10 Ways To Become Extremely Unpopular On Hubpages.com
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It's Quite Easy To Piss Off a Hubber
10 Ways To Become Extremely Unpopular On Hubpages.com
I’ve got two years behind me as a writer/reader at Hubpages.com, so I believe that gives me sufficient credibility to write about this topic. Based on my tenure with Hubpages, I’ve taken note of various methods others use to piss off Hubbers and the community.
Here are my 10 favorites. (In no particular order)
1.) Write in BAD English-I don’t care where you’re from. I don’t care what your native language is. If you want to become extremely unpopular on Hubpages.com, use the language poorly. You don’t have to speak English well to write it properly. Most people will not read your hub if it is written poorly. Especially me. PISS OFF FACTOR: 10
2.) SPAM your affiliate or MLM-Your hub consists of 3 poorly written sentences and still has 20 links to your affiliates’ landing pages. You have 20 hubs and you've only been with Hubpages for 43 seconds. Oh and all your hubs blow. BOO! PISS OFF FACTOR: 9
3.) Lie-If you really want to upset a regular hubber, make sure your hubs contain blatant lies. Are you cooking French fries at McDonald’s? There’s no shame in that, unless you’re writing hubs about the $250,000 you made last year selling acai berry juice. You’re a McLiar. Now back to the drive-thru. People are waiting for their lunch. PISS OFF FACTOR: 6
4.) Be a Jerk In The Forums-Be a jerk in the forums at Hubpages and you’ll find your score dropping faster than a teenager’s pants after the prom. Insult, badger and argue every chance you get. Be demanding and unpleasant. Be a Troll. Congratulations! No one likes you. PISS OFF FACTOR: 7
5.) Spam My Comments- I’ve just written my new hub called “How to Steal a Corvette in Six Seconds Flat” and you’re brand new on Hubpages and looking for action. If you really want to annoy me to no end, leave me comments such as, “Nice hub. Interesting” or “Read about Corvette here” and include a link to your crappy free Blogger site. If Hubpages.com had a death penalty, you’d get the chair. PISS OFF FACTOR: 10
6.) WRITE IN CAPS- I CAN’T STAND IT WHEN YOU WRITE YOUR HUBS OR FORUM POSTINGS IN CAPS AND I WILL REFUSE TO READ IT. HOWEVER, YOU HAVE DEFINITELY SUCCEEDED IN UPSETTING ME. GOOD JOB. PISS OFF FACTOR: 4
7.) Write Stupid Hubs-”Use Hand Sanitizer for Germ Free Hands” or “Doctors Say Coffee Before Bed May Cause Insomnia” Thanks a lot, Einstein. The Hubpages world is better off and more informed now that you’ve arrived. PISS OFF FACTOR: 9
8.) You’re Right-and Everyone Else is Wrong-If you’re about to write a piece having to do with one of the top two controversial topics of Religion or Politics, make sure you first write something where there is no room for argument, because let’s face it, you’re right and everyone else is wrong. If you’re writing about Obama being the Anti-Christ, for example, be sure to include quotes from the Bible backing up your hub. (Revelations is always a good source of Anti-Christ quotes) and be sure to tell me in your hub that my beliefs are skewed and I am uninformed-or worse, a heathen. Oh, and when someone places a comment in your hub to the contrary, be sure to either insult them for having a different opinion, or delete their comment. PISS OF FACTOR 6
9.) Comment On Your Own Hubs-Just sign out and post a comment on your own hub. Be careful, though. You spelled “critisism” the same way in both your hub AND your comment. You suck. PISS OFF FACTOR: 3
10.) You Pretend To Be a Woman-But You’re a Dude-I don’t care if you post a bazillion hubs showing pictures of “Hot Indian Chicks”, but at least admit you’re a guy. You have a woman’s picture in your profile but you’re a man. We all know it. You’re not fooling anyone. It’s ok to have a penis and post photos of Hot Indian Chicks. I promise. PISS OFF FACTOR: 2
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Hi Lady Guinevere. Thanks for stopping by. Trust me, you don't fit into ANY of those categories. It's all in fun.
Nice hub. Read my hub about top 10 lifesaver flavors...
Just kidding! So now, seriously, ROFLMAO @ McLiar! :D
There are dudes who are pretending to be women here? Why? I've been duped and didn't even know it. Then again, I'm not drawn to hubs about hot and sexy Indian chicks, so maybe that's how I missed it. ;)
Great top 10, and your humor made it a super read. Thanks! :D
Nice hub. Interesting. Oh, and did I tell you about the millions I made selling beetle dung scarabs on eBay? I WILL WRITE A HUB ABOUT IT.
:D Fun one, Joe!
Hi Pam. You're hysterical. Thanks for the comment AND the great laugh.
Hmmmm...that Life Saver Hub may not be a bad idea. I'd read that.
rockinjoe, these are all excellent points and observations that I'm aware of. Number 8 is one that I have personally been a part of because when I wrote my view on a subject and the author didn't like what I said, he become hostile and mean. I told him that I do not want to continue our written communication and he said that I basically cannot tell him what to do. I thought to myself, "What an idiot". There was no love lose there.
One that pisses me off is people who comment in hubs without reading a word of them, great hub Joe.....jimmy
Thanks,Em, you're truly awesome!
Jimmy, I love your picture!!
Laringo: Been there a few times and no it isn't the greatest thing to go through.
Rockinjoe, I do love your hubs though even if I don't post a comment.
Hi laringo. Thank you for the comment. That's a great story. I hope that hubber is now out of your life.
Thanks for the comment Jimmy, but seriously, I've only done that to you a couple of times :) :) :)
Same here Lady Guinevere. I'm the same way. I'll read lots of hubs and never comment-unless I have something intelligent to say.
lol what was this hub about again?.....jimmy
ps thanks ladyG
I should add another one about hubbers who reach the big 100 mark, Like jimmythejock....PISS OFF FACTOR: 10 :)
On HubPages, as in life, we reap what we sow:
ISA 3:10 Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them! They will be paid back for what their hands have done.
(I have been boning up on my Bible verse quoting since being dismissed as unsaved:-) Nice hub! I agree with all your picks, although some behaviors bother me more than they do you. Maybe we mellow with experience...
Mighty Mom, there are more you us out there than you may see. Let us gather together! Nice bible verse! lol I don't think we mellow with experience, I think it is more experience telling us that these others are the ones who are unsaved...LOL LOL
Great hub! Very true, and very funny.
I am prone to be guilty of #8, but hopefully not any of the others, unless there are people around who actually think I'm a sagebrush. :)
about numbers 4 and 8 - not so true, unfortunately. I've found the exact opposite to be true. On some of the forums, it's the real aggressive, closed-minded hubbers who generate the most attention. One hubber particularly does nothing but start fights with hubbers of faiths different from his, and he's had a score in the upper 90's for as long as I can remember.
Let's see....
"Interesting"
Read about hubpages here:
AND I REALLY LIKED THIS HUB...
I think I successfully filled three of your piss-off categories. That's 23 Piss off factor points! I think I'm leading the way...
On a much more serious note, on the topic of the forums, I second maestrowhit. I know the exact type of person and they get more reads than I do.
How dare you! I am REALLY a cowboy! I work on a ranch in Montana and I earned $250,000 making fries at McDonald's IN MY SPARE TIME! If you don't believe me, you are the devil!
Now I'm really self-concious. I try to keep my Eglish speld write, butt hrd. I do bettr with edumacation. Thk u.
Amen to this hub! I tried to think of some way to use most of those piss offs in one comment but my brain's tired and a few others beat me to some. I loved "McLiar," just had to laugh at that. Could become a new catch phrase.
WHEN PEOPLE USE ALL CAPS, I THINK THEY'RE YELLING AT ME.
Ya know, I haven't seen you around the hubs for awhile now, wondered what happened to you and now you're hanging around here all the time, skulking around the hubtivity page, sneakily implanting catchy tunes in unsuspecting hubbers and writing up a storm.
Good to have you back from wherever you were.
um ... what abot writng bad enlish in all little ltters is that a piss off too ... ?
Besides, what if I really AM right and eeryone else is wrong?
Also ... some of those hot Indian chicks are pretty average, surely that's got to fit in there somewhere?
But seriously, good job! It was good for a laugh and a cry.
Chr5is Reilly---way tooo funy!!!!!
Maestro, I KNOW who you are talking about! Yep and it makes me wonder too.
RGraf! Perfect for mee too! Not my spelling but my typing sucks. I have dyslexic fingers!! lol lol lol
LG, my mind and my fingers don't always go on the same path. My husband was just editing some of my older ones and just shaking his head. I never claimed to be good at it.
I have to agree mightly with #8. When I see something interesting and start to read and feel like I'm being attacked (and I might even agree with the overall message), I quickly leave that hub. I don't mind disagreeing with someone but let's do it respectfully.
I just hope that I haven't committed #7 too much.
And I know that in the beginning I was guilty of one line comments. But I'm growing, I promise.
Joe- WOW!! Such stereotyping “Hot Indian Chicks” and not even one person has said one word about it.
Bdazzler- "hot Indian chicks are pretty average" thanks for the high opinion possessed by you.
India produces the maximum number of movies in the world and the average Indian psyche has a lot of favorite actors/actresses: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_India. Anybody can have any avatar that they please to have (if one is comfortable with a plant/animal or any symbol then why object to an actress or is it that you want to interact only if the other person is attractive). Now coming to the gender (some may lie on their online profile) but haven't you met any non Indians doing the same with their identity then why target Indians alone.
On a lighter side if such stereotypes have helped so many to have a laugh then it wasn't such a bad thing after all.
I have to say that your hub is more than eye opener. I have committed some of these hub felonies myself. I do hereby swear to refrain from further annoying my fellow hubbers. By the way, cute picture.
Hi rockinjoe, I loved reading this hub, it was so funny! However, I may be guilty of violation number 7. I promise to try harder to mix in some good stuff with my crap :)
(Lord knows I dont need more people pissed off at me than I already have...)
CW - I said that SOME of the photos ... are average. Not that I ever look, really. ;) .... hey ... are you really a girl? I see # 10 up there.
Wow! I didn't expect such a rush of comments. Thank you all for taking the time to say your peace. There are way too many to respond to personally, but I hope you weren't offended, countrywomen. There was no intent to insult or offend any nationality, or faith. However, I do not mind offending offensive Hubbers...no matter what their race may be:)
BDazzler- I guess you haven't read my hubs carefully or maybe you didn't observe(I leave it up to you to figure out my gender). But thanks for the clarification that it was about the photos and not the person behind the photos. Anything that gets listed is noticed by many and the ranking order then becomes immaterial.
