Rant

I Unfollowed You Recently

This is why.

As a “top writer” you’ve become negative. Every. single. post. Bad news, bad news, and yes, more bad news. Guess what? I’ve got enough of my own. I don’t need to read about how miserable your life is. That’s what diaries and shrinks are for.

As a “top writer” you said something so incredibly stupid that I couldn’t believe my eyes. I mention it in the comments section. You ignore it and you don’t edit your piece. That’s your right to leave it as-is. It isn’t your right to ignore the fact that you got called out on ageism and decided not to address it.

That’s not a mistake. That’s a choice. And choices like that? Well, they make you an ass.

As a writer or a publication, you pin waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa too much sh*t to the top of your page. If I wanted to go on a dig, I’d become an archeologist. “But Terry, I’m pinning my latest pieces at the top.” And I would know that how since the date is missing so there’s room for “Pinned” to appear? And since posts show up in chronological order then what’s the point of the pin? (My heartfelt congrats to Forge. TEN pinned pieces? Wow. -snip-)

You write/publish the same… old… thing… every… time… you… post. BORING. If I wanted the same old, same old, I’d turn the TV on.

I leave you little ‘love notes’ aka PNs about issues with, well, everything. I’d think that if I wrote that poorly, I used Grammarly. If I still sucked, I use Grammarly Pro. If I still sucked, I’d be extra nice to my editor. And then if I still sucked, I’d find another gig and give the writing thing up. I even offered to help your three editor team. Radio silence. But every day, several times a day, more published garbage.

We grew apart. I followed you back in the day when you were writing about X. Now all you write about is Y. I think Y is like watching paint dry, grass grow or bread mold.

Cut you loose and moved on I did, said in my best Yoda voice ever.