Meh (BEDA Day 8)

I'm a week into this BEDA project, and I think I'm getting the hang of it. It's becoming a part of my daily routine, just like eating and bathing. I'm really liking it.

I had planned to describe my day at the picnic in this post using a video that I made. But it's taking really long to edit, and I don't think that I'll be able to get it up before midnight. So you'll see it tomorrow.

It's actually not even that late, but it'll take at least an hour and a half to finish editing the video, and uploading long-ish videos on YouTube is a nightmare.

My quick summary of the picnic: Meh. Geneva was there, Gil was not. All went well.

I'm not sure what to write about, so I think I'll make a response to Kristina's BEDA post from yesterday. In it, she talked about hater comments and how she handles them.

I am extremely new to YouTube, so I don't get hater comments yet. But I have changed how I handle seeing hater comments on other people's videos. Over a year ago, if I saw a hater comment, I would normally respond and it would become a big deal. Now I just thumbs-down the comment. After becoming a Nerdfighter, I've learned to deal with really bad hater comments, such as, "Omg your so gay!" I've discovered that there are better ways to express your dislike with a video. If you really care enough about a video to comment on it (whether good or bad), you should write your comment articulately. If you truly want to get your point across, surely you would spend more time creating your argument. But many who leave hater comments simply don't care, and are just waiting to get a response from someone. Anyone, really. If you take your time to attack a poorly thought out and worded comment, you are just giving them what they want and aren't really helping anyone.

By rating down and/or marking comments as spam, you are saving others from reading them. This is a much more beneficial result than just responding to the comment.

That is all.

"Let's go down to nerdfighteria city, where the roads are paved with Peeps and everyone is witty and there are no perverted creeps." - Nerdfighteria Island, Hank Green

-Jess