Hey BDazzler - you're right! That's right - you are, not me. We have to be suspicious of everyone! We might all be somebody other than who we say we are. Hmmm, you might even be a Hot Indian Chick for all we know.
I'm really a famous, sexy celebrity but I'm writing incognito.
CW - I hope you know I have been just teasing ... it was supposed to be funny, if it was not, I really am sorry.
Shirley I have figured it all out. Each of us are simply virtual creations of BT Evilpants!!!
You mean I don't really exist, that I'm just the result of cruel jackalope folly? Wow, bummer.
Joe- This is probably the third hub I have seen which has mentioned this and it tends to strengthen the perception (like repeated advertising reinforces our opinions). I am not justifying those who do that (since it is their choice) and why they do that(maybe to get some attention). Most of those who do that maybe trying to supplement their income since google drives the traffic (and having an attractive avatar may help get repeated viewer ship). Finally all I am saying is that when an entire nation is included then it includes even me.
Shirley- Thanks for that comment too(Now my avatar makeover time has come).
Can I have your autograph please?
CW, don't change your avatar unless you really want to - it's beautiful! I'd be very happy to give you my autograph. Is this the time to tell you that you might be disappointed?
As a new hubber you have given me some really great ideas! Now I know how to be generally AND specifically odious on HubPages.
I was wondering how long it would take for people to catch on to "me." You sleuth, you...!
Leave it to our Northeast friends to give us all a great chuckle. Too many snow days? Made my day! Thanks!
Shirley- I guess I will let this one stay. You are a special person and one doesn't have to be a celebrity to give autograph in my scrapbook. I guess I am still a little touchy about certain things and I need to grow up.
Shirley, don't feel bad, your pain is virtual too! ;)
CW - I like your avatar! (Not teasing)
BDazzler- Thanks for the appreciation. I don't know about certain things I get too carried away or maybe since I am at work (nothing seems to be going right at the work front before my deadline this Friday).
What a refreshing Hub. You picked almost all the things that annoy me, although I don't really get pissed off by these tactics, for the most part. I just ignore them. And therein lies the damage to a Hubber who uses these tactics thereby inflicting damage upon himself, because I won't read his Hubs.
Mostly, I feel sorry for those who think they have to use these tactics, or I wish I could reach out a little and tell an aspiring Hubber or two to quit the f***ing use of upper case and other things.
Anyway, your Hub gives more concrete guidelines than the official Help here on HP. HP is PC about it. You are gut. So thumbs up to you.
Damn, I just got this hot chick avatar! I thought the beard was extra sexy. Back to the drawing board.
Hi Joe, I hope no one ever wants to throw their shoes at me. If someone does, can it just be a fluffy slippers with a bunny on it? :) LOL
Hi countrywomen. All I can say is, if you are offended, I'm truly sorry. Maybe the humor was lost in the translation. You seem like a great person. The three hubs you mentioned were not mine. After rereading the hub several times, I cannot find the part where I may have insulted an entire nation. Things are not always what they seem to be on the internet. That's the point I was trying to make.
Hi Sally's Trove, I'm glad you enjoyed the hub. Thanks for the comment and for helping me to "keep it real" on Hubpages
Hey, there rmr. Thanks for stopping by. Dude your pic rocks! If I were a chick (which I might very well be here on the internet) I'd check you out.
Hi ripplemaker. You let me know if anyone throws anything but a nice fluffy slipper at your head. I'll fix them!
Have to say you rock, rockinjoe! - brilliant hub - I personally am not enamoured when I have taken the time to read & make a comment on e.g. a religious hub and are then given to understand that whatever I have contributed to the discussion does not meet the erstwhile standards of the writer or indeed other commenters; now as I have no wish to them bag them out I think I will stay away AND NOT YELL BACK AT THEM.... cheers
Thanks, ajcor. I appreciate your comment. I know just how you feel. I've learned to turn the other cheek in situations like that now. It's not worth the aggravation.
most bibical of you rockinjoe........
lol, you're too funny, Annie. Thanks!
Hey ajcor! I like the new avatar!
Sorry Joe. I didn't have much to say. I was just stalking you guys. What's the piss off factor on that?
Hey B.T.E. Thanks for the comment. You are an entirely different list on Hubpages.
A great read, very funny and I loved all the comments Thanks rockinjoe.
You raelly do rock.
Hmm. Different list? You wouldn't be talking about the sh*t list, would you? I kinda familiar with that one.
Top quality hub. Now where did I put my skirt?
Countrywomen, I'm glad you're keeping your avatar. Thanks for the kind words, you are a sweetheart!
RMR, I've never looked at those hot chick hubs, is that what they look like? Do they all have beards? Wow, I can see why men like them. Funny, looks like that avatar should be in a hot man hub but what do I know?
Joe, I got nothin' else to say except REMOVE THE CURSE.
B.T. I've been on that list quite a few times, myself. Being married and all.
Thanks Sufidreamer. You have pretty nice hair for a chick. (I appreciate your comment!)
Sorry, Shirley, there's nothing I can do about it (for free, anyway) Maybe there's a kind soul out there who will write a hub on how to remove the curse.....
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Thank you earnestshub. I appreciate your stopping by. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
*groan*
I can envision Moses, holding the 10 Thou Shall Not's LOL :D (are smileys okay with you? - hope i don't get a shoe flying out of my monitor!) Great hub! (trust me, i mean it!)
Rockinjoe, you´ve made me laugh! Thank you for that. Thanks for good tips...
lol, Shirley....sorry!
Cris, that's awesome. That should be your next Hub. The 10 Commandments of Hubpages. I wish I had thought of that!
Thank you, Tatjana-Mihaela. I'm glad I make you laugh. That's what I do for a living. You're awesome!
jiminy cricket Joe I was getting pissed just reading your hub! I could feel your pain ! lol Then I realized it was like watchin a movie ! movies arent real, are they?
I am a new hubber and by golly I hope I havent pissed anyone off yet ?
but then again I got two whole comments on my hub LOL.
I would like to say Great hub joe, but i wont,! I guess I'd like to ask .just who the heck you pissed at?????????
good hub take care
James
p.s. joe i would certainly welcome any help on hubbing anyone may offer, the hardest hub was the first one!
Hi James. Thanks for the comments and welcome to Hubpages. Don't worry about pissing anyone off. I've been here for two years and I don't think a day has passed where I haven't pissed someone off. At least I know I'm getting some reaction-whether it be positive or negative.
If there's anything I can do to help you out, let me know. Also, be sure to stop by the forums, introduce yourself and say hello. The Hubbers are really a great group of people.....most of them, anyway:)
Joe- I am sorry I wasn't in a good mood earlier today. No it wasn't you who wrote those two earlier hubs. I guess it is a cultural thing but mentioning a body part (as profile picture) as being better than Indian girls didn't go down well with me. But I know you didn't mean to to be mean. I regret for my earlier comments. Have a great day.
I really liked this hub, got several good laughs. I'm new but glad to see I haven't broken too many rules yet! LOL
I can tell you're one of the hubbers I'll be reading over and over, as well as the guy with all the good looking Indian chicks.
rockinjoe - hilarious - thanks for a good laugh.
I have to agree with maestrowhit - #4 usually gets you a 90+ score :D
Number 11:
Post requests that can easily be answered in 10 seconds with a google search.
Number 12:
Paste 100 lines of well argued comment from someoone else in the forums, and underneath add "Me Too".
Number 13. Blatantly solicit fans to follow you.
That's all from me.
cheers,
Eric G.
P.S. I've got 399 fans at present. Anyone want to be number 400?
Hey rockinjoe w'sup? You really stirred the pot man!
Shirley will have you anally probed, so watch your back man!
Good hub :[)
Cheers Joe - There is a method for dealing with those whole force-feed you chunks of jagged scripture washed down with a few psalms.
Throw in a few random scientific abstracts - biochemistry is good, but anything incomprehensible will do. They do not have to be related in any way to the topic - same rules for everybody!
Brillant hub! Number 4 is big on my list, but trolls never win I believe :).
You might have started something here. How about creating an "official" etiquette page for newbies and the old-timers who are .... well, getting old!
I can't stop laughing. Fascinating Hub. I agree with RGraf.
I can't stop laughing. Fascinating Hub. I agree with RGraf.
LOL! Look at all these COMMENTS! This is hilarious--and true!
I get comments from a couple hubbers that seem like they are actually automated. Is that possible? They are always four or five words long and seem to indiicate no knowledge of what is in the actual hub. It doesn't really annoy me majorly, I just think it's tacky.
And I don't really 'get' the sexy chick avatars, not just here, but anywhere. I jsut don't get it. Why not be yourself? It's so weird. Thanks rj, great hub.
One thing you seem to have forgotten. Another way to make hubbers angry is to be chosen for a job you are not qualified to do. Have you seen my beauty pageant video yet?
This is hilarious. I love that bad English gets a Piss-off factor of 10. I'm glad that's not just me.
Great hub! Very true, and very funny.
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thanks countrywomen. I appreciate the comment:)
Thanks for stopping in Jery. Welcome to Hubpages. Have fun and be sure to enjoy the Hot Chicks.....there are many, many hubs about them.
Hello there, Shalini Kagal. #4 is one of my favorites. I'm sure I've violated that one a couple of times, myself:)
Hi Eric, Thanks for adding to the list. Those are 3 GREAT ones. I have a feeling this list will be updated frequently.
Thanks, agvulpes. Shirley BETTER have me probed. She owes me $25.
Hi Sufidreamer. lol, I don't mind someone with a valid point and a verse or two to back it up, but when you comment on their hubs with an even more valid point, they don't know how to handle it and all of a sudden, you're a non-believer. I'm basically a half-assed Catholic, so for me, knowledge is power. Thanks for the advice.
Hi SweetiePie. I wish I possessed your patience and positive attitude. I've seen you forum postings. You're a saint. I envy you.
Thanks. RGraf, but I think Hubpages would give me the boot before asking me to do anything official for them. I just really enjoy the site and was blowing off some steam.
Hi Anamika S. I'm glad you enjoyed the hub. Thanks for reading.
Thanks, Pam. It's nice to wear the pgrundy seal of approval. I love your work. I don't know if it's possible to automate comments, but I wouldn't be surprised at anything today. If you look up and find fangji's comment above, you'll see he actually spammed this hub. It's no joke either. His account is 5 weeks old and he has no hubs...just a boatload of links. I laughed my ass off when I saw it.
