Comments on: The failing of failin.gs http://www.robohara.com/?p=5062 The Adventures of Rob, Susan, Mason and Morgan O'Hara Sat, 18 May 2013 16:30:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: ubikuberalles http://www.robohara.com/?p=5062&cpage=1#comment-73796 ubikuberalles Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:09:44 +0000 http://www.robohara.com/?p=5062#comment-73796 To be honest I don’t remember you mentioning failin.gs before so I either forgot or you didn’t mention it to me and now you hurt my feelings! :( Actually, meh. :)

Even if there is no way to track the origin of a person’s post on that site, you could still figure out who wrote it based on that person’s writing style. We all have a unique writing style even though most of are unable to detect it. For example, I use the words “that” and “however” a lot (I also like using parenthesis a lot — and dashes, love the dashes). Experts are able to learn a lot about a person’s education based on their writing style – and their vocabulary. Grammar too, I guess (though, despite my college level vocabulary, I have elementary level grammar skills).

Although you are no expert in this area, I am sure you might have an inkling of who the originator of at least one or two of the comments posted. None of us are any good, ultimately, of hiding our writing style.

That’s why many companies use a third party to process the comment section of employee evaluation forms. They take the comments and pass them on only after everything is rewritten in a more standardized format. Even then, certain key phrases sneak by. I remember getting an evaluation and I knew exactly who wrote one comment because it contained the exact phrase he used over and over at work. You can never really hide yourself, something always pokes out.

Anyway, if you got a really, really (really) long comment on failin.gs it wasn’t from me. Nope. Uh uh.

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By: Earl http://www.robohara.com/?p=5062&cpage=1#comment-73707 Earl Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:52:45 +0000 http://www.robohara.com/?p=5062#comment-73707 I find myself agreeing with Mom up there – it’s just an attempt to legitimize trolling.

But truthfully, the biggest failing of failin.gs is… that I completely forgot it was there until you posted this. I remember your original post about it, and promptly forgot the thing existed. There’s enough mean-spirited folks in the world, so I probably forgot about it because… why open yourself up to more of that?

My dad used to say “Stop kicking yourself in the ass. There’s a line running all the way down the block full of other people who’ll do it for you.” And you know what, he was right about that.

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By: Mom http://www.robohara.com/?p=5062&cpage=1#comment-73686 Mom Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:13:13 +0000 http://www.robohara.com/?p=5062#comment-73686 I would be so afraid to sign up for the site. First of all, most criticisms, even from friends, would probably hurt my feelings or make me more insecure than I already am. But I’d be more afraid that it would open the door to people who don’t have my best interest at heart and just see an opportunity to make cheap hurtful comments and remain anonymous. Lastly, at my advanced age I don’t imagine that I could change much about myself anyway. Not an excuse, but I pretty much am what I am (me and Popeye, right?)

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By: Eduard http://www.robohara.com/?p=5062&cpage=1#comment-73658 Eduard Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:21:57 +0000 http://www.robohara.com/?p=5062#comment-73658 Hi Rob, it’s ok, I do not really see the point in that website for one simple reason: friends will tell you things openly, or they won’t tell anyone. See, I’ve put my name in the comment, my website, and my email (I know it is not published).

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