Catherine Morgan’s Blogs Stay On Top In Tags. Anyone Else Upset?
Posted by The Critic on February 4, 2007
Does this picture look familiar to you? 
What’s up with this wordpress? I want to know why Catherine Morgan’s Blogs are stuck on the front page in wordpress tags regardless of how long ago they have been posted?
I don’t want to sound like a whiner here but wordpress you need to fix this and bring it to an end. I watch others post go down the line in minutes, but not for Catherine Morgan and all of her blogs. Her topics can be days and even weeks old yet they stay on the front page in tag searches.
This is not necessarily a stab at you Catherine see this example here of another. You may not know why its happening. But um, well, um, its working with all your different blogs so maybe you are doing something you shouldn’t be. Only you know!
To those reading, I think its time this comes to a halt. What are your opinions?
grey clay said
Yes, that picture seems nearly ubiquitous. I figured she must be extemely prolific and extremely popular (I’m quite new at all of this), so I didn’t think to check out the posting dates. I’ll start.
The Critic said
It has nothing to do with popularity or even close.. Its suppose to go by the date and time posted… Her blogs are fairly new actually.
inel said
Yesterday I discovered by accident how to make my own posts get to the top of the list. I meant to tag my post “Nature” and then, when I checked today, I noticed I had clicked on “Nativity” instead! (It was about a polar bear — nothing to do with Christmas. Ahem!) So, I removed “Nativity” and added “Nature” to my polar bear post, and my post went to the top of the “Nature” list, even though it was older than the other posts.
That seems to explain how some people can have things that are three months old and get them to the top of the list: the sequence is simply the order of posts published with that tag, instead of using the date stamped order of posts published with that tag, if you see what I mean.
To get a post tagged with “Politics” to stay at the top of the list “Politics”, for example, you just need to keep an eye on whenever your post has been superseded by a dozen or so posts and then decide to republish your post without the tag “Politics” and republish again with the tag “Politics” and you will be at the top.
I tried that trick with a few of my old posts and it worked. I think WordPress should fix this, or perhaps offer us the chance to sort by date and relevance …
inel said
P.S. I just moved my polar bear to the top slot (not the top blog) by delete-publish and add-publish on the “Nature” tag to show you
The Critic said
To get a post tagged with “Politics” to stay at the top of the list “Politics”, for example, you just need to keep an eye on whenever your post has been superseded by a dozen or so posts and then decide to republish your post without the tag “Politics” and republish again with the tag “Politics” and you will be at the top.
Bingo!!! But is this ethical? Is this what we want from wordpress? Do we want to create this kind of mess from abusive users? It will only get worse as others figure out what they can or cant do..Fix it wordpress.
inel said
The ethics are to do with the way people understand and use the system as it is designed and deployed. The system could possible be designed and deployed to prevent people from abusing it in an unethical way. WordPress is not being unethical. Users may simply be taking advantage of this “design feature” … which, after all, is a handy feature for those who have worked it out
The Critic said
I didn’t mean to come across as saying wordpress was being unethical. Not at all. I meant it was unethical and abuse in my opinion by users and wordpress needs to fix the problem so people can no longer do this. It will only get worse if not corrected.
Make since?
inel said
Sense? Absolutely. I did not think for one moment that you were suggesting that WordPress was being unethical. I was just stating the obvious for the people who seem to need the obvious to be pointed out to them. (That seems to be the way to write comments: with belts-and-braces these days.)
Yes, it can only get worse if not addressed—just like global warming! The longer it is left unattended, the worse the situation that will have to be dealt with in the end.
So, should I write to WordPress, or would you like to? You are welcome to use my example/explanation and see what they make of it.
The Critic said
I think you I and everyone else should write to them. Send them this link I dont care.
Thanks for correcting my spelling error. I will have to be more careful, I’m a critic for heavens sake I can’t be making those kind of mistakes. lol
inel said
OK. Support is closed for the weekend. I shall inform them tomorrow. I don’t think there is any need for anyone else to write to them: WordPress Support have always been very responsive to comments, so I would give them time to assess this and decide how to proceed …
JanieBelle said
I don’t know, but there is another possible explanation.
When I first came to WordPress, I imported over 300 posts from my old Blogger blog. When I went back through them all and tagged them, they of course went straight to the top of the category pages, and my avatar was rather ubiquitous for some time.