Thanks for the comment, Mrs. Palin. Between you and I, I always thought you were hot. I didn't vote for you, but if you had been running in a hotness contest, you would have had my vote. Can I use your avatar for my Hubpages account?
Thanks, ProfoundPuns. I'm glad I'm not sitting all alone in the English class.
fangji ....I CANNOT believe you spammed this hub. You've got guts. I'll give you that!
Phew!.. I scored a 100.
Ouch! I'm unpopular;-( Anyway, as new hubber I do have my own flaws. Funny, we do have our own inclination of things Joe, maybe you just don't like their writing strokes. lol;-)
You do have a way of drawing people;-)))
Thanks hibiscus_mel. Don't worry about a thing. I believe most of us hubbers have been guilty of at least a couple of my top 10 Hubpages peeves. I appreciate your comment. I'm grateful that this hub has drawn a rather large audience in a short amount of time. But, the trick is to get traffic from Google and other sources, beyond Hubpages. The hubbers are great, but they're concerned with their own Adsense earnings-and not mine. Start driving traffic from the major search engines and you'll find yourself successful.
Speaking of those who spam hubs, Al Feed left a dilly on mine. At first I actually thought he was complimenting me, but then he said he followed this lady on a website, but he typed the url instead of hyperlinking it. It went to an ebook with a picture of a lady on it, but it was basically just a clever spamming ploy. I could have deleted his little comment, but it actually showed he likes to spam so I left it. By the way he fits into catergory 3 in his hub mentioning acai berry juice and his trips to Tahiti. Humorous stuff.
I saw that Sweetiepie!
Thanks for the comment, Sweetiepie. I decided to leave my spammer comment up there as well. People (for the most part) on onto these tricks and don't click on links as readily as they used to. I'd rather point out an offender than deny a million of his comments later on.
I got an almost identical fanji spam comment on one of my newer hubs. Well, he doesn't write hubs but he sure gets those comments out there!
I think it has to be some kind of bot thing--like, he just hits a button and everybody gets fanji comments... Even your hub about people who do annoying things LIKE THAT ONE!!!!LOL!
Unbelievable.
Yes, I got a Fanji comment on one of my hubs today too, again, accompanied by many links for phones etc. I allowed it as I hate to deny comments unless they are deliberately offensive or blatantly intended to be pornographic, but it is annoying all the same.
Misty, you have such cleancut hubs that could never be mis-understood, why would anybody put porn on it? ;)
BD, You would be surprised. I have deleted about three comments in recent weeks about Brothers having sex with cousins in front of their sisters etc etc. Luckily I got to all of them within minutes in each case, so doubt many people, if any saw them, but all the same they are totally offensive and designed to be.
Pam, I thought that spam post from fanji was hysterical. I laughed my ass off. I would hope that Hubpages would have some sort of bot protection, but then again, maybe not. I'm not that technical.
Thanks for the comments, Cindy. When I first published the Rate My Wife's Naked Chest hub a couple of years ago, I got a lot of porn spam. I believe it was due to porn sites/producers finding the hub through the search engines and then just posting their own garbage.
BDazzler...I'm with you. Cindy's hubs are squeaky clean:)
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This might be one of the greatests Hubs that I've ever read. Simply amazing.
Imadork. You're awesome! Thanks for the totally horrid (but funny) comment.
Ryan....I definitely appreciate the nice comment. I was also surprised, shocked and honored that you featured this hub on the Hubpages Blog.
http://blog.hubpages.com/2008/12/how-to-become-ext
Thanks, again!
Hi RockinJoe,
I enjoyed reading your hub, very informative & interesting. Number 8 and 10 are big ones on my list. These kinda of things happen much more then they should unfortunately. But that is where integrity comes in.
marketingmergenow
Holy wah! You sure are rackin up some comments, here. Looks like you struck a nerve, Joe. I consider it a bonus that there are no infectious tv commercial tunes, either.
Gotta love it when the comments section is about 10 times longer than the actual hub. That means you're popular. Boy...I wish I was popular but Imadork instead! :-(
hahaha, the comments are as entertaining as the hub. You rock Joe. Merry Christmas - don't eat too much Plum Pudding, it's dangerous!
Hi marketingmergenow. Thanks for the comment. You're right. Integrity is absolutely 100% of the utmost importance. It's a shame that it's a quality lacking in so many (so called) gurus and of course, spammers.
Thanks BT. Are you missing the obnoxious commercials? I can remedy that, if you'd like.
Thanks, imadork. I'm not really popular. It just looks that way because I feel horrible if I don't reply to every comment. So it just looks like I have a lot.
Actually, in just 24 hours this hub has almost as many comments as my most popular hub-and it took two years to accumulate that number.
Thank you, Jewels. I'll definitely stay away from the Plum Pudding this year:)
That's ok, Joe. I know where to find 'em if I really want 'em.
And what is your most popular hub? Seems like the first one I saw when I joined HP was the hottest male hubber contest. Comlpete with Billy Mays, and everything. I followed those comments every day.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Please_Rate_My_Wifes_Naked is my most traveled, although not quite my favorite. The Hottest Male Hubber thing was just a goof hub. It doesn't even exist anymore. I took that down quite awhile ago. I'm really surprised someone remembered that.
My Goodness!!! It took me 30 minutes to get all the way down here to write this comment. Nice job!!! Hilarious indeed!!
If I may add, I agree with imadork...I think the hubpages comunity needs a bit of a break from those types of hubs!!!
I also hate when I am innocently browsing around (usually on weekends) to read hubs from new hubbers and I get prompted with HORRIFIC hubs and hubbers. Thankfully they are deleted from the community.
Hi MRS Great Caruso. Thanks for working your way down to the bottom of the comments section and leaving one. I'm glad you enjoyed the hub. Hubpages (for the most part) has a FANTASTIC collection of really great authors. But, yeah, the horrid ones do get in the way sometimes.
I appreciate your stopping by.
The world could be a better place if all new hubbers like myself read yours first. We could wipe out global warming (if it really exists), hazing (if the bullies would stop they're beating long enough to log in), gang activity (where'd I put that sawed-off shotgun, anyway?), and pathological liers like Casey Anthony from procreating only to murder and throw away their own children (hmm....).
No, really--GREAT post! I enjoyed reading it and all the comments to follow. I think I'll read more of yours. You seem like an intelligent, funny guy! Thanks for the laugh, and the advice!
And yes, I really am a female, with no interest in checking out the "Hot Indian Chicks". :-)
Funny and true, I'm a fan!
Thanks, Proud Mom. Welcome to Hubpages. I'm so glad that someone arounf here finally recognizes me as anintelligent, funny, guy. You can also add handsome, articulate and funny to the list:) I look forward to your hubs.
Thanks a million, jreuter. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Excellent hub -I was trying to pick my favorite, but really they are all very true and a great way to lose my interest. So, they are all my favorite (especially when you have seen them) Love this post
Hi Amber90. I'm really glad you like the hub. Thanks for the nice comment.
rockinjoe, I couldn't agree more as I have ran across some Mcliars on HubPages and most of the indian hubs are MEN using an woman AVATAR!!! This hub absolutely speaks the truth need I say more?:)
Thanks, AEvans. I'm glad you liked the hub. I think it's funny that everyone has been using the word "McLiar" lol.
I loved this ery serious and important topic, written with much humour!
Keep up your alwasy good work!,
you rock!
ps..Im a dude and the pic of me is the pic IN pic:D
Being new to Hubpages you certainly gave me some great information. I don't believe that I use CAPS too much, and I don't think that I have done any of these other things in my first two Hubs, but I will definately pay more attention just in case. Thanks for the heads up.
Thanks, comu-smart. As one of my favorite hubbers, your opinion is a definitey appreciated. And yeah, I know you're a dude. If you were the chick in your profile pic, I would have been on my way to jolly ol' England a long time ago. :)
Hi Marlene F. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. Welcome to Hubpages. I look forward to reading your work.
Think of it this way Rockinjoe, the worse they write, the more genius you look.
Excellent hub. Your rules don't only apply to this site but to other sites and forums.
Hi zstephaniez I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the nice comment
ha ha ha! That's the funniest thing I've read all day, goldentoad. Thanks for the laugh.
Right, I think you have let some important cats out of the bag here joe - I think everything you have said is probably intended to mislead innocent new hubbers like me into thinking that these techniques are ineffective when really they will drive traffic to your hubs like nobodie's business.
So I have put half a dozen eggs in the incubator and am busy knitting sexy outfits for when they hatch... look out for my new avatar... SEXY RHODE ISLAND (RED) CHICKS...
Hi Ken, Ok, so you've figured me out. It's part of evil plot to take over Hubpages-and then of course, the world. And using my US state bird against me as an avatar is going too far.
It's unfortunate, because now you know too much.
(Thanks for the comment)
Quoting rockinjoe:
"Integrity is absolutely 100% of the utmost importance. It's a shame that it's a quality lacking in so many (so called) gurus and of course, spammers"
I totally agree.
When you can fake integrity and sincerity, you've got it made!
Eric G.
Thanks Eric. Hmmm, that can be taken as compliment or an insult. Either way, you're right:)
@rockinjoe:
;-)
and re your main pic of Bush ducking a shoe.
I've just made a forum post about someone who has started a Shoe-nomena.
see http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=4WE0tV1pzC8
The idea is that you send your oldest, crappiest pair of shoes to the Whitehouse to let George know what you think of him.
cheers,
Eric G.
My goodness, I don't know what is more funny... the hub or the comments! Awesome hub, rockinjoe, keep up the great work! I especially like #6, it's an oldie but a goodie. Writing in all caps is just plain rude. I mean, if you need to every now and then, be my guest, but when the entire hub or forum post is in all caps you're just yelling. And that hurts my feelings.
Hi Eric. I was just telling my wife yesterday, that by the end of the week, some smart web coder is going to have a brand new video game out. "Throw Shoes At Bush" You'd score for every connect to the head and get 0 points for a miss. You'd also lose points if the Iraqi president blocked a shot.
Hi Nicole. Thanks for finding my hub. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Number 6 is a biggie with me. I should have scored it higher. I just joined your fan club and I'm looking forward to reading your stuff.
As our grate ex Dear Leader Tony Blair would of said, Educashion, Educashion, Educashion....
@ rockinjoe.
It didn't take until the end of the week.
