I generally don?t write on such topics but today after reading a review on this one, I thought I would put in my thoughts on the same as well.
First things first, I believe MS is a wonderful medium that we all have, not just to share our opinions with others who care for it but also to make some great friends. Trust me people who hate MS or the people here, either you haven?t understood the concept as yet or there is something wrong in your thinking senses.
Faisal needs to be complemented for coming up with such a unique concept like MS and what makes this place so special is the presence of so many wonderful people out there who are not only good writers but also very special people in their daily lives.
It is only when some people do something stupid to grab attention or defile the unsaid code of conduct here that the site loses some of its sheen and it hurts me as someone who has been on MS and has enjoyed every moment of my stay here.
Well coming back to the topic, I think it is not the right topic and we don?t have the skills or the requisites to take upon us the task of judging people. We can like or not like the way things are written or sometimes we may not like the things or stuff that is being reviewed but that doesn?t make the reviewer a vile person, it really doesn?t. We all need to appreciate the inherent goodness of all of us here. I know it is sounding like a sabbatical or something, but then it hurts when we start judging people and forming opinions.
We all have our own follies, we might want to think that we are the best people on earth but hey believe me you, no one of is complete or full by them. It?s the people whom we interact with, the people who read and rate our writings who make us complete here. It is one thing to be critical and another to be vitriolic and I believe this topic is an incentive for some people out there to be the latter. Please refrain from that, it doesn?t behoove people who are educated and smart enough to be on this site to be sucked in by the temptation to bash up someone and begrudge.
Lets see if I can try and pin point the worst kind of writers here on MS and not individuals because I am not the one to take names and neither do I think I have the talent or capacity to be a judge on such matters.
The confused souls is that breed of writers who would write anything and everything even if it means that they talk about Indian cricket team in a review which is meant to talk about Pete Sampras and his game. I have seen and read reviews, which make no sense with the topic, which make no sense with the way they flow and it really is a waste when someone tries and justifies himself/herself in the comments section when you complain about it. But then at the same time it doesn?t make the person writing such reviews a bad person, its just bad writing something which is not really desirable on MS. I mean we all keep growing as we write but then why write totally balder dash?
The pretenders the gene of people who would masquerade as they are the best thing to happen to the world of words and they would try and push in their trash in your face in the name of honest work. I know it takes a lot of effort to write something original but then we all should be mature enough to accept our mistakes when people who know their stuff point them out, after all we learn from our mistakes and honest criticisms right? I have seen people reacting so wildly when their follies are pointed out that it feels as if they were choked of their lifeblood. Guys please grow up and are ready to take some stick when you do something, which is not good.
The attention-hungry creed that?s the stupidest of them all , I can tell you. They would try and sensationalize what they write by taking up topics, which have emotional people, or worst they would target individuals in order to be hot selling. They would take up topics like religion and give it a negative color or they would write in a language, which is foul and reflects their own depraved state of mind. I mean we all have our right to criticize but hey then at what cost? We can?t stoop so such low levels can we that we end up making a fool of ourselves? Please let us all refrain from this vile form of writing.
The empty headed ones hmm now what to speak about this breed. They would start a review but then I believe they are not willing to take the pain of putting in enough content to make it worthwhile. They would just try and put in anything to complete the minimum words quota, they would put stupid things and make it up. I mean guys when we are writing about something at least lets try and put in enough content that its worth the effort and time of the reader. It should at least have some information; something to write home about, I think the reader deserves that much respect from all of us as writers.
Strictly on a lighter vein this is the gene of writers who write so brilliantly that it makes the others work feel so small in comparison to theirs. God lets have an equalization of opportunity kind of a system here, lol, so that useless writers like me stand a chance. I mean people would flock to their reviews while the other poor writers are left high and dry for want of people who can appreciate their works. Hey now come on, this is just an appeal ok now don?t get going asking for my head, all you wonderful writers out there.
I apologize if my review sounds like a sermon or something, I just put in my views on what I felt. I would love to read your thoughts on the same and please don?t be miser with your opinions, suggestions. Give me anything, bouquets or brickbats, I will take both with the same glee.