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Discussion on: Negative Comments and the Art of Not Letting the Bastards Get You Down

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Ben Sinclair

"if I just get used to it, I'll stop caring." Becoming more famous, followed, or respected doesn't magically stop the titular bastards and their negative comments from bothering you.

I think this is conflating concerns. Getting used to it and getting popularity are, well, not completely unrelated, but not very much related. The more popular you are, the more negative comments you'll attract, but I'm not going to guess whether the percentage will increase or not.

I get occasional negative comments on things I post - here and elsewhere - and they don't particularly bother me. They used to when I was younger, so you could safely say that I've gotten used to it and stopped caring. At the same time, I've not really become any more popular than I was 20 years ago. In fact it's possible that's a better relationship!

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Erik Dietrich

I'd say popularity pretty directly correlates to comment volume, and thus practice. There's a pretty steady engagement rate across content, so engagements (e.g. comments) are directly proportional to content views.