Domain has had 1.4 million visitors over the last few days, and its for sale. Wonder how much it will go for?
Eric G.
Good points.
I get a KICK out of all the shoe comments.
One thing I understand is the Bush was actually cool over this. Generally, the secret service would have any one, like this guy who through the shoe, sprawled out on the floor in handcuffs. Bush called off the thugs and talked everyone through the event. Usually, this type of incident would have been a mad house, However Bush managed to keep everything under control, and the press conference continued.
oh no the dreaded anti christ hub is still getting screen space. for shame!....but a fun read, ill try to keep my trolling spam filled mouth under control
Thanks,LondonGirl. I always liked Tony Blair. He always remindd me of Tim Curry.
Thanks for finding that, Eric. I hope they unload the domain and game quickly. Like this hub, I feel it will be old news by next week.
Hi eovery. Thanks for the comment. I think the shoe guy caught the Secret Service napping, but W remained pretty calm. I think the guy should end up in jail. Say what you want about Bush, but he's still the President. You can't throw shoes at the president-even in this country. It's called assault. I'm glad that other Iraqi knocked the guy down before he managed to get his socks off:)
Hey, that's a cool game! I just whacked him 5 times in a row! It's right up there with Bo Bobo's nosehairs of fury, from Spryte's hub.
Hi sunforged. Yeah, sorry I brought up the Anti-Christ hub, but it really went up my ass.
Allow me to add one more.
#11 Take something funny I say in one forum, and start a new thread in another, using my line. I really hate that.
You see right through my Avatar! Time to confess I am really a Lesbian!! It's true I can't resist women. LOL. Great Hub, even better comments. You Betcha!
TMG
Thansk, TMG. You definitely have that butch look about you:)
Great hub Rockinjo, and some funny comments too.
That Anti-Christ hub was unbelievably irritating. In fact it was so irritating that I had to keep going back and having another look. I think it's called masochism!
Thank you so much for this information. Perhaps someday I will have 2 years under my belt also. I literally just published my first hub...this is so much fun and I enjoy the learning. Your information will certainly help me publish the best content that I possibly can, I am grateful for the education.
Warmly,
Jim
Hi Amanda. Thanks a million for the nice comment. As much as I disagreed with the Anti-Christ hub, I have to admit that the author made it a huge success.
Thanks Jim! Welcome to Hubpages. Have fun!
Nice hub. Interesting.
ha ha ! Thanks for the great comment, ThePioneer21
I love the word McLiar maybe you should consider a patent , Donald Trump acted upon it, make a few extra bucks.:)
Thanks AEvans. It's just one of the crazy words I come up with every now and then. Good idea about the patent. Just my luck, McDonald's would invent a new sandwich and beat me to it.
A thoroughly enjoyable list! #2 and #8 are my two personal bugaboos.
Thanks for the comment, livelonger. I love the word "bugaboo" that's awesome!
This was a hoot! (especially like the "shoe-icide pic) I was snickering the entire time... God, I hope I'm not guilty of any of this crap...
The T&A picture hubs are really done by dudes?! That makes total sense. How, aside from the obvious choise of images, can you be sure?
Thumbs up!
Thanks for the comment, CW. It's long been a rumor that the T&A hubs (especially of the India Chick variety) have been posted by guys. Although I can't confirm it, conclusively, I'm 99.999% sure.
I guess some people could be touchy and sensetive about everything but if I have to worry about every little thing that pisses the masses off. I just may as well throw my computer in the garbage and hide like a potato on my couch.To think that freedom of speech and expression are not allowed really sucks.We must always think about what we write and be free to express it no matter who gets pissed off.
Hi Grumppa50. Thanks for your opinion. As of right now, you've been a member of Hubpages for a whole 48 minutes ago and you've written 0 hubs, have 0 fans and 0 score. The only thing you've succeeded in doing on Hubpages in the (almost) hour you've been here is to prove me correct. You haven't even been here long enough to understand the humor in what I've written, so blow off.
This hub has received 900 page views in 2 and a half days. And a whole buncha comments.
What have you done this week, besides joining Hubpages and making yourself look like a total douchebag in my comments section?
Welcome to Hubpages, jackass!
LMAO this is great! See, this is how to make fans! My biggest annoyance is broken English. The caps thing ticks me off too though...
HA HA HA , roflas-ss! Actually I thought this was great, loved the McLiar title! Thats funny. But I didn't know there were people hiding behind a photo, and the India girls photos are great. You'd do well to get a picture of one of the hot inidan girls for your photo!!! HA HA
Hey, I'm gonna start a new hubpage, How To Noticed Like rockinjoe On Hubpages!
Hi mdvaldosta. Thanks for stopping by. I appreciate it. The "broken english writing" is definitely my biggest. I should have rated caps higher. You're right:)
Hi jmichaels59 Thanks for the great comment. I love your idea about the photo. If I wouldn't get a bunch of hatemail (which already happens) I'd get right on it.
Hey good luck with your new hub. Like my Dad always told me....."Don't sell the steak....sell the sizzle"
Thanks!
This hub is really funny. I wonder if you would use it for your stand up?
Show me a Chippendale photo if you can not find a picture of the hot Indian girl.
Thanks yxhuang. Ha ha, great idea, but I think I'll just keep it here on Hubpages. I'd have to spend a lot of time explaining what Hubpages was to those in my audience who didn't know.
Lol, a Chippendale photo? I look better than those guys, anyday....but I don't think I'd have any problem finding a hot Indian chick photo here on Hubpages.
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Joe, you're in for it, now. Ag had the perfect, most brilliant answer to my whole hex removal problem!! THX, AG!
I recommend you get yourself some duct tape, Mr. Hexxy Pants. You're going to need it before the guys come to do the anal probe. Hehehe.
This must be the 1,000th comment....where'd all these people come from since the last time I was here? You must be making a killing in hex removal.
Yeah, Thanks a lot Shirley. The anal probe guys are probably going to be wearing pirate hats and singing about their bad credit while they probe.
Yeah, I'm surprised at all the comments. This is one of those hubs that kind of caught fire, but will be old news by the end of the weekend-or before lol.
Yeah you are right but Im not a douchbag Im actaully a dad thats new to this stuff and I have an excellent sense of humor.I do notice that you only have 212 fans.(900 hits ok)you would think a nice guy like you could do better than that.Calling a nice guy like me douchebag only sybolizises one thing and you being a smart guy at that know exactly what Im talking about . This is my very first day with 0 fans and learning the ins and outs.I dont think Im really here to please you but I dont know you either.Lets try this again I meant no insult to you in my last post and you insulted me.I did not realize two years gives you the right to flame me.I know!I'm new here.But Im not going away to soon.
I'm almost afraid to post a comment here because I am a newbie... don't want to get a high PISS OFF FACTOR score! Anyway, I just want to thank you for giving these tips... I'll do my best to avoid commiting any of these obscene offenses!
Hi There, Grumpa.I'm not here to fight either. But this is the second time in an evening that you've decided to troll into my hubs and insult me. Don't expect me not to defend myself.
Please don't concern yourself with the number of fans I have here. Worry about getting your own. Whether it's fans, hubs or hits, I strive for quality, not quantity. You lit the match. (re-read your first post) You deserved the flame.
But hey, I'm all for starting over. Thanks for your comments and welcome to Hubpages.
Hi Anna13. Welcome to Hubpages and thank you for your comments. Please don't be afraid to comment on any one of my hubs. The hub was written as a comedy piece and unfortunately, some newbies are taking it the wrong way. Stay with Hubpages for awhile and then come back and revisit this hub....I think you'll find it humorous then.
I'm looking forward to reading your hubs:)
LOL Good luck
You too. Write some kick ass hubs!
I will and please visit my hubs when I finally become more savy to all this. I will for sure visit yours.I think therefore I am a rule 4 breaker.I'm new " thats my story" and Im sticking to it.I really like this hub you wrote.
Wow that was one long journey down for me to get to the comment box. Hey Joe this is my first time commenting in your hubs so be gentle. Simply giggled my way till i came towards the end. Im glad your hub was listed in the top hubs pages. thats how i got here. You write well and you write funny my friend. You made a fan out of me. Nicely done. Happy Holidays
Hahaha thnaks for a laugh
This started my day off just right. I was reading through and laughing then it hit me...am i number 7. I'm new here so you start looking at your stats and reading great hubs like this that start a stir like this one has and oh crap...im done for. This is great - def. has pushed me to put more into my own writing (AND WHAT NOT TO PUT IN) - pun intended - keep'em'comin
Here's a beauty Rockinjoe. To late for your original 10, but worthy of a mention in despatches.
Number 15 of 10:
Throw a tantrum about a discrepancy of 7 in your number of page views, call Hub Pages "Shifty", and throw insults at people who use hub pages.
http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/10090
I'm still shaking my head in wonder at this guy!
Anna13, like Rockinjoe said, don't be afraid to make mistakes (especially in the Comments sections). His hub was written in fun... mostly. I think it would be hilarious if you wrote a hub and deliberately did all the PISS OFF FACTOR things listed here. Trust me, hubbers would get it and I'm pretty sure Rockinjoe would appreciate the spirit in which it was written. Call it something like, "Why My Writing Will Never Piss Anybody Off."
I'm laughing just thinking about it...
I am a new Hubber and found this hub very useful to one and all. My presence among Senior Hubbers is for learning Facts & Figures and learning GOOD English as well. My urge for Creative Writing can get d destination here. Be philanthropical towards my dare (to write in English).
Hi Grumppa. Good luck to you, as well. I'm sure I'll see you around the hubs. And I'll definitely be stopping to leave many, many comments:)
Hello J_Eds. I'm glad you enjoyed the hub. Thanks for reading.
Hi livelovecoffee. I find it hard to believe you're a number 7. I'll have to get over and read some of your hubs. Thanks so much for the nice comment:)
Eric , as soon as I started reading your comment, I knew EXACTLY the forum post to which you were referring. That guy is just too much. As much as I wanted to jump in and dole out a punch to his sternum, I noticed that you had laid him out quite successfully. Besides, I'm trying not to argue as much as I used to. It's one of my 2009 goals. (Let's see how long that lasts)
Joe- Still almost two weeks left and already sticking to resolutions(Kudos to you). I haven't even made mine and even if I did I tend to break them as soon as I make them...LOL
Thanks, Constant Walker. I definitely would a appreciate a hub like that. As tounge in cheek as I wrote this hub, there are some who read it (and not getting the joke) immediately took offense. However, if anyone can learn from it, it's done its job.