Someone did mention that her blogs are rather new, and I thought I’d mention that.
eXtraverse said
…I discovered to my surprise that all one has to do to be a featured blogger within a category was to either…be the first to create the category…or be its most frequent contributor…on the one hand I really don’t mind being featured…but would prefer if it was determined by merit and not quantity…on the other hand..I do mind when it can appear as if I consider myself some kind of self proclaimed expert…[especially when I don't]
Blogging has a lot to do with human life and nature..and as we all know…a lot of idiots prowl our beautiful world…to say that theres one born every minute is an understatement.. especially when considering disposable blog identities created specifically to mess with other bloggers for whatever reason…so we can see various agencies, networks and well… losers…at work here..transparently or otherwise..like petty nationalists.. and religious extremists.. partisan politics etc…all playing a part in this phenomena…sooo …I have noted Samantha’s prolific postings..and find their presence in the lists no more irritating than any other serial didact with some sort of vague personal or oollective agenda..I will say though that the schoolmarm tone of most of her postings has ensured thus far that I have not read any of them
Catherine Morgan said
Hello everyone. I am Catherine. I must say I was quite surprised and taken back by this post. I also feel a bit singled out. It seems many people on WordPress, are putting older posts up, and I in no way believed I was doing anything wrong. I created my WordPress blogs as a “forum” style site, I am looking for people to give their opinions on certain topics. For that reason, I take them off a category for a while, and then put them back.
As far as the “blog critic”, the creator of this post, ” Helping Bloggers Succeed And Critiquing Some Blogs Along The Way”….I would suggest that you have not been a help to me, and as a new blogger, it would have been nice, if you had been. Did you even consider, going to my blogs and posting a comment, in regards to your feelings on this subject (of seeing my face too much)???? I would be open to constructive “criticism” of my blog….if that is what you are doing…but just being mean, because you see my face too much…..seems a bit disrespectful.
It seems to me that if WordPress didn’t want people to be able to re-post, they would make it so they can’t. I happen to be suffering from a medical disability, and I am unable to work. For the last few weeks, I have been feeling like I am contributing to society in some way, and working to perfect my writing at the same time, by working hard on my blogs. Of all the hundreds of comments I have gotten on my blogs, even people who blatantly disagreed with me, still gave me more respect then I have gotten form you, “blog critic”.
I would just like to thank you for making me feel even more worthless, than I already had, being someone unable to provide for my family. However, I will brush myself off, and not let you discourage me. I think what I am putting out there is helpful, and others agree. You should be ashamed of yourself. There is a huge difference between being a “critic” and just being unkind. I would venture a guess, that you haven’t even read my blog…..since your post implies you are just sick of seeing my face.
My political blog is at:
http://informedvoters.wordpress.com/
I also have BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN YOURSELF at
http://catherinemarie.wordpress.com/
And, a site for women at:
http://women4hope.wordpress.com/
I have worked very hard at each of these sites, and I have no experience with blogging at all. WordPress, has made it easy for me to learn….(between my three blogs, I have almost 6,000 hits, and hundreds of comments)…and until THEY (WordPress) tell me I have to stop blogging, I will continue.
Catherine Morgan said
I thought this post would be something you might want to read….maybe you should consider it.
ONLY KINDNESS MATTERS — by Catherine Morgan
Jewel has a song, and in it she sings….”In the end, only kindness matters”. Those are very profound words. I would even say, that these are words to live your life by. Because, it is so true. In the grand scheme of things, we are here on earth only a very short time. Many of us spend much of this time being angry at people, making judgements on others, and generally just not being as kind as we should be. So, the question then becomes….How can we change that? How can we live a more kind life?
Well I think, that like everything else we can’t be too hard on ourselves. After-all, we live in a harsh world, where many times people are not even being very kind to us. But, that’s no excuse either. Remember when our mom’s told us, “treat others the way you would want them to treat you”. Well it seems that, somewhere between kindergarten and junior high, most of us forget this little bit of wisdom. But, I say we bring it back. Don’t get panicked, I’m not suggesting anything radical. But, maybe just some baby-steps in the right direction.
The first thing we need to do is be conscious of our thoughts and reactions towards people. This is important because, if we recognize the times we could have chosen kindness over judgement, we find our opportunities to make a change.
Second, begin actively making attempts during your day to choose to be kind to those around you. Do this in random acts of kindness, as well as in the choices you make with the people in your everyday life.
Third, notice if your kindness is rubbing off on the people around you. Are others treating you more kindly? Are others treating others more kindly? It is surprising how positive energy can radiate all around you, and affect all those around you.
Forth, reflect or journal on how choosing kindness is making a difference in your life.
Well, that’s it. Now, just go for it. And remember, IN THE END…ONLY KINDNESS MATTERS.
extraverse said
she’s right ya know…and if we play our cards right…she’ll make us all famous :]
Smiley said
Who cares? Don’t you have more important things to worry about? Like actually writing something of substance? How petty!
