{"id":2646,"date":"2008-02-23T16:45:18","date_gmt":"2008-02-23T23:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2646"},"modified":"2008-02-23T16:51:05","modified_gmt":"2008-02-23T23:51:05","slug":"will-the-last-one-leaving-bhb-please-turn-out-the-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2646\/will-the-last-one-leaving-bhb-please-turn-out-the-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the last one leaving BHB please turn out the lights?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wait…you’re still here?<\/p>\n

Why?<\/p>\n

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I’m still a blogging outlier. I don’t pay enough attention to my own blog, let alone BHB; I read blogs and love to write, but it’s never been obsessive. I write when I’m inspired, not when I’m on deadline; when I’m short on time I scan enough to get the gist and mostly ignore links. In doing so I occasionally miss the gist entirely. One of the reasons I’m really<\/em> looking forward to Unchained is to learn from those I like and respect to channel the process productively.<\/p>\n

So not until yesterday morning, when I got the feed to Cathleen’s post, did I have any clue as to what was going on in RE.net. Not until this morning did I have a chance to read the more than four hundred comments here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>. I’ve had to go back to the last week’s posts here to put them in proper context. (Russell: My apologies.)<\/p>\n

Whew. As I said in my comment to Teri, people love to be offended; sometimes they wallow in it. (Note: I’m a people, too.) It brings the warm glow of righteousness, especially if it can be shared with fellow travelers. Objections to the contrary, ‘mob’ is a perfectly apt descriptor; “they’re a mob, but I’m thinking on my own” just doesn’t wash. Hiding behind the vitriolic din brings the false feeling of no consequence.<\/p>\n

Since this is all new to me, some observations:<\/p>\n

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  1. I spent more time on Sellsius this morning reading comments than I’ve spent in the entire last year. Ferrara is a terrific writer, and argued his case well, though I’m not sure it’s the case he meant to argue: The genesis is his snit at being locked out of BHB. Whether or not Greg’s post was in fact offensive, that was only a vehicle to unload.<\/li>\n
  2. Everyone else – including Dustin – followed. And Dustin – whose sites I like and read and who I’ll continue to like and read – used an approach that was particularly small. Petulance is never a winning tactic.<\/li>\n
  3. I learned Mike Farmer is a terrific writer as well.<\/li>\n
  4. One of the things Read more<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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I write when I’m inspired, not when I’m on deadline; when I’m short on time I scan enough to get the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[62,29,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2646","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-dirty-laundry","7":"category-group-therapy","8":"category-real-estate","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":742,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/742\/never-show-up-at-somebodys-home-empty-handed\/","url_meta":{"origin":2646,"position":0},"title":"Never show up at someone’s home empty-handed","author":"Dan Green","date":"December 7, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Hello, world. 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