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Originally Posted by Hunter Nuttall  Uh-oh, I guess my blogging calibration is off, because I was surprised by the success of Stuff White People Like. Yeah, it's funny, but it's a one-trick pony. I don't see why people would keep going back to it after getting their first laugh.
"Off the top of my head, I can’t think of any highly successful bloggers that don’t have multiple negative rants written about them somewhere. All of them piss people off."
I don't recall seeing any negative rants about Seth Godin or Tim Ferriss (and only a couple about Leo Babauta). It's certainly possible that I just don't know where their critics live. Anyway, I agree that it's usually a bad sign if you're not offending anyone. |
You seem a bit sheltered.
I've seen negative stuff posted about all three of them, especially Tim Ferriss. You can read some of the negative reviews about his book on Amazon for starters.
I'm not saying that successful bloggers intentionally write stuff just to upset people, but if you write enough material about interesting topics, someone will take offense.
Even Eckhart Tolle has plenty of trash talk posted about him online.
Behind the scenes a lot of negative feedback is sent via email too. I had fun at the Hay House authors' dinner sharing stories about what kind of trash we all get. The psychic mediums in particular take it pretty hard.
It makes little difference how nice and genuine you are. Someone will have an issue with it if you write stuff that challenges people.
The worst thing you can possibly do to someone is to raise their awareness of something they aren't ready to face.