Smiley said
And I’ll take a pass on being critiqued thank you very much. I have enough things to worry about than an ego-maniac, sheesh! Show me credentials where you are worthy to critique anything
timethief said
@Catherine,
I have already made it clear to you by way of email that I stand with the Blog Critic on this one. Having given you that advantage I will now share my position publicly.
It is shameful that you have been caught “gaming” the wordpress.com category/tag page system. Gaming the system to put your own posts on top was not an act of kindness towards the other bloggers and no amount of sugar-coated schlock can hide the fact from any sane and balanced mind.
The unethical re-publication of posts to guarantee yours are always on top of the wordpress.com category tag pages can quickly render you a bottom of the barrel person at wordpress.com. And your noteriety is bound to spread like cancer, unless you stop.
More shameful still is that in response to being apprehended as a bad actor, rather than expressing remorse you have had the audacity to do a phony little kindness dance here on this blog, and expect us to applaud your abuse of the system and of your fellow bloggers – your abuse of us – your victims.
One doesn’t have to be a psychologist to recognize the kind of behaviour you have manifested, as well as, your unrepentant attitude are textbook symptoms of a passive aggressive manipulation disorder triggered by competitiveness and clothed in self-deception.
You need immediate treatment for what ails you Catherine. You need counseling to address and treat your addiction to acting like a phony baloney victim, when in fact you are a clever and cunning abuser.
Please stop the behavior and stop kidding yourself about your motivation. Your competitiveness is unhealthy and your remonstrations ring hollow.
Stop being a little fox who spoils the grapes before a lioness is forced to take you out with one lethal swat.
Timethief
The Critic said
Catherine this topics is not about kindness or the lack thereof. Whether or not you believe kindness is all that matters is irrelevant. I believe there are many other things that matter.
What you find to be kind could be rather rude to others. Example: Your apparent abuse of the wordpress system!
Smiley said
I do have a question for you though? Why are you assuming this is abuse of users? I am a perfectionist and constantly making corrections to previous entries. It never dawned on me that it put me at the top of the list. Nor do I care! I’m not blogging to be the most popular blogger! I’ve got my network of friends. I’m open to making more, but I’m not looking (ever) to see where I am in the rankings of postings! My Goodness – GET A LIFE!!!!!
Catherine Morgan said
As I am new to blogging, I did not even realize that it was not o.k. to re-post…..I only found out I could do it by seeing others doing the same thing. I am basically learning as I go along. If this was considered disrespectful to other bloggers, someone could have very easily contacted me thru a comment on one of my blogs.
Smiley said
Catherine, don’t put yourself that you feel that you need to justify yourself!!!! These people are claiming to help WordPress along. How exactly have they helped you or any of us? I’m disgusted! Who are these people making these sweeping judgments about your character??????? Inciting distrust and paranoia over something which could easily be viewed from a much more optimistic angle! SHEESH!!!!
The Critic said
Smiley,
I’m’ not assuming anything. It is abuse!
Making a correction to a previous entry does not put your blog back up on top. You need to re-evaluate what is being said here.
I suggest that you re-read everything above before you decide to tell me to get a life again. Your missing the entire point of this topic.
Smiley said
No I’m not missing the point. Wasting time over this kind of petty stuff is worthy of telling someone to get a life!!!!!!! Do you have anything positive to offer? Cutting another blogger to pieces is not O.K.!!!!!!
The Critic said
No I didn’t cut anyone to pieces smiley, I simply asked a question.
To further the matter, I “AM” helping other bloggers in regards to this post, so its not a waste of my time as you have stated above.
Bloggers don’t need to be trampled by others by form of abuse, by manipulating post over and over to keep themselves on top. That’s the truth and only the ignorant (buddies) of the abusers could see it any other way.
This will be my last reply to you smiley because continuing to do so “is” a waste of my time.
Smiley said
I don’t care if it’s your last reply. I read everything you wrote, and all the comments. It seems I’m not the only one who was pleading with you for a more optimistic alternative than your view. Then there’s the others who are making snarky comments. Catherine has a very valid point which is that you should have commented on her site, and questioned her there. But you chose to make a spectacle of it. That’s cutting someone to pieces! IT’s NOT O.K. Catherine explained her side of the story, and you and others have basically told her that she needs psychological help. I want you to know that I don’t know you, Catherine, or any of the other commenters on here. I’ve never seen any of you until tonight. But if there is anyone in need of help – I’d say the finger would be pointing directly at you.
Catherine Morgan said
What about replying to me “critic”???? If someone doesn’t know they are doing something wrong, it can’t really be considered abuse. As I said, you only would have had to comment to this affect on one of my blogs, you didn’t have to run a smear campaign agains me.
The Critic said
I did reply to you above Catherine. Again I simply asked a question.
