What would prompt you to leave a mean comment on someone’s blog? Did they make you mad? Maybe something they wrote upset you and you wanted to set them straight? Okay I get it….I have left some passionate comments on a blog before, but never have I personally attacked the writer or left a nasty comment.

I was reading an interesting article in the WSJ about a mommy blogger, Heather Armstrong, who “sought therapy to cope with vitriolic posts.” She goes on to say: “The hate mail will invariably happen, and when it does your entire world will crumble around your ears,” she says. In one example, she says a person she thought was a friend posted a comment saying she “wanted to punch me in the face because she hated me so much.” She adds she can understand why “famous people turn to drugs or commit suicide.”

Why the hatred? I think it’s because hurting people, hurt people. We get offended quickly and our defense is to make people feel our pain by trying to hurt them back. So cursing at them or calling them names somehow makes us feel better so we leave our nasty comment, after all we are right and they are wrong. Hurting people hurt people.

I checked out Heather’s blog and unfortunately her posts are closed to comments. I like interacting with bloggers and not being able to just makes the blog seem like a book. I have plenty of books to read…I do think it takes away from the total experience of blogging, but sometimes because of other people, it’s necessary. If you get a chance, read the article….I thought it was interesting.

Do you leave nasty comments on people’s blogs? Has anyone left a mean comment on your blog? What did you do? I haven’t had too many problems, maybe some misunderstandings, but I’ll blog about that later.