Thursday, February 18, 2016

BEYOND THE BOOKS #5

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN...
BEYOND THE BOOKS is a weekly meme where KissinBlueKaren throws out a topic (mostly non-bookish) and we blog about it.


Write a letter to someone you have an issue with.

To Miss "Kum Ba Yah" spread the #BloggerLove blogger...

I would like to ask you why that day I was asking what a hashtag initialism  you posted about meant, you let two other bloggers keep typing *wink wink* every time I asked anything in that thread and when I tagged you three times for an explanation you ignored me. I know those girls are part of your clique, even though you are a loud protester of cliques, but that is no reason to let them bully another blogger on a post of yours.

Did you know I found out it was a twitter party hashtag for a debut author I have been following and interacting with since she first put pen to paper? And if I am not mistaken the only reason you and your lackies knew anything about her was because I was retweeting her stuff and #FFing her on Fridays? When I apologized to her and told her the reason I missed her Twitter Q&A, she got irratated with me because you are such a "wonderful person" and would never "purposely" do anything like that. I was brokenhearted after that. I was the one who was treated poorly and now she thinks I am the awful one.

I know you did it purposefully because not once since the *wink wink* incident have you interacted with me on Twitter. I even tested the waters by answering questions you asked like, "What are you reading this weekend?" or "Do you have any weird pets?" and you would reply to everyone, but me. And when I went to DM you to ask you why you were doing this I couldn't because you had unfollowed me.

It doesn't bother me that you don't like me, and I am not going to say "anymore" because I have a feeling you never liked me, but only liked all the retweets I did for you and all the blog visits I did to comment when you were just starting out and no one else was bothering with you. But it does bother me that you didn't tell me why you felt the need to be passive aggressive.

Seeing all of your blogger love hashtags, "events", and tweets turns my stomach now. I even had you blocked for a while, but my curiosity got the better of me after the "Blogger Confessions" mob war on Twitter, when all the #BloggerLove and #BloggerCompliments hastags started showing up. I wanted to see how well you would use it to your advantage. I just shake my head when bloggers fall for your "you are special to me and an asset to the blogging community" line. Yes, those are great sentiments, but you have to genuinely mean them, not be using them to butter up people for follows and blog hits. You know, now that I think about it, you never repaid a blog visit or retweet once. I guess I always believe the best of people until they spit in my face.

You fit well with your buddy who told me my blog was never going to go anywhere because I post about books no one wants to know about. And who tells people how she's a big Taylor Swift fan when she hates her music, and tells people how much she loves cats and adores everyone's cat photos when she told me she wished they would all get a cat plague and die. Oh, and the bloggers who have the good giveaways that she talks smack about behind their backs, but kisses their behinds on social media. And all the teen bloggers she smooch emojis on Twitter and then calls dweebs and twerps in private messaging. 

Bloggers have had problems with some unpopular comments I have made on Twitter, but at least I am honest and if I don't like you or your promotional practices I won't be sending you kissy emojis in public and talking about how I dislike you in private.

I just wanted to let you know, Miss Kum Ba Ya, that not everyone falls for your deceptions.

Sincerely. 
La La in the Library

12 comments:

  1. I bet you feel better now that your got that off your chest. Sorry to hear that you ran into a blogger who was throwing you shade. That sh*t sucks.
    I wanted to ask you a question. Not related to this post specifically, but to elaborate on one of your recent tweets. I would DM you the question, but you don't follow me on twitter. @kissinbluekaren This is really bothering me (not you, but the tweet that mentions someone I thought I knew). So let's chat soon.

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    1. I will follow you as soon as I go back to Twitter. I kind of confronted Miss Kum Ba Ya by asking why she let people bully me on her bloggers are special tweets. I am sure it probably started a s#!t storm that I don't want to deal with right now, but maybe not, hopefully not. Ha ha!

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  2. Wow! What a mess. I can imagine how frustrated and just hurt you must have felt with all of this. I hope the letter made you feel loads better because people who not only allow but encourage bullying don't deserve for you to waste any of your emotions on them.

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    1. Yeah, I had put it behind me until I unblocked her and saw all of her sunshine and roses tweets again. It is the worst not being able to say anything because everyone thinks she is a saint. Pfffft...

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  3. The worst thing about being online is people like Miss Kum Bah Yah and her cronies can hide behind 140 characters and emojis. In the real world I can bet any amount of money they would keep their stupid mouths shut. It is tantamount to bullying, playground bullying. I know it is horrible and they are total shits but do not let them get to you, you are worth a lot more than them a million times over!

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    1. Yeah, writing about it did make me feel better. I sometimes wonder if the blogger I know all the DM things about thought I was going to start telling other bloggers what she said about them behind their backs, and thought she would muddy my waters first so people wouldn't believe me. Everyone who has been passive aggressive towards me has been a friend of that bloggers.

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  4. I'm so sorry that this happened to you. Even though I don't know her (i.e. the bitch) I could never visit her blog knowing that she treats people badly. Don't listen to her negativity, I think that you have a lovely blog and am always interested in hearing your thoughts. *Hugs*

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    1. Thanks for the *Hugs*. Now that I have been blogging a while I know who to trust, and with new blogging aquaintances I wait longer before I get buddy buddy with them. :)

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  5. I am clueless as to what's going on, but I hope you are feeling better! There's certainly its share of fake niceness in the community -but stick to the people you've found to be genuine!

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    1. Yes! I have a solid group of bloggers can trust now. I just know I need to be letting new acquaintances hang for a while so they have the chance to show their true colors. :)

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  6. Oh I am so sorry this has happened to you. I bet you feel better getting that off your chest. It always makes me angry when people preach love, but are just takers.

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    1. Yeah. What is bad about it is she has made me wary of helping out new bloggers. :(

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