You and your friend are the ones that have decided to make this into a so called smear campaign. “Poor Catherine she just didn’t know”. You already admitted above that you learned how to manipulate the system and you haven’t stopped since.
Catherine Morgan said
“Critic” — I admitted to seeing that other people were “re-posting”, so I did figure out how to do it myself. However, I had no idea that this was something that I wasn’t suppose to be doing. And, I think by now that is very clear to you. It seems you still want to justify yourself….when you really should just be saying you are sorry. You were wrong, for what you did to me. Just because you say something, that doesn’t make it true….for example; the person “Smiley”, who has been sticking up for me. I don’t have any idea who this person is….although, I am very greatful for their support.
The Critic said
I should apologize to you while you take advantage of the system? Now that’s funny, you’ve just showed your true character in that response.
Catherine Morgan said
“Critic” — It actually just accured to me that this blog has only been active since December 31st — but you seem to be well versed on the so-called “abuse” and “manipulation of the system”. Could it be that you are using this site as a way to attack people, without them finding out who you really are?
The Critic said
Yeah you caught me. lol
Catherine Morgan said
“Critic” — I’m not going to keep playing Rosie & Donald with you. It seems clear that you have an “agenda” here. I’m not really sure what it is…..but obviously you have a problem.
Smiley said
Catherine is not my friend. Just another assumption Critic. None of you are my friends. I know none of you. Keep talking, your true colors are shining through
Diane said
I am dismayed at the way this has been handled. The Critic helped me and I was grateful for the suggestions. But this situation goes beyond helpful.
I see it as shameless self promotion at the expense of someone who makes no pretense of being a professional, like you proclaim to be Blog Critic.
Creating conflict is another way of bringing traffic to a blog. I believe Blog Critic you left that one out of your top ten.
You claim innocently to be just asking a question, yet you could have done this behind the scenes, instead you chose to do it publicly. Shame on you. This is not the behavior of a professional.
And if anyone wants to give an arm chair psychoanalysis of me, please read my blog first, I already beat you all to it. And that is also shameless self promotion.
The Critic said
Sorry you feel that way Diane. Keep up the good work your blog looks fantastic.
The Critic said
Ok Catherine,
You have now gone to every single blog that has asked me to critique them and made your own comments in regards to me etc.
You said you know nothing about what you are doing and claim innocents in all you have written above. You write about kindness etc. yet you do the exact opposite. Just like what timethief said above. You are playing a pity game and you got caught, plain and simple. Its not just you Catherine that does this, however you have been the most noticeable of any of the others when it comes to abusing the tag system.
I never created this topic to stir crap up with you or anyone. I want wordpress to fix it so that you and others alike can no longer abuse the system. That’s the only reason this topic was created to begin with.
So by your definition of kindness you have written the following in a post reply on every single blog that has ask for my help.
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Catherine Morgan Says:
February 5th, 2007 at 7:17 p02
Hi. I noticed you asked the blog “critic” to critique your blog. I just thought you should know that this so-called “critic” decided to SLANDER me today in over 60 catagories. With a post called ARE YOU SICK OF SEEING THIS FACE, and a picture of me.
I did not ask her to critique any of my three blogs, infact he/she never even saw my blogs, just my face, with several posts on several catagories. As you know since you have posted on my site, I try to get a lot of feed back and post all comments, and reply to them. That is why I re-post many times. I believe many others do the same thine.
But, that really isn’t the point so much as, you may not want to get involved with such an nasty person such as this. Here is a link to the SLANDER that was posted about me:
http://theblogcritic.wordpress.com/2007/02/04/catherine-morgans-blogs-stay-on-top-in-tags-anyone-else-upset/
Anyway, sorry to bother you about this. I am just very upset that someone would do something so unkind, without even looking at my blogs.
And I don’t think you need a “critic” your site looks great.
Catherine
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I did not say are you sick of this face as you proclaim. I said: “Does this picture look familiar to you?”
Why twist the words? Why not say the whole truth? Why not tell others that when the critic said something to you about this a while back that you deleted the response?
One final note: You might want to read the definition of what “Slander” actually means. You may find out whose really slandering who.
inel said
Here’s what I just wrote to WordPress Support:
The Critic said
Thanks inel for taking up your extra time to write to wordpress. Yes this went way past what I expected and I am not going to continue to attempt to justify my position to those that have no understanding.
JanieBelle said
I was hoping that this incident was an innocent one, like under the circumstances I mentioned above.
Sadly, I was wrong.
I’m disappointed to learn that Catherine was in fact “gaming the system”.
How rude.
Diane said
What?
JanieBelle said
What what?
Which part of that did you find unclear?
Diane said
LOL,it was a rhetorical “what?”
JanieBelle said
Oh Ok. I’m bad at rhetorical questions. I always answer them wrong.
