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Regardless of the topic of a blog, all bloggers face the potential for situations in which others do not approve of their blog. Although this type of reaction is popular with blogs focused on political or controversial issues, bloggers who maintain a personal blog might also face disapproval from those who do not approve of the bloggers choices in life.

Dealing with Negative Comments on Your Blog

Negative comments posted on a blog are among the most common forms of disapproval a blog may receive. These comments might be posted in response to a particular post or might be posted as an objection to the blog as a whole. These negative comments may be very troubling to the blogger but fortunately there are some methods for dealing with these comments.

Bloggers who are concerned that negative comments could influence other readers have a couple of options for addressing these negative comments. One method to do this is to set the blog to not allow comments. This will in effect eliminate the comments but it will also eliminate comments from supporters of the blog as well. A different option a blogger has is to simply delete the negative comments as they find them. This is not a particularly effective method because other readers may have time to read the comments before they are deleted. Bloggers who are online often and are not concerned about negative comments appearing on the blog for a short period of time may employ this method. Another method of dealing with negative comments includes rebutting these comments on the blog. There is also the option of banning visitors who are leaving negative comments from making future comments. Finally, probably the best option is to employ moderation of comments before allowing the comments to appear on the blog.

Dealing with Criticism from Friends and Family Members

Bloggers may also face criticism from friends and family members for the content of their blogs. Friends and family members might not use the comment section to express their disapproval but may express their fears directly to the blogger in person, via telephone or via email. This can be a difficult situation for bloggers because they may be torn between preserving the blog according to their vision and keeping their friends and family happy. In a lot of cases friends and family members may object to a blog because they consider it to be potentially harmful to the blogger or because they are worried about how the blog will reflect on them. In these delicate situations the blogger has the option to either delete or modify the blog or to speak to the friends and family members to explain their feelings without making changes to the blog.

When Blogging can Cause Legal Problems

Bloggers should be aware there are some situations in which their blog could cause legal problems. Making statements about another person which are untrue and defamatory could result in the subject of the post seeking retribution for libel. Other posts could also be found to be illegal for a wide variety of reasons. Bloggers may assume freedom of speech laws protect them fully but there may be situations in which the statements on a blog are not protected under freedom of speech laws and the blogger faces legal ramifications for his postings. Blogging which violates the copyright laws of another can also cause legal problems. The blogger should do everything in their power to ensure that anything they post complies with the necessary legal requirements in order to avoid any legal problems. Should they arise the blogger should deal with them as quickly and efficiently as possible in order to limit the damage.

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