly enough, I was feeling a little troubled in my career a few days ago, so I took this person’s advice and tried my best to find a therapist who specializes in sarcastic bloggers who write most articles for the sake of creating hype and discussion. Yeah, I couldn’t find anyone. Sorry!

(from Trying to Understand the Curvy Girl Backlash)

Whenever we write anything related to body types or body image, eating disorders almost always become part of the discussion. To the anonymous commenter above, I hope “this sh*t” doesn’t refer to the article. If it does, I encourage you to check out one of our posts completely dedicated to yummy foods we’d eat all day if we could (like this one that will teach you how to make chicken and gnocchi soup- yum!).

(from Taylor Swift is Really Super Totally Overrated)

This comment contains three things I think we ALL say at least once a day, every day: “Phenomenal!”, “What’s with Ryan Seacrest?”, and “Shut up Taylor, you sound like a dying cat.” I know this post is supposed to be dedicated to our most offensive comments, but this comment was too amazing to not get featured.

(from When Loving Harry Potter Turns Ugly)

If all the people who found those ridiculous tattoos and the disturbing fan art to be creepy killed themselves, the world’s population would decrease by like… 75%. Just sayin’.

(from 10 Reason I’m Hating Hipsters)

Yes. I am one of those girls that drink frappes, and you know what? I’m proud of it. Frappe-drinking girls all around the world have been discriminated against for years and I think it’s time to take a stand. I’m gonna buy my frappe, drink my frappe and then probably buy another one tomorrow. Got a problem with that? Hmph.

(from 13 Facebook Tricks Guys Use to Look Cool)

Here at College Candy, we LOVE pictures. As a matter of fact, most of our posts consist of multiple pictures that require no download to view. I’m gonna take a wild guess and say that if you computer is forcing you to download something before viewing our site, you already have a virus. Might wanna get that checked out.

(from 10 Fun Facts about your Vagina)

Normally I would just scroll past and ignore girls who feel the need to point out every little mistake in a post, but wait… there are hot guys reading, commenting and defending posts on College Candy?! Ladies, do your duty and go thumbs-up his comment. *drool*

(from The 30 Most Overrated Guys in Hollywood)

While I appreciate the gesture, if you’re telling me to go die, you’re not being very nice.

(from Why are Girls so Mean to Each Other?)

You love girls “mostly” because you’re not gay? So, besides that, there’s no other reason why you like girls? Dude, if I was you, I’d probably just join the other team at this point.

(from The 30 Most Overrated Guys in Hollywood)

“ANOTHER witless article!” Oh no! I knew there were a few posts lacking wit here on the site, but I didn’t know it was a flat-out epidemic! Thank you, anonymous commenter, for bringing this issue to our attention. I “personally do not like” you very much.

(from Why are Girls so Mean to Each Other?)

You know what we’re also good for? Burning your clothes, poisoning your food and using our teeth.

(from Addressing the Demi Lovato Backlash)

If we only hired extremely polite, extremely smart, and mature bloggers, do you know how boring this site would be? We’d end up posting things like “8 Ways to Increase your Fiber Intake.” I don’t think you want that.

(from 10 Things We Wish Guys Knew)

*blasts Jay Z’s remix of “Hard Knock Life”*

“Spoiled little princess?” I grew up in the STREETS… of suburban Massachusetts. Awkward…
You know what? In addition to Frappe Girl Pride Day, I’m declaring today as Spoiled Princess Pride Day. Who’s with me?

(from Prom Dresses to Avoid Now and Forever)

I don’t know how this comment ended up on a post about prom dresses, but to whoever wrote this: if we somehow insulted people with Asperger’s in the article, we genuinely didn’t mean to. We only meant to insult the designers who would have the nerve to try to convince vulnerable 16-year-olds to wear their tacky dresses.

(from Brands that Should Not be Rocked After High School)

Yes, anonymous commenter, the post you commented on (and almost every post here on College Candy) is meant for entertainment purposes only- a “joke-” including this post.

27 Comments on "Responding to your Comments (Especially the Bad Ones): Part 1"

  1. Marisa says:
    Sat, 30th Jul 20112:19 pm 

    Avid CC reader and I have seen some ridiculous comments. Yeah, I'll admit I've posted a few of those ridiculous comments myself from time to time (none of which made it on this article). Can we make this a weekly thing? I think it would be great for the authors to respond to our comments, it's really interesting. Thanks, Heidi!

  2. Robyn says:
    Sat, 30th Jul 20112:25 pm 

    This was awesome. I've never understood the mean comments. Why COME here if you don't like it?? That sounds awfully masochistic….maybe they need to go get therapy;) Good job!