Smiley said
LIke I said hours ago, “Get a Life” 44 comments of spawned out of pettiness. If you could only look outside yourself.
Smiley said
BTW, I’m glad Catherine went to every blog, it serves you right. I think I’ll do the same thing
Smiley said
Janiebelle, whether it’s an innocent act on Catherine’s part or not – once again you’re missing the point. The way all these thoughts and accusations regarding this matter – were handled; is shameless! NO REAL PROFESSIONAL would’ve handled this in this manner. Can’t you guys see that. I want to see your credentials ‘Blog Critic’ Proudly display them for us!
Smiley said
And now you have a picture of catherine under your flikr account? Who do you think your fooling blog critic. This is a witch hunt. Catherine should not be your target, tag abuse should – AND YOU KNOW THAT!!!!!
The Critic said
And now you have a picture of catherine under your flikr account? Who do you think your fooling blog critic. This is a witch hunt. Catherine should not be your target, tag abuse should – AND YOU KNOW THAT!!!!!
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What? Show me were I have a picture of Catherine on my Flick account. I’m asking you to think before you react. That photo on my flickr account is a screenshot of an entire page from worpress’s tag/life I took early this morning. That’s not even the same blogger.
Pay attention and don’t accuse me of stuff you know nothing about. You just keep trying to stir crap up and I don’t know why but you do. If you want to post here ever again then don’t accuse me of something that is a blatant lie.
WordPress is taking care of the matter. So I accomplished my task and for the good of other bloggers.
icanplainlysee said
Hi
You can’t buy this kind of drama.
Catherine, I admit being annoyed seeing days old posts keep floating by owhile using tag surfer.
I admit being annoyed that your responses seem familiar, and not in a good way. There was something familiar about the tone and measured language and now I realize what bothered me.
Everyone knows a passive agressive individual, that clever friend or relative who spins life to meet their needs, who overstates their naievte’ and easily grabs and proclaims victimhood when confronted.
It seems a little obvious that you so sweetly remind others to be kind with a cute post, right after being outed as a manipulator of the system, and frankly a manipulator in general. Judgement is averted when, after all, your sweet as pie and would never harm a fly.
So, I wonder. Am I just glad someone I was personally aggravatd with, and on opposite sides of political issues, is receiving slaps from others?
Or, am I just pleased that I’m not the only one to sense something bigger with this person and happy my own ego and competiveness weren’t the only issue.
Life is hard.
At least leading an honest, fulfilling one is.
Catherine Morgan said
OnLine Bullying
Posted by Patrick Moore
on Mon, Sep 25, 2006, 2:00 am PDT
In England, there is much discussion of the phenomenon of bullying. In fact, the Brits have gone so far as to create a website, Bully OnLine, that details strategies for dealing with bullies at work, at home, on the playground, and even on-line. Looking at the site, I wondered why we so seldom discuss this behavior here in the United States. After all, the U.S. is often accused of acting like a bully on the world stage so perhaps we need to consider that criticism and see if it provides an insight into American culture. As Bully OnLine states, “…bullying is the single most important social issue of today, for the study of bullying provides an opportunity to understand the behaviours which underlie almost all conflict.”
Most of us who spend a significant amount of time in cyberspace are well aware of bullying. Whether in email or on blogs, the anonymity of the Internet can allow us to act on a kind of primal rage that we keep bottled-up in the “real” world. But the anonymity of cyberspace has a positive side as well, especially relating to The Principles. The Principles is not focused on addicts and alcoholics but is based upon the universal ideas behind 12-step programs. In 12-step programs, anonymity can be a powerful tool for allowing people to connect, share information, and dispel isolation. And this can be true online as well.
So I’m of two minds about the venting that takes place on-line. On the one hand, I’m a firm believer that it is always better to be honest and express your feelings. On the other hand, unfocused rage can be very harmful to others if we don’t take responsibility for our actions.
Bully OnLine provides some advice on how to deal with bully postings that I thought might be helpful to those of you who are affected by bullying in cyberspace:
“Many serial bullies are also serial attention-seekers. More than anything else they want attention. It doesn’t matter what type of attention they get, positive or negative, as long as they can provoke someone into paying them attention. It’s like a 2-year-old child throwing a tantrum to get attention from a parent. The best way to treat bullies is to refuse to respond and to refuse to engage them – which they really hate. In other words, do not reply to their postings, and on forums carry on posting without reference to their postings as if they didn’t exist.”
I think we all need to take responsibility for what we say. I acknowledge that I often write provocative pieces and people have every right to respond with all the force of their conviction. But what if we all tried an experiment? When we want to say something provocative or extreme – be it on a blog, in a chat room, or via email – let’s add our real name and where we live. I think we will all feel more responsible and be less likely to bully.