Joe- I can take a hint and hopefully next time around give you no cause to be disappointed with my intelligence. Great motive and very informative.
Hi Hubhelper, (I love your Hubname) Thanks for the nice comment. I love your dare-thanks for posting it on my hub:)
Hi countrywomen. Take a hint? About what? What did I do this time? Remember, it's just a comedy hub.
Oh Ok so you didn't hint at me. Thats cool. I was thinking based on our previous conversation you were mentioning to Constant Walker "there are some who read it (and not getting the joke) immediately took offense"
I guess some times I read too much between the lines....LOL
Hey Joe, Good to know this stuff. I piss people off enough without effort, so now I can post this beside my computer, and be wary of what I write, lest I PO you and others. Or, so I can consciously PO those I choose to. As usual, a fun mix of wit and wisdom here. TY!
Thanks for the welcome and reassurance, rockinjoe! Maybe I'll take Constant Walker's advice and write that hub.... it could be fun!
Well done Joe! One of those rare hubs that captures the 'spirit' of HubPages!
You are SO RIGHT (sorry about caps - got carried away)
I do love the Trolls on the forums - Mark K lurks 24/7 waiting to strike!
Brilliant Hub - well done!
Please do, Anna, and let me know when it's finished, eh?
Nice hub. Interesting...
Just kidding. Hey Joe, this hub confirms I made a good decision in becoming your fan. This is too funny. The photo with the caption "HOW TO MAKE HUBBERS THROW THEIR SHOES AT YOU", LOL squared. I'm just afraid other hubber may do these things to me because the only shoes I wear these days are CROCS, and I can't image they'd hurt very much. ~ Steve
PS. You could also change the title of this hub to "how to get a boatload of comments" !
Hi countrywomen. lol, please don't read between the lines on my hubs. I'm not that intelligent. If you read a few of the comments you'll see I wasn't talking about you. Thanks for the comment, though...
Thank you Bruce. The last thing I would advise is for anyone to take my advice. This hub alone has pissed off quite a few people. ha ha! Thanks for the great comment.
Anna13, thanks so much for the acknowledgement. You're going to take Constant Walker's advice? Ok, but be careful:)
Thanks, Rik. I definitely appreciate the comment. You're either a hero or a zero writing a hub of this type-and as you can see from the comments, I've been both.
CarpetDiem Thanks for stopping by and saying hello. Crocs can kill. I've been hit quite a few times by my wife. The comments have been great. Thank you!
Joe- I will try to give you the benefit of doubt from now onwards but seriously how can you stop women from reading between the lines (which we women have grown so used to doing all the time)..LOL
P.S: For better understanding of what I am saying read this book by Dr. John Gray, bestselling author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus.
lol, countrywomen, thanks. It's bad enough I've got my wife reading between the lines all the time without having to worry about everyone else.
When I was in radio, we interviewed Dr. Gray on our show. That was the most boring interview ever. He almost put me to sleep:)
Cool - this was a good one to read considering I just signed up. Thanks.
I posted a hub page - my hub probably sucks but I will endeavor to get better at posting - gotta start somewhere though.
Cheers,
Nick.
Hi nicksstuff and welcome to Hubpages. First rule of Hubpages is, "Never Believe a Word I Say"
Nice first Hub, by the way. Just make it a bit longer, (at least 250 words, but more is always better) add some band pics and some PJ vids from YouTube. Have fun!
Thanks for the additional tips Joe, I will take the comments on board. Well as a newbie I'll tell you one thing - Hub pages is certainly easy to get up and running. The set up was easy, navigate and to post - very cool. Anyway - catch you later man.
All of the things you wrote were true,
But sometimes, the opposite happens, there is also a chance where a hubber become Extremely Popular by doing one of the things that you listed above.
OR maybe become Extremely Popular in a bad way.
Hi Fyxz Van Light. Thanks for the comment. I suppose it's possible someone becoming highly tafficked by breaking the items in my hub, but popular? I don't think so.
I look forward to checking out your hubs
Hissssterical! (I mis-spelled this on purpose - don't hate me). Are these real life examples? Who is the dude pretending to be a woman? Thanks for the laugh.
Guys who pretend to be girls piss u off? hmmm...I've got something to confess...I'm a Neptunian who pretends to be a normal earth dweller. Hope that doesn't piss u off too much :)
This was an amusing read =) And very true. Most of what you say is accurate for anywhere on the internet, not just HubPages. Personally, I think I'd give #3, lying, a larger Piss Off score, but that's just me.
All in all a great hub!
Blackwell couldn't have written it any better! Love it! A great concept and well executed!
So now will you buy my stuff? ;-) I've got a link here somewhere just for you and no one else.
The best to you.
Kelley Eidem
Together we can cure cancer - one person at a time!
I couldn't help agreeing with you! Thank you for having the guts to put into writing what we all feel. Great read, and good sense of humor.
Joe- Ok Joe I will leave you to deal effectively with that one special woman who matters the most. I guess sometimes good writers don't necessarily make good speakers. But it must be an amazing experience to meet so many popular people face to face and interview them. You really have some interesting experiences in your life. I still can't get over your store detective profession (which I didn't even knew existed till then)...LOL
You are Hysterical! I have not read anything else of yours as of yet (I have been M.I.A) but I will be sure to do so today. One factor you left out though---Talking Smack about another HUBBER---Pissoff factor numero uno in my book! Although maybe you did cover that one in "Act like a jerk off ". Now I'm off to check out your other hubs!
Shirley and Joe!!! OH MY! I will never be able to look at anyone dressed in Pirate Hats again, much less use the "Free Credit Report" ringtone on my phone anymore! :0 :)
Hi Fran, yes, these are real life hub situations I've been noting for awhile and I decided to blow off some steam and get them out of my system. I'm glad you enjoyed the hub. (Oh, to answer your question, there are several dudes pretending to be women:)
Hi Om Paramapoonya. Thanks for stopping by to say hello. I'm half Neptunian on my father's side, so don't worry about a thing. I appreciate your comment.
Hi jennrose. Thank you for the nice comment. You're right. There are some scores that should have been higher. I may just rescore them-or wait until I write Part II of this hub.
Hi Kelley Eidem. Thanks for the nice comment. Being compared to the late Mr.Blackwell is quite an honor. I don't think I'm that deserving. I would definitely buy your stuff, but I spent all of my money on a book called, "How To Make a Million on Hubpages" and I don't have anything left.
Hi katie moseff, you're awesome. I'm so glad you enjoyed the hub. It had nothing to do with guts, though. More like stupidity. Not everyone agreed with me and I'm still getting hate mail.
Thank you, countrywomen. I should point out that my interview with Dr.Gray was done over the telephone. I never met him personally. He's a great cure for insomnia, though.
CherylAnne Nelson..you rock. Thank you for the kind words. You're right. I'll definitely add "talking smack" in my followup hub. What was I thinking?
Hi Proud Mom. A Free Credit Report Ringtone? That is genius! I have to get one! Thanks for the comment!
rockingjoe, great article.
I'm guilty of 9 of your 10, I believe. (shame on me!)
I'd like to say, in my defense, that I'm a newbie - but, that is just an excuse for my bad writing. I have decided to rewrite all of my articles/hubs and make them more coherent, or, more whatever.
Thanks for your great hub/article. We all need to hear it, regardless of how good we think we are, eh?
~Nan
Well what do I say, except will have to watch my step as a new Hubber!!!
Thanks anyway, and a Happy Xmas and New Year :-)
rockinjoe,
I almost didn't post a comment as there is about a mile of them here. As if you need more praise. lol.
I had to though.. that was a great read! I'm new to Hub Pages and have found SO many hubs like "how to make a turkey sandwich" and crap like that. Yours was interesting and funny, and I have to say I LOVED the McLiar line. OMG!
Mandy
Well I just found a new one that should be added--even funny or not...Some other hubber telling what and who they should allow to ocmment on another hubber's hub.
Lady Guinevere, why did you change your Hub Image?
Well there is someting wrong with the images I put on there and they are all doing what this one did. I did ask managment about it and nothing came of it. It seems that it is only doing it to my hub or something. Which one did you like?
I just left a comment on your french toast hub...where have you been!?
Hi NJoG. Thanks for the comment. You're guilty of 9 out of 10 of these Hub crimes? I can't believe it. But, don't worry about it. I was guilty of a few myself when I first started off. I'm just trying to let everyone know about the holes I stepped in, so hopefully, they won't break their ankle.
Hi barrysolar. Anyone's first mistake would be listening to a word I say. Just have fun at Hubpages and don't forget me when you make your first million.
Hi Mandy76. Thanks for leaving your comment. Actually, I do need praise. Please leave more, lol. I appreciate your taking the time to stop by. I have to do a search now for the Turkey Sandwich Hub. I HAVE TO READ IT. Glad you liked McLiar. Feel free to use it in your daily life:)
Hi Lady G. Nothing surprises me on Hubpages aymore. I broke my own rule in a comment above when someone left me a nasty message. Even I can be human....sometimes. Thanks for stopping by:)
M.Lady, I have been injured... but writing as much as I can. Where has the Lady been? Are you ever going to put a real picture of you up?
CW you can see a real picture of me on my Grandson hub! The whole family is there! http://hubpages.com/hub/Welcome-To-The-World-My-1s
Lady Guinevere says:79 minutes ago
Well I just found a new one that should be added--even funny or not...Some other hubber telling what and who they should allow to ocmment on another hubber's hub.
SirDent; Show the proof of your allegation.
Sir Dent what the bleeps wrong with you....you are getting pretty annoying right now.
Please! This hub was written with humor! If you guys take it too seriously and start argueing about it... I will have to bitch-slap you all.
Stop it! Relax! Have fun!
CW-LOL I haven't heard that phrase in a loooong time! lol lol lol What a hoot!!
I must have missed something good. Is anyone going to share?
Hilarious hub . . . i read it, laughed and did not feel pissed off, annoyed or attempt to reach toward my shoes! Good job!
Thanks for the coment, Illinoisadoptee. Very nice of you to comment. Very few people are able to keep their shoes on after reading one of my hubs.
haha!, lol.
You certainly have good tastes!
;)
Good entertaining stuff. I always avoid commuicating with such people because one way or another they are going to Piss you off. There are also a number of hubs to avoid if one doesn't want to get a 'pissed off day' at hubpages.
I must say I once commented on my own hub when I fisrt joined and I was the only one who got pissed off at that.
great hub good and funny to read but give some room to give a thought back to be honest and sincere in the wold of hubpages as well as in the world of web.
