Gather 'Round People

"Victorious Secret" (victorioussecret)
10/27/2013 at 11:31 • Filed to: None

I've got a story to tell. Or a tale. Or a tall tale.

Fuck you, its still early morning I'm allowed to mumble.

Okay, here we go:

I know we all want to make the list of "Nick Denton's Most Favoured Writer" and in the pursuit of that we put up some brilliant things that do make me want to dust off the old Moleskin, grab a venti triple shot of some drink you don't know about, and whip out the fountain pen to scribe some awesome things.

I think its good. When we come up with great content, it only encourages everyone to come back and engage and produce even more, its a nice cycle. Sure, we might stay for the company and rampant dick pics but its the content that got us here in the first place and at least for me, seeing some good articles makes me want to prolong my stay.

But we do need to have some sort of mutual understanding on how to go about it, and how not to turn all of Oppositelock against you because you're being crazy. The throne of crazy is currently occupied by Spiegel and unless someone kills him and presents his head, that is how it will stay.

Do not make point blank flame bait articles. Just don't. If you're going to turn Oppositelock into a shit show, kindly piss off and make your own Wordpress blog. We don't need loaded 'articles' filled with misinformation and generalizations and piss poor research here.

Do not get defensive when people call you out for your nonsense or poor writing. We all get that. Do any of you realize how much shit I STILL get for my photography? I don't pack up, dismiss everyone and take my camera home. I man up and deal with it. For the most part no one here wants you to give up, we just want you to produce something GREAT.

Not something that is factually full of shit and creates a flame show amongst us. That isn't cool.There is a fine line between beautiful debate that gets everyone going and sheer horeseshit that just pisses people off. Figure out how not to go into the latter.

And for the love of god, don't ask Oppo for writing advice. I know we have some good writers here but please, go read a book. Watch some YouTube videos. Go to your college/university campus and ask one of your centre for writers to give assistance (hell that bit is even free!)

If you truly want to write to a point where Mr. Denton is giving you handsies under the table because of all the page views you bring in, be serious about it. You're going to get abused, you're going to get a lot of shit and you will probably want to give up. Its as much your writing as it is your ability to handle criticism and move on.

Wait, why am I writing this here? This will get lost in the midst of carporn, regular porn, Spiegel porn and porn porn.

As you all were.

DISCUSSION (20)

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Victorious Secret
10/27/2013 at 11:35

BUT BUT BUT

Kinja'd!!!

Victorious Secret > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman
10/27/2013 at 11:36

Fuck you rape sloth.

Kinja'd!!!

Nibby > Victorious Secret
10/27/2013 at 11:44

I'd send you an Aston Martin Rapide for writing this if I could.

desertdog5051 > Victorious Secret
10/27/2013 at 11:44

Well put, sir. I do think we have a much better audience than most sites. Far less hate and a willingness to just let stupid be stupid with minimal intervention. We all know that an idiot is not going to change just because we criticize said idiocy.

I have made some gaffes and was notified of it, as most of us have. I do not dismiss critics. I do not believe in trying to hide my mistakes.

But, all in all, this site definitely has some content with well thought out writing that keeps me coming back. As you were.

Victorious Secret > Nibby
10/27/2013 at 11:45

Don't tempt me so Nibby :(

POD > Victorious Secret
10/27/2013 at 11:45

STILL get?

Photographers will always get shit. Someone will think they can do it better and bitch about some aspect of your work. Just how it goes I guess. My processing is polarizing. Some people love it, some people hate it. To both I say thanks, smile, and do whatever the hell I was going to do anyway.

Now, I obviously missed some sort of happening here. Was there a rash of bat-shit crazy recently?