Patrick Moore – Los Angeles, CA
helenl said
Hi Blog Critic, I’d like you to remove me from the list of people who wish to be critiqued. What you did to Catherine was uncalled for.
Catherine Morgan said
“CRITIC” — If your problem is with “TAG ABUSE”….it’s kinda funny that you tagged YOUR rant about me, with no less than EIGHTY-SEVEN “tags”. I would think that would be considered “ABUSE”. At least when I put my posts up, the tags are relevant to the post.
IN CASE ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN THE “CRITIC”s ABUSE, SEE THE TAGS BELOW, SHE ONLY HAS A HANDFUL POSTED TODAY, BUT YESTERDAY THESE WERE THE TAGS ON HER SLANDER OF ME.
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People should know the TRUTH about this so-called “CRITIC”. I wonder if the WORDPRESS.COM people think this type of “personal atttack” on another blogger is acceptable??
The Critic said
No problem helenl.
I would like to ask if you are condoning her actions in this process? If you are then you are also condoning every single user that abuses the system? I’ve said it many times now. I wasn’t pointing just at her. But anyone that reads this knows good and well that she was one of the worst abusers of this system. So I ask you whom should I have pointed out?
When there is a cheater in a simple poker game am I to to keep my mouth shut or point him/her out? I’m a critic. Even though its very hard sometimes I can not and will not be partial to anyone.
BTW your blog looks fine. There’s no need for it to be critiqued, I looked at it when you first asked. You’re doing a great job.
kyramas said
Excuse me, but why have you tagged this post under “DIET” ?
isn’t that irrelevant ?
And to clear things up…
People that abuse the tag system should really try and get a life and a purpose in living it.
The Critic said
Yes is irrelevant Kyramas and thanks for pointing that out to me. I made a mistake and I will fix that now.
helenl said
Blog Critic, I didn’t even know there was a system to be abused or rules to be chaeted against. Where are the Blogger Rules? This is the world wide web, and poeple do pretty much what thet please. My problem is that you singled out Catherine as a “cheater,” when she’s just a newbie blogger. If you don’t like WordPress rules, get a differnt blog. It’s free, and the guys work hard all the time to provide extras. Your actions and tone are anything but invitng.
The Critic said
helenl, of course there are rules from wordpress.com and they directly effect my position in regard to this topic. Did you not notice the immediate response from administration on the topic above this one on the matter?
Do some searches, look at the FAQ, go to the forums, its all there.
I want to be straight forward with you though helenl. It isn’t going to matter what I say to you about it, you are going to be blinded in your view. You, Catherine and Smiley blog on one another’s blogs regularly. You have become somewhat mutual friends and I understand that you 3 would come to the aid of one another. I wouldn’t expect anything less.
With that being said it still doesn’t mean your right or I’m wrong. I am not going to be persuaded by anyone over the matter. I am going to stand by what is right, like it or not.
Newbie? lol
Catherine Morgan said
To anyone interested: Not only has the “critic”, opened another post on this topic on his/her own site. But he/she has continued the “assault” on the forums of WordPress. It seems he/she is using this as an interesting technique for self-promotion…..and at my expense.
You should check it out…..the actual “admin” people, are not supporting this type of smear……although “timetheif” (member/not admin.), is still attacking, as well as some others.
To the people that have been supporting me, even with continued attack from “critic”…..I just want to say, thank you.
Catherine Morgan said
Oh…the topic at the forums is under….WORDPRESS PLEASE STOP THE ABUSE OF OTHERS.
helenl said
Just to set the record straight. I never heard of Catherine until yesterday. I never heard of Smiley until this thread. We’re not friends though we might become friends. We just don’t think calling people names is the way to go about solving (what you perceive as)a problem. It’s not a way to make friends.
The Critic said
Catherine your hurting yourself so badly and you don’t even realize it.
You just keep going and going and going on the matter and you wont stop.
Your poor me attitude is getting ridiculous.
Back in school, I think it was the 5th grade but I’m not sure, some friends and I started spitting spit balls across the room. The teacher looked up and I started giggling. Well, because of my giggle I was labeled as the problem so in return I got in trouble.
Your actions over the last month or so has labeled you. You have brought up your picture so much in prior post here and to others and have acted like I exploited you. No, you made your picture available to everyone. It wouldn’t have mattered if it had been a flower, a car, or whatever.
Because you chose to cheat the wordpress system it (your picture) was seen all the time on the front main tag pages over and over. This is why you were used in my example to start with. See you stood out (the spitball giggle effect) Make sense?
The Critic said
helenl would you kindly show me were I have called anyone a name. That’s not my style.
