Question for Poets?

Question

Do you also find it rude when say for in my example:

I posted some poems on this site and then this chick comes along and without my permission edits all my bad grammar, punctuation etc and then leaves a comment saying I should change these words to something else when they are perfectly fine the way they are.

Do you think that's rude?

I've put her and other jerks on ignore who actually wrote scathing remarks incase you're wondering.

The site isn't poetry related but it has a poetry section.
GaiaOnline.com
It was more my grammar and punctuation which I have gone over alot that she whined about.

Thanks for the support so far everyone.
I forgot to mention that my spelling is fine and that she moaned over that as well.

Answer 1

You just do what you do, sweetie. Keep writing and don't get discouraged by anyone. For every hater out there, there are plenty of people who will support and appreciate your work. Do it for YOU!!

Answer 2

Well, it depends on what site it is on. Some of the poetry sites I submitted to a few years ago where for precisely that purpose. If you are putting your work on a site like that generally the whole purpose is for feedback, whether it is good or bad. I would personally try to at least see what they were saying about it because in many times, especially with poetry we are too personal with our works and get easily insulted when someone comes and edits our works. I've had my works edited and while it hurts and i feel like it is changing my meaning the reality is that it was for the best. I have found that i thought something was perfect but then when someone else came along they didn't understand what i was aiming for or that the work was completely unreadable. If you were planning on putting your work up to get it showcased and oohed and ahhed i would say that the online places really aren't for that. I don't know what the girl said and it could have been genuinely rude, but trust me, it can't be any ruder than your real life editor if you ever went to be published. Take the criticism and use it to your advantage to build yourself as an artist.

Answer 3

It depends on the purpose of the site, if it's a workshop site than people believe you want feedback to strengthen the poem. It also depends on the tone she used when doing it. So, yes it can be rude, and sometimes no it isn't.

It really depends on the nature of the site and how she phrased her feedback. Though, in some cases even rude feedback can help you. It at the very minimum gives you one reader's reaction that they really disliked the poem (we all get that from time to time). You can chose to agree or disagree. Keep whatever you want and ignore whatever you want. I don't block for those reasons--as long as they focus on the poem's merit, and don't start getting abusive with me personally.

Just my opinions.

Answer 4

everybody has different oppinions about good poetry. l know l spell alot of words wrong and don't always have my punctuations in the right place, sometimes l do need a good editor. but l someone tries to change the poem and it's meaning that is very insulting.

Answer 5

some people are just ignorant, and feel the need to "one-up" you one way or another. i must admit, a few typos too many and it may slightly alter my opinion of what i'm reading. there will always be someone somewhere who doesn't like what you are doing, but you have to know that more people enjoy it. but overall, the content and the feeling you take from it is what matters, not the fact you may have forgotten to run spellcheck.

Answer 6

I'd say it's deffinitly rude.
It's one thing if you make it clear that you want comments like that, but totally different if someone does it out of the blue. It's happened to me before too though, so i wouldnt worry about it too much.

Answer 7

Rude.