Thanks compu-smart, as always.
Thank you, hassam. If I had as many hubs as you do, I'd go out of mind keeping up with them all:) I appreciate your comment.
Thank You, pariprashneno.I appreciate your taking the time to leave such a nice comment.
Hey there rock-n-joe. U bein pissed off seems to have pissed off a lot of people. I counted up your piss off factor, added them up, and came up with 66. Now thats really pissed. Maybe if you can make it to about 40 year old, without explodeing. Then maybe by then you could mellow out to the point where things that you mentioned before, won't be such a problem. Then you could let life live the way life lives and it won't hurt you so much. (BTW, my first comment on hubpage)
and let me be the who wants to be one of those
read more aboutmy hubs
http://hubpages.com/hub/parvati-omanakuttan
I accidentally double posted and then tried to delete one, but i guess you have to delete it. Whoops :o)
Wow! Interesting Hub. This 1 got people really fired up :o) You should coin that phrase McLiar :o) LMAO People comment on their own hubs? Never really noticed that, but have only been around about 2 months. That is pretty sad. Men masquerading as women? Hmmm...I will not even touch that one...
I am so with you on that spamming comments. I think it so rude, when someone comes to your Hub or lens...whatever...and leaves a link to them and they are writing on the same type of product. That is more than rude. The nerve of some people amazes me. They talk all nice in the comment, then throw a hyperlink in there trying to redirect your traffic. Nasty way to do business and behave. Besides, they know you can just delete it, so why even do it in the first place. Made me start setting comments to being approved first.
Merry Christmas to all that celebrate it!
Hi Doggie. I like your style. (Get it?) Thanks for the comment. I've made it past 40 without exploding....but just a few more effed up hubs may set me off. I appreciate your concern.
Hi cyrus2203. Thanks for having the balls to spam my hub. I give you credit. You got a laugh out of me. (They are Hot Indian Chick Links)
whoelsecouldib, you said it waaaaay better than I did. Thanks for taking the time to leave your comment. I appreciate it. Merry Christmas, to you, as well:)
LOL! Great job! I really love your first picture, can you add the Matrix video please? Lol...
haha great idea shanel. Thank you for the comment.
Rockinjoe, you're spicy. I like that. Keep it up. :-)
But really, you made some good points. Don't think I've ever pissed anyone off on HubPages, but I am just starting out...only time will tell. :-)
Thanks, Tirisacha. I like your stuff as well. You're a very funny lady. Don't worry about pissing off hubbers. We can take it:)
Intresting point of view.I can't say i found my self in this factor"
2.) SPAM your affiliate or MLM-Your hub consists of 3 poorly written sentences and still has 20 links to your affiliates’ landing pages. You have 20 hubs and they all suck. BOO! PISS OFF FACTOR: 9"
But some how i'm a online busines builder so take a look at my post http://hubpages.com/hub/CommissionBlueprintBonusAn
You will think i did that only to get links to my bussines but i did not! I sell somthing but i olso read your post,understand it ,i read all other comments on your website and post my little comment ! I hope i didn't PISSED YOU OFF!
Great article!
Merry Chrismast
AdrianGheorghe, you're amazing. I'll have to give you that. Thanks for the comment. This is the first time anyone has claimed to read my hub, understand it, try to friend me and then leave a spam link. You're awesome.
PISS OFF FACTOR: 10
Thank you, Vietnam. "Merry Chrismast" to you, too. Thanks also for the spam link. I'm not looking to travel to Vietnam anytime soon, but if I ever decide Vietnam is the vacation spot for me, I'll be sure to come back and click on your link and visit that obviously credible site.
PISS OFF FACTOR: OFF THE METER
Knowing exactlly what works here at hubpages should help your content writing and marketing skills. Don't forget that we're all consumers. Great reading.
Thanks for the spam, mamun155. That makes you as welcome as a cold sore on a bride's lip on the day of the wedding.
Thank you for the comment, Mr. SEO I definitely appreciate it.
I agree with your reply on my comment, but it seems that not many people feel the same, so I kept lo profile on that. Thanks for standing up for our president.
Also, I get a kick out of people apparently did not read you article, and spam your website. I you want friends to help, you can trend on their sites, as I am learning. I started doing it, then learned different. Hubs already does this for you. Treat you friends right and they will help you get along further.
I thought you quit rolling hubs. Staying around just to get the 2nd hand smoke? Or addicted and can't leave?
Hi Rockinjoe, one that bugs me actually happens in my email. It is when I'm a fan of a Hubber who magically makes 100 hubs all with extremely similar content but with a list of facts for each model or different video game level strategies. The hub is obviously great for people comparing them or playing them and it would be useful for me if I was looking for the info. But I need to stop being a fan even though I really liked their other hubs.
It takes me at least an hour to make a decent hub. The amount of mail I get within minutes when one of these are done is insane. I guess they must make them all and keep them unpublished until the last one is finished then, BAM! My email is overflowing.
Hi eovery. Thank you for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it. I'm so happy with the choice our country made for president that I'm not even really upset people are already trying to defame him. Ok, maybe that's wrong. I have gotten passionate about the subject (more than once) when something truly outlandish was written that was clearly BS. Let him take office, do the job and then judge. But, this Anti-Christ stuff is just ridiculous.
I love the spammers on this hub. Most are just doing it to be wiseasses. I can deal with that, as I've been suspect a few times to being a smart alek.
Dude, as far as rolling hubs....I can't stop. Sometimes I just quit rolling and shove everything into a pipe and spark it up. Then I eat 6 bowlfulls of Lucky Charms.
:)
Hi Jim. EXCELLENT point! I've dropped out of fan clubs after dealing with the same situation.I end up on the other side of an email asking myself, "How the heck can they come up with so many hubs in such a short amount of time?" I wish I was THAT good.
I sometimes am able to get a hub or two ahead before I publish them, but that's rare. And you're right. A good hub should take an hour or so to write and put together. That's a good Hubpages Pet Peeve you got there.
Thanks for the comment. It's appreciated.
ROFLMAO @ rockinjoe and the lucky charms comment! :D Hubs do tend to give people the munchies for sure. ;)
Good one eovery! :)
Nice hub. Interesting.
:::end of comment:::::
Juuust kidding, LOL!
My peet peeve is a lack of integrity and writing in caps, and trolls in the forums. I can't and won't read a post and much less a hub in caps (not that I have seen a hub in caps). And interesting and nice hub! :)
Golly, you are doing well if you can produce a hub within an hour. It usually takes me an everage of 3+ hours to produce one. :)
Thanks Pam! Lucky Char,s are not only delicious, but sometimes they even have a prize in the box.
Thanks, VioletSun. I actually saw an ALL CAPS HUB a few months ago and got so upset, I had to hunt down a Valium. I appreciate your stoping by, as always:)
Cindy. An hour is about right for me, but that's if I have notes, pictures ready, know how I want to set it up, etc. I type very fast so I end up editing for another 20 minutes when I'm finished.
Joe, this is some fantastic advice you have here, thanks for sharing it! I'll be sure to get started right away!
Joe- Does self promotion like this count towards making me unpopular?...LOL http://hubpages.com/hub/10-ways-to-become-extremel
I love this hub. 8 thumbs up! I'll add a sub-peeve: misspelling the TITLE of a hub ("Effected" instead of "Affected" is a favorite of mine).
i didn't know being on hubpages required a participation in a popularity contest. nice to know.
LOL
All things considered, not too many negative comments. Won't be leaving a spam link......
Nice Hub :)
Although, are you some how saying that Obama is NOT the anti-christ? I am all confused, 'cause I thought it was already proven.
Hi,
After reading your Hub I decided to comment on it, but I can't find quickly `Post comment' section. Why? Because there are so many comments and I have to scroll down... down... and down! Is there any need to say great Hub? I don't want to 'unpopular', so have not added my affiliate link here!
...And I thought writing my boorish hubs with mundane topics was the reason for my unpopularity. Enjoyed your Hub.
Your hubpage about how become extremely unpopular; you gave me a good point for not doing so thank you for this article, I invite you to read my hubpages.
Hi Erick. Thank you for your comment. I am VERY far away from being a Hubpages expert. I just wrote the things that some writers do that bug me like crazy. There is a lot of help available on the Hubpages Forums. (They are really a great group of people)
I love this hub and i want to know how it work
loool
Love the hub! It really makes me mad when someone says in a comment- interesting hub than immediately links to their totally unrelated hub. Delete!!!!!
Thanks for the good read and letting other writers/hubbers know what NOT to do!
Dorsi, you're awesome! Thanks for taking the time to comment. If anyone knows of what I'm speaking of here, it's you.
very good hub ... I TOO HATE IT WHEN SOMEONE RIGHTS IN CAPS !!! LOLZZ!!!
LOL that was very funny, I don't remember when I laughed like that :))))) =))
Hello
Me speaks in the behalf of all hub-spammers
We do not appreciate your attitude towards our growing and prosper community, and we can't help but feel disappointed by the fact that you have exposed all of our secret techniques! Now we have to come up with new, inovative ones! :(
The HSC (Hubpages Spammers Community) wish you all a nice holiday though....
Hi Mdesai. Thanks for the CAPITAL COMMENT. I really appreciate it. I'll stop by and check out your hubs. Looks like you have someinteresting stuff.
Thanks, razvan_razvan. I'm glad you got a laugh out of the hub....while I'm sitting here all pissed off. I appreciate your stopping by:)
thejimster, you're so nice to stop by. Now that I have the HSC on my ass, I'm all done for. My hubs won't get a moment's rest. I might have to retire. :)
TO MARK KNOWLES: Last night, Mark, I had written a long assed anti-christ/Obama comment in response to your comment, but somehow it disappeared. Damn, was it funny, too. I wish I could remember it.
Thanks for the really nice comment. I apologize for the missing comment.
I love this hub!
Hi Darkside. I appreciate it. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Just blowing off some built up steam:)
hi rockinjoe....nice hub..
hi white atlantic. Very nice of you to say that. Thank you!
Rockinjoe...You're the king of comments! I just looked at this page after not seeing it for a couple weeks and I had are hard time finding my comments due to all the others! You sure are popular.
Thanks for the comment, imadork. I'm far from popular on Hubpages. There are so many fantastic writers here that sometimes I feel a little inadequate. This hub was pure luck.