Catherine Morgan said
“Critic” — How could my actions over the last few months label me…if I have only been on WordPress for about three weeks?? (no need to answer)
You are not a “Critic” you are a “BULLY”.
helenl said
Reply to #63. Comment #54 “When there is a cheater in a simple poker game am I to to keep my mouth shut or point him/her out?” Is calling someone “a cheater” not calling her a name?
The Critic said
helenl as funny as that is I’m going to take the time to answer you.
NO!!! Calling someone that is cheating a cheater is not calling them a name.
Is calling a thief a thief calling them a name?
Is calling a liar a liar calling them a name?
and so on and so on.
Below is the exact quote as you mentioned in my answer to #54
I would like to ask if you are condoning her actions in this process? If
you are then you are also condoning every single user that abuses the system?
I’ve said it many times now. I wasn’t pointing just at her. But anyone that
reads this knows good and well that she was one of the worst abusers of this
system. So I ask you whom should I have pointed out?
When there is a cheater in a simple poker game am I to to keep my mouth shut or point him/her out? I’m a critic. Even though its very hard sometimes I can not and will not be partial to anyone.
Is that all you got? Makes me look terrible doesn’t it. You have to admit that is pretty dang funny. I’m tired you all have worn me out.
Nina said
Oh my fricken gosh!! I can’t believe that this has gone to this degree. You tell the blog critic to get a life? Take a look at yourselves. Have you nothing better to do than spam his blog with your hatred. Are you people truly as dense as you are portraying yourselves to be? I don’t even know who to start with…Catherine? Smiley? Diane? Helen? Easiest route is to go in order of stupidity so I guess I will have to start with Smiley…Ahhhh, I bet you thought I would say Catherine…nope, she is actually the smartest of her three little minions. She has them and everyone else right where she wants them. Sorry but this includes you also Mr/Mrs Blog critic. {I’m not going to do the he/she thing with the blog critic. He will be male from this point forward. If I’m wrong I can be corrected.}
Smiley. I have no idea if you are male or female and truly couldn’t care less. You are a pot stirrer and have an uncontrollable need to be a jerk. You and your 8..6…however many years you claim to be blogging are of no importance to this or any matter as far as I’m concerned. You would benefit tremendously with a little refresher course on reading comprehension. I can’t help but laugh at you every time I read where you are asking him for his credentials. Credentials???? I will assume if he had “credentials” in this sort of thing he would be “wasting his time” somewhere else. Besides it doesn’t appear his post had anything to do with critiquing. Not sure if you noticed that. Last I knew there weren’t any credentials required for pointing out the obvious wrong-doings of others. Oh, I just thought of this. MAYBE he was critiquing wordpress. Now that’s a thought.
Helen. I am soooo sorry Helen. You look like a very nice lady but what was this all about…
“Hi Blog Critic, I’d like you to remove me from the list of people who wish to be critiqued. What you did to Catherine was uncalled for.”
What he did to Catherine? What exactly did he do to Catherine? Please do tell!!!! I think from what I saw Catherine did it to herself he just pointed it out. Is that wrong? What is that old saying..Don’t shoot the messenger?? Why are you shooting him down simply because he exposed what she was doing? Oh yes…he didn’t do it in the proper manner. You complain that he called names yet the same people you hold hands with have called him names continually through their responses. A little double standard there don’t ya think?? Your first response was the beginning of you becoming Catherine’s SECOND little minion. Did you buy her any balloons for her pity party? She really should have balloons.
Diane. Oh Diane. While I have great empathy towards you and the cards you have been dealt {I fostered a teenage girl with a very similar diagnosis as yourself, whom I loved very much} I see your response here to be more of a knee-jerk reaction to Catherine’s responses. I may be wrong but I believe when you read her responses you felt sorry for her. Felt she was a victim and the big mean blog critic hurt her. You came to her defense. Nothing wrong with that but there is something wrong when you criticize a person for simply making and observation and calling it to the attention of other people reading his blog. Maybe instead of feeling sorry for Catherine and her exposure you could go back an read the what he actually wrote to begin with. Don’t read it with Catherine and her issues in your mind read it the same way you would like others to read your writings. I have read your blog on several occasions since first finding you on this blog. You have done a tremendous job with your changes and you are very insightful. To read what you wrote here was disappointing.
