I, of all people, should know what it feels like to be unappreciated for our voluntary effort. We may do it out of our own free will, but some feedback every now and then (good or bad), will do wonders to our motivation. We don't ask for monetary reward or 'datukship' for the hard work. What we need is just some comments, any remarks to give us a sense of direction. Whether what we're doing is on the right track, or we may need to do little changes to improve things, etc. It is after all, hoped to be beneficial to everyone in our target group. But to face a complete silence is very deafening.
Thus, I feel the bloggers being put under the 'elite' limelight (the backbone behind PPS) by some person(s) shouldn't feel slighted in any way with comments on PPS. Any response, feedback, comments is better than none at all. Take it as a sincere comment for wanting to improve PPS for the better. Though 'better' can be very subjective to different people but is it not the intention that counts. While I'm deafened by the very loud silence in one of my forced voluntary undertakings, may PPS become the staple of Malaysian bloggers just like it becomes mine.
Sunflower gives the connotation of cheerfulness, bright, jolly, merry... you get the idea! However, if any content in this blog didn't fit the cheerfulness implied by its name, look at it this way... I'm putting down all the wretchedness, gloom, melancholy feeling in here so I can continue living up to the expectation of making the association to the sunflower.
3 comments:
hi,this is anthony,
u website wants me to register with blog.com, i have allready my own website www.20six.co.uk/gametes69 so not wish to get another. however, i do not wish to just remain an anonymous commenter, so i am identifying myself.
ur comments about feedback on voluntary work is interesting.
what if the feedback is negative, will it make the volunteer feel worse? maybe feedback should be viewed as information, to adjust what u are doing.
with pps, they will get an idea of how popular it is by the numbers posting their weblog on it. if only a few post, they may have to invite others to do so and make that invitation prominent in their heading.
i understand pps was very popular at one time, even i was posting on it, till it suddenly went pear shape, and everything was wiped out. i guess now they have to regain the clientale again. i am sure we will all come back, once they iron out the glinches.
pps remains an excellent way to let other malaysians know of our postings in our weblogs to get a wider audience and fun out of it.
hi anthony,
you're right. as a human being, we'll definitely feel worse if we get negative feedback after our hardwork. what we do may not be perfect, but we're not paid for it so those giving comments should take this into consideration before giving their comments. however, any feedback is better than none at all. otherwise, we'll wonder whether we have any audience at all.
i remembered visiting your website, obviously thru pings sent to pps. so keep pinging now that pps is back.
Negative comments does not equate to constructive criticism. I think most people can handle constructive criticism. At the end of the day, delivery is important. It pays to criticise in a polite manner, minus name-calling etc...
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