  3. arizonapenguin says:
    Sat, 30th Jul 20112:35 pm 

    The virus one of the comments refers to is the pop-ups that one gets whenever they view certain pages on the website. Somehow they sneak past my pop-up blocker but if you have an anti-virus program on your computer it honestly shouldn't be a problem…

  4. Lolita says:
    Sat, 30th Jul 20113:58 pm 

    I've noticed many of these comments and they bother me much more than they should. CC is a public website, not CNN so there' s nothing wrong with posting funny, satirical, and/or controversial things on it. There has never been a thing on the website that's done more than irked me, at most, much less incensed me to attempt to insult the writers.
    I like how blunt the bloggers are with sex, alcohol, media issues, etc.
    I think in a world that's so topsy-turvy with so many issues, so-called "political correctness" is the last thing we need to force on a website that's meant to take my mind off my term paper.

  5. Lacee' says:
    Sat, 30th Jul 20117:56 pm 

    I loved reading this! I always wondered what the writers on here thought about the stupid comments and I'm glad that you think the same thing that I do! Sit down and shut up lol.

    P.S. I am down for Spoiled Princess Pride Day!

  6. Jake says:
    Sat, 30th Jul 20118:06 pm 

    What's wrong with frappe? I drink a lot of coffee, and a frappe is the only thing that I can stand on a hot day.

  7. Jackie says:
    Sat, 30th Jul 20119:37 pm 

    Hey, I have both antivirus software and a pop-up blocker, and the pop-up still gets by, so if you know how to fix it, do tell?
    Some of these are pretty funny. We all have a variety of opinions, people!

  8. Erin says:
    Sat, 30th Jul 201110:49 pm 

    I do enjoy the funny stupid comments. A lot of the comments are even more hysterical than the articles themselves.

    But I do think that the authors should be held accountable when they say something inappropriate or incorrect. I mean if you hand a paper in for a class or a report in for your internship you get feedback right? It should be the same here for the writers. If you say something inappropriate or incorrect you should be made aware of it, acknowledge it, and take it as constructive criticism for your writing career. For example, I hope the author of the Amy Winehouse article learned about a career in journalism from the feedback to her article even if it "hurt her feelings". You're college students, you're not professionals or perfect but you should be working to edit your writing and push yourselves if you want to succeed in this.

    I'm not defending the comments like "you're an idiot, get therapy" but more the comments that point out mistakes etc. It doesn't have to hurt your feelings, just take it all as constructive criticism if it's a valid comment.

  9. Sarah says:
    Sat, 30th Jul 201111:41 pm 

    I agree with the poster above. There are so many stupid comments left here that are clearly unhelpful or not at all productive to the conversation. That's ridiculous in my opinion.
    But lately I have seen more and more articles on here that have clearly not been edited (or not well), or have very incorrect information. Especially when it's supposed to be informative, that's sort of ludicrous. I realize people shouldn't come to CollegeCandy for news, but some do! And it might be worth it to at least Google simple facts. Takes five minutes.
    Anyway, that's just my two sense. I'll keep coming because I can take everything with a grain of salt (and I don't mind double-checking facts.) But I'd like to hear how you respond to those comments.

  10. Rachel says:
    Sun, 31st Jul 20118:12 am 

    Yeah the pop ups do drive me crazy! I seem to get them whenever I open a new article/page even though I have an anti-virus.

  11. Lils says:
    Sun, 31st Jul 20118:52 am 

    I totally agree that you should tell writers when their information is flat out incorrect. I don't however get why you get to tell them that their articles are inappropriate. Unless you work at College Candy, you don't get to define inappropriate.

  12. Christine says:
    Sun, 31st Jul 20119:16 am 

    Agreed, for the most part. There are plenty of blogs and magazines out there that manage to be flat-out hilarious while still being accurate, and it's sort of shameful to see some of those critiques just pushed away as "rude". I think CC is a great opportunity for your bloggers to learn more about journalism and maybe go for careers in it, which is why looking at some critique is a smart move.

    I am amused by some of the comments, though. Quite frankly, a good 60% of these articles don't apply to me (since I'm not a straight woman and find celebrities boring), but you know what I do when I see an article that bores me? I don't bother reading it.

  13. hannahmfaust says:
    Sun, 31st Jul 201110:22 am 

    I love this article. I have an internship where I monitor the Facebook of a famous band from the 70's and I always go nuts when the middle aged fans get in Facebook arguments with the nastiest and most pointless comments on their page. Don't they realize they look like fools? Sure, some of the comments above may have valid points but let's get real here. If you are online telling someone to go kill themselves, you probably should be arrested for harassment. That's no joke.