This has to be one of the funniest hubs I've read thus far. The acai berry juice deal had me in tears. That and the "Hot Indian Chicks". At first I thought you were some curmudgeon but all of these are completely true. Rock on.
P.S. If I run into any smokin' Hindi babes or come to some painfully obvious realization about something mundane or irrelevant, I'll make sure to fire off a hub about it.
Hi artfuldodger. Thanks for the comments. Be sure to keep me posted on the mundane or irrelevant. I definitely would appreciate it....
Oh and by the way, I am a cranky ol' curmudgeon:)
Hey You I dig the blunt voice you share, I read this hub and laughed because people can be so angry and supra-professional they forget we are not just flesh but thinking beings. Im gonna check out your other hubs asap , so original
Thank you, kasta! I'm glad you enjoyed the hub. Thanks for taking the time to read it.
Well this was a very interesting hub. I actually recheck mt hubs after publishing to make sure that I spelled my words correctly. I also make sure that I only post links that are relevant to my hub. I try to get along with every hubber on this site, even those who try to shove their beliefs down other's throats(not you, I actually agree with you). Thank you for being brutally honest lol, and speaking everything that came to your mind, because like everyone says, the truth shall set you free :-)
Very nice of you to say that, Mr.Williams. I was just blowing off some steam when I wrote this. I try my best to be easy going myself, but sometimes I fail at it.
It makes me laugh to think of people doing #9, but I know some do it! I've had the same logged out person post multiple comments on my hubs, arguing with him/herself. They don't realize I can see it is all coming from the same ip.
Brillant hub! Number 3 is on my list
Thanks, Stacie. I've had a few #9's on my hubs as well, but never an argument with one poster. That's hysterical! Thanks for commenting. I'm finally in your fan club. I wasn't getting emails from Hubpages due to some sort of Yahoo! mail glitch. I'm all fixed now and have LOTS of catching up to do.
Thank, Lgali. Unfortunately, there are MANY #3's on Hubpages. I appreciate your comment.
Hi, I think I win the piss off. Unfortunately I have no imagination so I just act like the provebial bull in the china shop. Will try to piss you of less in future.
Hi Hendrika! I don't think you'd piss me off at all. Thank you for the comment. I appreciate it:)
Thanks for a funny (and educational) read
This is tooo funny :)
Great article!! I laughed all the way through reading . :)
umm why is it that there are so many hubs of pictures of "hot indian chicks"? it's ridiculous...
Thank you, J_Eds, esocial and writer83. Very nice of you to stop by and comment.
Hi stuffsoup. I guess there's a market for Hot Indian Chick hubs. I'm really not sure. Thanks for commenting. I appreciate it.
I just posted my first ever hubs today. I hope they don't piss you off!!!
So far, I think I am good though. Haven't used the forum yet either. Never lie, so good there and appreciate others comments so long as they are real and about what they have been reading.
Let me know how I do in future.
Hi Jennifer, thanks for writing. Welcome to Hubpages. I'm sure you won't end up pissing me off:)
This seriously made me laugh. I am relatively new to Hubpages so I will keep my eye out for the ten deadly sins.
And I must ask - men posing as women? Why? Do women get better marks or something? In that case....I'm in! :)
Hey RockinJoe,
I'm brand-spankin-new to Hub and am so excited because it's always been my dream to write! Being so new, your article will help to avoid some mega pitfalls - although we share a lot of the same peeves. I don't appreciate when people goof around and waste others' valuable time. Thanks for your valuable words!
Hey, THANKS for the callous on my index finger ! Luv'd ur Hub ! Now I'm wondering just how irritating MY Hub is ??
Hi ckinnear. Thanks for taking the time to comment on my hub. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yeah, it's true. There are a few guys posing as women on Hubpages, but it's pretty true of most of the internet, I'm sure. You have a good head start:)
Hi Callaghan. I appreciate your comment.Welcome to Hubpages! I can't wait to read your stuff. If you don't appreciate time wasters, you'd better stay clear of my hubs....:)
Hi Dan. Sorry about the callous, but I'm glad you read my hub. I look forward to checking out your work:)
I'm glad you wrote this. If it prevents only one person from doing any of the 10 activities listed, you've done good. A good resource, and I am sure a work of catharsis.
Thank You Reg, "catharsis" is the perfect word for what I've done here. That's one of those disappearing words and I'm very happy you brought it back.
I appreciate your comment.
Thanks for the advice
LOVE #9. It made me LOL! I'm brand new, so I'll try my very, very hardest not to piss you off. Thanks for all the super fantastic info!!!
Hi pmin1002. Thanks so much for the comment.
Hi, there ibloomdrop, I'm glad you enjoed the article and I'm certain you won't piss me off. Welcome to Hubpages!
( Typing in a womans voice) NICE HUB JOE. IT REERLY COVERTED SOME GOOD TOPICALS ALMOST AS MUCH AS MY SITE WWW.THING TO DO TO MAKE BROADS HATE YOU. YOU ARE A FINE WRITER AND A WONDERFUL HOMO SAPIEN EVEN THOUGH YOU VOTED FOR SATANS SPAWN.
What a great hub! really made me laugh, and the comments were so funny! Lol!
Bush dodge well,I think Bush train dodge always.
Thanks, Funnebone. I couldn't have said it better myself...if that's who you really are.
Hi Leanne! Thanks for the comment. I appreciate your stopping by.
Hi Spa. Thank you for saying hello. I think Bush dodged everything pretty well, too!
What exactly is a hub?
Hi Jack, I'm not Google.
Dare I say "Nice post"?! :) There is only 1 problem with it that I can see though. Those that are doing these very things will not read it and even if they did they would not care and will continue all of these things.
Hi Erick, thanks for the comment. You are definitely correct about those who should read this, not reading it. What a shame. Well, at least we can talk about them behind their backs. I appreciate your stopping by.
What is professional conduct, ethics, and behavior?
It used be said to avoid controversy don't talk about Religion, Sex and politics. Anyone of these three was and are still hot potatoes. Debating get you nowheres except to create some ill feelings.
Now I might post on some of those Controvesial ones, but I won't linger for debates. Exchanging ideas is fine.
As to your list, some need a more weight to them. And alas I have been guilty of some - more in the comment section.
What I hate the most are those misleading title ones - those ought to receive a 30 point hit. Enticing or totally off the topic headline just to get viewers. Quality should be rewarded.
I just discovered Hub Pages by fluke chance and found myself immediately interested, so I went diving into hubs, and the first read? This article of yours, which was not only amusing, but painfully true throughout the internet! Well done if I might say so and really good pointers that I'm sure many should be taking now.
On another note, to go with the age old "If I had a dollar every time.." quote, I'd be stinking rich for the number of bloggers I've ran across who are mysteriously addicted to caps.
Good article.
Thanks, eaglegordon, I won't elaborate or debate either-especially in my own hub, but I appreciate your comment.
Hi Liz, Welcome to Hupages.com. Don't let my blowing off some steam affect you. Have fun. Hubpages is lots and lots of fun. Thanks for the comment.
You seem a little less than happy in this Hub
Hi ilovehubbing. Thanks for the comment. I'm ALWAYS happy. Really, I am. I appreciate the fact that you stopped by.
Hey rockinjoe hubpages virgin here! you're my first(lol) I love this hub... you are so right! I'm glad I read this. don't need to piss anymore people off I get enough of that at home! can't wait to read more rockinjoe hubs:)
Hi crazymomma of4 ....It was a pleasure popping your hub cherry. Welcome to Hubpages and have fun:)
Wow! That's so ballsy! I hope Cindy bitches about that one!
I told her to check it out, posted the link in my comment to her hub! Brought it up in the Forums to! :D
Bad enough people steal our stuff and publish it elswhere, but to steal our stuff and then put it on HP, is just outrageous.
Yep I agree! And he hasn't even deleted it yet! Ignoring my comment just about sets it off for me! LOL
Being a newbie - great info - I am guilty of #10 but I am lonely and have only myself to talk to. I also got paid $250k large for hubbing the secret to "secret Sauce". I HAVE MADE SO MUCH MONEY, I wll tall yu my sekret: its made from older employees. They don't hire seniors because they can hustle. I am right you know, jerk. BTW - Ronald should be replaced by Pennywise - see it here www.pennywisereplacesronald.com.
HA - I got 8 out of 10 (missed 2 and 7) for a total score of 48 with less than 100 words.
Also - "Tum Chor Ho" in Hindi means "You are a thief" maybe we should all post that in his comments?
Hi surviveprison. That's frigging hysterical. thanks for posting. It made my day.
Tum Chor Ho has been added to my vocabulary. Thank you!
As a brand newbie, thanks for the tips, however, not sure what I'm getting into. Some pretty disturbing characters with some rather shallow views of reality. Perhaps a few hours on a couch with a pipe smoking analyst may be productive.
or not.
I like the hub but sometimes one guy is right and most are wrong. That is true about 9/11 and the President's evil involvement, about the legacy of George Bush, etc. Most people have no clue as to what the neocon party has been up to. Most people don't even know who a neocon is! Even Pat Buchanan fears the neocons and their efforts to piss off the Russian bear.
Most people simply have no clue about what has been going on because of PNAC, the neocons, the Bush family, and the lust for world dominance that they bring to politics.
It is a fine line between posting something everybody knows about (stupid hub) and being a know it all by posting something nobody seems to understand:)
Hi froggy15. Thanks for the comment. First rule of hubpages is...never believe anything I write! Have fun!
Hi bgamall, Thanks for the comment. I'm sure it's possible that one can be correct and the majority wrong about a subject, but last time I checked, there are still 50 stars on the flag in this country and people are entitled to their opinion. As you may recall, a difference of opinion is what formed the United States, in the first place. When someone posts an article, (such as I have done here), I expect people to come and post their differing opinions-and I won't delete, condemn, or belittle anyone (unless they are insulting comments, of course), because someone has a different take on a subject. I appreciate your comment.
GOOD INFO FOR A NEWBIE LIKE MYSELF..WAIT WHAT WAS HE SAYING AGAIN ABOUT ALL CAPS?
I agree Rockinjoe with that view of letting opinions be posted. I do that too. The ones who were talking about limiting blogging were, you guessed it, the neocons. And neocons and demcons are joined at the hip, so watch out: http://micofcc.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/neocon-%E2
DUNno wOT ths HUB is bout , TIS gratE THO. i shOULd no COZ I iz Always Rite. I always thought eating B4 bed giVED u imsonia. By the way I'm hung like a dONkeE with 38GG breasts and earn a million a week you C%$k s&*"er.