Catherine. Enough already with the victim garbage. For being soooo upset about all of this you sure are finding ways to keep it going. You are very intelligent in the way you have managed to divert the attention away from your own wrong-doings by placing yourself as a victim. You are NOT a victim here. You got caught doing something wrong. It was brought to people’s attention and now you are angry. Be angry!! If I had a good thing going and someone exposed me I would be angry also but when you are done being angry take responsibility for your actions and what you yourself created. After all you Catherine are solely responsible for your actions that led to this post being created to begin with. Had you not been doing what you were doing you would have never been mentioned. You will never convince me you are “new” at this. You may be new to blogging but you are not new to the way things work. You are not a stupid person in this regard. You have taken this persons post and used it to your advantage. Just a quick question?? How many other people’s blogs that asked to be critiqued by the blog critic did you tell not to have anything to do with him. Telling them he was nasty and mean. Left a link directed here for further exposure for yourself and your blogs. After a little snooping I found a few from both you and smiley…imagine that!
How anyone can look at any of this and feel she was victimized by the blog critic is beyond me. She did something wrong…was called on it and from this point forward has been posting up a storm saying “look what he did to me”. She is not alone as this is a common practice amongst certain individuals who are absolutely incapable of taking responsibility for their own actions…..sadly it’s easy to get sucked into their trap.
Keep up the good work Blog Critic!! I enjoy reading your posts and look forward to you critiquing mine one day.
BTW…I am anonymous on here purely for the fact that I do not wish to monitor my blog for the next few days deleting crap from Catherine and Smiley.
Smiley said
Your anonymous on here because you are the blog critic. We aren’t stupid people. Why no mention of any of the other commenters who pointed out things wrong about all of this. BTW I’m a 52 year old man
Smiley said
Hey! I did not post that comment, above!
The Critic said
No Smiley,
That wasn’t from me. Actually I was humble by the what the person wrote. Not only hers but 2 others that have posted here and on another topic about how I have aloud this to become so dramatic. Allowing the guilty to become the victim! I have since shut my mouth.
I will however soon be writing a new topic about you! It will show what you don’t want others to know.
I have you blocked from posting here and over 20 of your other blocked postings are tucked away for safe keeping but I allowed this one through so I could reply in truth and that’s what I just did.
You didn’t write that above?
Smiley said
No I did not post the above comment. And yes you did get a lot of comments from me, as did a lot of other people. And that’s because my commenting service was screwed up and no one was getting my messages. It’s documented that I reported the problem and they took care of it just a little while ago. As far as threatening to expose the kind of person I really am. I have no idea what you are talking about, but you are not going to cyberbully me like you did Catherine. This has got to stop, Blog Critic.
Nina said
First of all I would like to ask the blog critic to please please please allow Smiley to continue responding. I have been a little depressed lately and while I hate writing “LOL” that is exactly what he makes me do when I read his responses. Especially the last one!! I bet you are a real kick in the pants smiley..how many other personalities do you have??
This will be in response to the 52 year old male Smiley. Why is it so hard for you to believe that there are people who actually read and understood what the blog critic was saying? His original post was based on the issue of right or wrong. Nothing more. Nothing less. On most issues I see a variety of colors. I am capable of understanding other people’s opinions and points of view and while not always agreeing have the ability to respect. On the issue of right or wrong the only colors in my opinion are black and white. I refuse to feel sorry for Catherine. It was Catherine who made the conscience decision to make sure her posts were at the top of the list for all to see on a regular basis. She wanted to be seen above everyone 24/7!! She manipulated the system in order to do so and in turn was the one the blog critic, myself and many others saw the most. She accomplished what she set out to do. She saw no problem with this until the blog critic called attention to it…wrong kind of attention for Catherine. Now we are to condemn the finger pointer?? Apply that concept to everyday life. Not with co-workers, friends, family, neighbors etc…but with complete strangers you observe who are possibly doing something wrong. Do you approach that person not really having anything factual to back up your accusation or do you discuss the issue with others and get their opinions? This could have worked completely opposite. There could have been a purely innocent explanation to why this was happening. In that case he would have owed her an apology and moved on. Had he not apologized publicly I would be defending Catherine instead of him at this time…right VS wrong.
Now before you go back to the rant about him using her picture remember this…Her self-serving actions are what got HER picture put in the blog critic’s post.
Smiley said
Nina, I don’t have discussions with people who don’t leave a link where I can respond back to them
Nina said
“Nina, I don’t have discussions with people who don’t leave a link where I can respond back to them”
And what he really means to say is…
Nina, I don’t have discussions with people who don’t leave a link where Catherine and I can go to spread our hate and discontent for the blog critic and people who support him.
Talk about getting a life!!
Anon said
How is Catherine abusing the tag system when you yourself have more tags on a single post than any other blogger I’ve ever seen? Pot calling the kettle black I see.
inel said
To Anon,
WordPress have responded to the concern and the matter has been resolved.
Prior to this concern being raised it appeared it was possible for a user to manipulate tags in order to maintain a presence for his or her post at or near the top of the first page in a tag stream, instead of allowing his or her post to flow downstream naturally as new posts were added by others.
As Mark of WordPress explained, the improved operation means:
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