Str8Shooter wrote:I hope Steve has a thick skin!
When you put things online for thousands of people to comment on, you develop it pretty quickly.
You get some of the worst people of all time loitering around internet comments boxes. And it's always the most negative ones that make the most noise. There's always some negative reaction to any article I post, so you don't take it personally after a while.
With that being said, the feedback on this one has been pretty positive. There's been more positive comments than negative by a long way which is nice. I've been out all day and this thread was the first feedback I had really received on the article, so I was worried everyone had shit all over it.
But checking around online I'm pretty happy with how it's gone down. Trust you guys to bust my balls about it though.
Funnily enough, though it's by far the least views I've had on day one of a Cracked article (about 400,000), which makes sense given it's about a pretty niche subject, I've gotten more direct responses than for any other article I've ever done. More messages about it on Cracked, and feedback on Twitter etc.
KaiserGlider wrote:What was Cracked like before and why do people hate it now?
It's a humour site, but lately it's been doing more and more articles on societal and social issues, along with some articles on personal experience stories. These are still written with a humourous edge for the most part (though I don't think the humour really goes with some of the more serious topics). But the more "political" nature of a lot of the articles these days really rubs some of the old commenters up the wrong way.
None of my articles have really fallen into that category up until now anyway, but I guess some people could perceive this as another case of Cracked trying to be "too politically correct". In reality, it was just me trying to make fun of wrestling.