Thanks Spinderella I appreciate the comment!
Thank you, bgamall. I'll definitely check out the link.
Hi NDBEES. Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?
Thanks a lot rockinjoe. I'm new to this and now i'm affraid to write anything! Lol. No... this was a good hub. Enjoyed your humor. I'm going to take notes from you.
Hi Lydia Rose. Welcome to Hubpages. I hope you have lots of fun here! Thanks so much for taking the time to comment:)
Holy Crap! Look at all your comments on this hub! I need to get back over to HubPages more often, but you know what.... it was the forums that chased me off several months ago. Glad you touched on that one! :) Steph
Steph, you're too nice. Thank you. Come back to Hubpages and don't let the Forums scare you off....but then again, you lawyers like to argue:) Thanks so much for the comment and for adding my Twitter.
This really was a great read! (And you're telling True Things too!) - Jeez... I really am an Original!... (But after all these comments, you have to be in the Seventh HubHeaven by now?)
You just got everybody set into your hub :D One of the bestest and interesting hubs I found. Flagged :D.. LOL..kidding.. I mean have my 5 stars on your way..
Cheers!
Hi Lost Dutchman. Thanks for commenting. Comments have been great, but I'm not making any Google dollars off of it as hubbers are too smart for that. I'm hoping to get the newbie Hubpages traffic (which I seem to be receiving), so maybe it will pick up in $$$$$
Hi chillingbreeze. You're awesome. Thank you for reading the hub-and thank you for not flagging it, which has probably been done a million times already.
This is the first hub that I have read and I have to say that is was great. Your top 10 could apply to just about anything that people write.
Thanks for the comment, curious.morpheme. I appreciate it. Have fun at Hubpages.
Frickin' Hysterical! I am brand new to writing Hub articles and your piece caught my eye and I figured, what the heck...and gave it a read! Glad I did! Picked up a few pointers and laughed along the way.
Now back to making my millions!! LOL
Thanks for the giggles.
Signed ~ Hot Indian Chick ; )
Hi Lee! Welcome to Hubpages. Thanks for the really kind comment. I definitely appreciate it. Hot Indian Chicks are always welcome in my forum, sir! :)
That was pretty entertaining! Thanks for the laughs. Your picture was particularly funny and caught my attention ;)
Thanks, capricious_d. Welcome to Hubpages.com
Too funny - I couldn't agree with you more. #1 is my biggest pet peeve too. If you don't know how to spell, then do it in word and run a spell check before posting it. Or ask someone to proof it for you. So what do you really look like?
Hi Cindy, Thanks for the comment. I can't wait to begin reading your stuff. By the way, I look like this
Hey Rockinjoe, I just wandered back over here and reread the hub. Relieved to find I haven't violated more than about 7 of your rules today!
But wow! It's pretty darned cool how many new faces (or avatars, anyway) you've attracted. Good for you for setting all these newcomers off on the right foot. Maybe Ryan et al should make this hub required reading before setting up a HP account! Serious. MM
That's really nice of you to say, MightyMom. The hub has been doing quite well. I'm actually surprised that I didn't get my account canceled. It's going to be interesting to watch the traffic from this point on.
Reading through all these varied comments is an education in itself. Your hub certainly drew a great response! Took forever ( GET THAT, FOREVER!!! ) to get this far down. Ha! Looking forward to reading more of your hubs.
Thanks so much for stopping by, Peggy W. So nice of you to leave such a great comment.
I didn't read this hub. I just came immediately down here to the comments section and started typeing. By the way, here's my affiliate link for the hottest product on the market: www.buymystuffnow.wtf
Victory is Mine!!!!!
Thanks, Jonathan. I didn't know you were impersonating Jesus these days.
I've been absent from HP for a while. You took a leave of absense as well. Good to see you again.
LOL Where have you been Jonathan? Glad to see you back! :)
Son, you haven't actually made any money with this, have you?
a.) I'm not your son
b.) If you were really Carr, you would already know who I am
c.) I've referred your question to the DQD.
Thanks for writing.
Your hub should also be how to get lots of comments.
Interesting in any case
Thanks for the comment, issues veritas. I got lucky on this one!
Hi rockinjoe- Straight to the point-love it! It pisses me off to read wishy washy Hubs that seem to have no direction.
By the way-does #10 count if your a crossdresser?
Huked on Foniks Werkd fer mee.
Take your own advice. You put in ten oppions then 20 links to other pages aftwords what did this solve i wont click any of those. When you are basically saying that every person out there writing articles is just trowing a link page out there withh 200 links for a 3 sentence article. Then you sitting back and doing just what you where talking about. Can you say hypocriticle take your own advice man and read some hubs to get your self some proper writing on your articles. Do not just come out here and yell at people out there tring to legitametly answer others questions as well as make people more aware of what they should be doing.
As a newbie hubber, I hope I don't make mistakes that will annoying other people. It does take time and practice to get it right, so forgive us newbies please. Ta.
I know I'm late joining the debate but I thought I'd say how much I loved the hub. My kids wanted to know what I was laughing about. It voices so many thoughts I've had as I've been reading hubs. I'd love to add another one that I think rates a 10 in the p*** off stakes - publishing unfinished hubs that are just there to push you towards their affiliate links especially when they are written in appalling English!
Hi Caspert69...You had me laughing most of all. You've got 27 hubs and 2 followers and you cannot spell. Telling me to obtain writing skills is laughable. Take an English course and know to whom you are addressing. You're a douchebag. PISS OFF FACTOR 8
Good Day rockinjoe
I was particularly struck by point #1. I didn't want to be the one to say it first. But I figure, for many of us, English is a second or third language -- and that a certain degree of forebearance is called for but perhaps they should write it first on some word processing program and spell check it and all that, instead of writing directly on the hub board.
Point #5 spam your affiliate or MLM. I hate it when alleged hubbers do that, post a comment on your hub, which is nothing more than an advertisement to read their hub. Such blatant self promotion is unseemly. And the lack of specificity of many comments is annoying (you know they're just doing it to run up their hub score and they probably didn't even read the hub the left that vacant remark on).
Poin #4 Be a jerk in the forums. I've only been here two months and I have seen that! They always tend to degenerate into incoherent, mean-spirited zoos. I've been reading a few hubs concerning a certain hub challenge that was held a year or so ago - 100 hubs in 30 days. Many people seem to feel that the community definitely took a turn for the worse after that, and the declining quality of the forums was repeatedly identified as one of the casualties.
Point #10 Pretend to be a woman - but you're a dude! Do you mean this seriously? Do you mean to say this actually happens? I'm curious. If this actually happens, how do we know this occurs?
Also, you're not forgetting the other reason why a woman might revel in celebrating feminine beauty, are you?
By the way, good hub. Thanks. Voted up!
Helo, thiss is a reely gud hub. Come an checks mines out.
Very funny hub.Nothing has changed in the 2 years since you wrote this.Maybe they should put it in the help pages :lol:
Thanks everyone. I appreciate your comments. Haven't been hubbing as much as I used to, but I do stop in from time to time.
Well Well, about time you reappeared Joe. We missed you loads, and all the laughs!
Now, be a good boy and go off and write some more funny hubs to leave us doubled up laughing as usual.
You still here?....... well hurry up and go get writing then :)
Waiting........ (drums fingers impatiently).
:) :) ;) ;)
I seriously miss the friends I've made here.....especially you-mistyhorizon2003. Ok, ok, I'll think of something. Got a case of writer's block lately.
Thanks for the comment!
Well it is lovely to have you back, and I am sure your writer's block won't last for long. Have a read of some of Shadesbreath and Christoph Reilly's latest stuff if you think it might give you some inspiration fro a new idea. I have laughed loads at their writing lately. Good to have someone else back here who can also make me laugh out loud. :)
Missed you loads too BTW :D
Shadesbreath and Christoph Reilly? Those boys are pure genius. I don't need the pressure!
Ahhh, you can cope I'm sure :)
whoops, double posted, and I've only had one can of Cider so far too!!!
After all is said and done. I'm still looking for the guy that posts, the hot Indian chicks!
thanks for the chuckles. human nature is rather predictable, isn't it? keep writing. you have a new crop to entertain. :]
@mistyhorizon2003 One can? How you write anything on 1 can?
@Eztransfer Sorry, but I promised I would never reveal her, I mean his, we;; you know what I mean. I can't reveal their names.
@rebekahELLE Thanks for the comment. I definitely appreciate it. :)
Great hub, I am going to send this to a couple of hubbers!
Thanks, TheMMAZone. Nice of you to comment. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Most of what you listed will make me mad just about anywhere. The stench of trolls is probably the hardest for me to cope with.
DaNoblest Trolls=ANGER! (Thanks for the comment)
Fresh and alive! An enjoyable read rockinjoe. You covered alot of ground there-appreciated
Well...I guess I will have to try to unlearn the first comment schtick...I've been on Newsvine too long. If you don't do a "First Comment" over there, it's deucedly difficult to get up on the main page. Since that's evidently not a problem here, I'll unlearn a habit and move forward. So far, I haven't noticed much "trolling", but I can't imagine a complete escape from the phenomena. Oy!
I am brand new to the hub, and I have been reading your hubs, I love them, your a great writer. Your funny, and insightful, not that you needed props from me. I look forward to reading more of your work and hope that you are going to add new stuff, as so far all your posts comments are 2+ years old. Great article, Totally agree.
Great tips! I was rolling with #7. Too funny.
Thanks for sharing
Thank you somuch, Cindy L.Burke, you are very nice to leave such a warm comment:) (Sorry my reply was so late!)
Hi missolive. Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed this hub. I've been absent from Hubpages for awhile, but I plan on hanging around until they throw me out! Ha ha #7 is one of my favorites.
The only offense that really burns my buns is when people try to market their own hubs in one of my hub's comments. Or worse, when people who aren't even Hubbers sign up just to market their non-hubpages related website on my comments. Yuck!
Excellent hub!
Thanks again, Rachelle. It was a fun hub to write. It's probably due for an update.
Lady Guinevere Level 6 Commenter 3 years ago
Well I may fit one or two of those things that piss you off, but at least I am trying to get along with others and not thrust my opinions down their throats and call them liars. Like you, I try to avoid these types of people. I use caps sparingly and it isn't to yell at others, only to emphazise a point that they clearly missed the first or second or even third go 'round.
You are to the point in your hub here. I like clarity--even though sometimes my clarity seems to escape me. It's all in fun and games of life though--certainly have fun in these Holidays!!