I'm putting this fire out right now!
If any of you have read this post before today, you might have noticed some changes…
A few days ago someone who I’ve known at other sites left comments in the post previous to this one. Needless to say the comments were of a personal nature and derogatory towards me and what I am trying to accomplish here. I did something that upon further reflection was an overreaction to the situation, and posted her comments in this post so that I could then comment on them. At the time I felt that I had to respond to what I felt was an unfair assessment of my views, my character, and the choices that I have made as well as the choices that others have tried to make for me.
Upon further reflection I have come to the conclusion that I handled the situation badly. What I should have done was simply delete the comments and take the matter up with her in private instead of making this into a public spat.
Now having said that, allow me to further re-itterate what the aim of this site is…
This site is meant to be a place to support those who are out of work right now, especially if they have been out of work for an extended period of time. This is a place where stories can be told, where information can be exchanged, where people can come to vent if they want to, where people can come to so that they know that they are not alone and that someone understands what they are going through.
This is also a place where people can come to to find something to help them in their job search whether they are tips from posters or products that might give them a leg up in their job search. I myself recently bought a couple of those products through this site, and I plan on making use of them and letting you know how they have worked for me.
Having said that I would also like to make a request to all of you…
If you are someone who has known me from another site and you do decide to comment on a post here, I would ask that you please not make any personal comments about me or anyone else here. A lot of people who come here and to other blogs are already going through enough without having someone else “piling on” the misery from their perspective. Also, I would ask that you not use my real name as this person has done for the following reason…
I do not want a potential employer tracking me down personally through this site as there is a possibility that if I express an opinion that they do not like or agree with it could cost me a job offer. There have been stories all over the media, and we’ve all heard them by now, of people losing jobs because of pictures in their Facebook account, or something they posted on YouTube, or something they wrote on Twitter. I simply do not wish to become another one of those casualties, I cannot afford to have that happen and my wife certainly cannot afford to have that happen.
That is why we have pseudonyms at these places instead of our real names – it’s because some people would try to use what we say here against us back in “the world” and deny us the right to support our families.
So I will ask all of you to respect your fellow poster and to treat them as you yourself would want to be treated.
And from here ever-after, I promise to do the same…