  14. bee says:
    Sun, 31st Jul 201111:52 am 

    I personally love College Candy, and although I find some articles more interesting than others I have never been offended. I have never found an article written in good humor to be "distasteful". People who don't like the articles can easily press the little X and be done with it, easy!!
    Haters gonna hate.

  15. Megan says:
    Sun, 31st Jul 20113:24 pm 

    I dont know why so many people hate on college candy in these comments..
    Suggestion: Don't read it if you hate so much. Go find yourself another blog that meets your "standards"

  16. UnpopularOpinion says:
    Sun, 31st Jul 20114:51 pm 

    In my opinion, this isn't "Let's take a look at all the crazies we get!"

    CollegeCandy sort of sucks. The articles are superficial, not researched and incredibly biased. You have a limited perspective on everything and frankly, some of the things you say are insulting.

    But I tolerate it, I don't let it get to me that this site is, well, how it is. But this is too far. This post is saying "Here are all those opinions that we got that we don't like – see how stupid they are?"

    I love a lot of your articles, and this site does make me laugh (and I love a ton of your facebook stuff) but this is too far.

  17. Erin says:
    Sun, 31st Jul 20114:57 pm 

    I think commenting on Amy Winehouse's death was inappropriate. Or using the word "retard" or any racially inappropriate comments. Examples of this on College Candy have usually been posted and then once CC sees the negative comments on it, they will remove the inappropriate posts. But I think the comments are necessary because they posted them in the first place.

  18. Kate says:
    Sun, 31st Jul 20118:48 pm 

    Spoiled Princesses Unite!

  19. Leiya says:
    Sun, 31st Jul 201110:14 pm 

    My favorite comments are the ones who post serious feedback on posts that are entirely meant to be humorous. The inaccurate "facts" and untrue statements about some of the people or subjects posted about on here are meant to be exaggerated for humorous purposes…

    …As someone writes a serious reply about how those statements aren't true or accurate.

    The irony is astounding!

  20. Savannah says:
    Sun, 31st Jul 201110:53 pm 

    Being blunt and being rude is a fine line.

  21. paige says:
    Fri, 5th Aug 20118:57 am 

    The 'virus' refers to the fucking pop-ups on every page of this website :L

  22. Mel says:
    Sun, 7th Aug 20114:24 pm 

    I don't think a lot of people mean to intentionally read college candy. I think I actually found out about it through one of those article scrolling things on AOL or something (I think it was an article about Megan Fox being over-rated or something?). So, really, they probably have no attachment to the blog what-so-ever–especially the one-time commenters.

    Now the people you REALLY have to say "find yourself another blog" to are those trolls. But they're not going to do that. Because they're trolls. Unfortuneately, everyone responds to trolls on this site. All. The freaking. Time.

  23. Mel says:
    Sun, 7th Aug 20114:46 pm 

    1. To the starbucks hipster comment guy: Obviously you drink starbucks. You drink it so you can complain. Because that's how hipsters are. :P Plus, the guy is a troll. Lol. (And FRAPPES are the only delicious thing there. DUH. :P )

    2. The anorexia comment… you probably should have directed them to somewhere where they can get help–not another article of yours on good food to eat. Like http://www.anad.org/. Or their school counselor. Or that they need to talk to someone to get the help they need. (Granted they say if people admit they have an eating disorder, they don't actually have one–thus this person was probably a troll (I've been saying that a lot, I think) , but just in case….) This is a possible serious issue that isn't being treated as seriously as it should be.

    3. Sometimes you guys DO have some serious problems getting your facts checked. If your only response is that your site would be boring if you only have polite people, you already have a problem on your hands. People are not asking you to be polite. They're just asking you to check your facts. It doesn't happen in every article, but

    4. THERE ARE TROLLS ON YOUR SITE ("This post has got to be a joke")!!! STOP RESPONDING TO THEM. You're only feeding the fire!

    5. The Asperger's comment? I'll be you anything he was talking about other rude comments because sometimes the people who comment are OUT of CONTROL. :P

    5. There's a pop-up ad that pops up whenever you just *click* on a college candy page. I got one just from clicking this page. It just has two "buttons": One that says "Download now" and one that says something that I forget. It's a complete BS ad that looks nothing like anything you would WANT to download– but I guess people actually click it.

  24. lorraine says:
    Tue, 16th Aug 201111:05 pm 

    I know why this happens. A lot of people especially maybe women are being threatened and made rude comments it's because there are a lot more haters out there who are jealous about it. I know a lot have been offended but hey jealous women are always on the go and dealing with them would just make things more way out of the line. So just don't mind them instead if you are a blogger just keep doing on what makes you happy. Jealousy is the thing but don't let it ruin you!

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