By fighting Shilaho or hitting at him in one way or another, some people seem to derive some extraordinary pleasure. Why are people still talking about the best articles for the week almost a month after I stopped posting the list? Why can’t those who want Triond to pick the best contact Triond instead of mourning what I stopped running weeks ago?
The list ran every week for almost a year
Several months ago I made a decision to run a weekly column featuring the best articles for the week and believe me; this did not go down well with most of you. While I did my best to read and try to rate articles as a way of stimulating quality content among my friends, many started taking the whole thing the wrong way.
People misunderstood my intentions
Reading the comments of many people on a post that has been written by one Vijayanth reiterates the feeling I had when I stopped posting the best articles for the week. It is clear that most people misunderstood the idea behind the whole thing but couldn’t say it to my face for one reason or another.
Close friends started feeling Triond should do it
Close friends started suggesting that Triond should run the list and that only meant one thing: They were no longer comfortable with my list despite the support they had given me for close to a year. Receiving messages from the respected my friends made me realize that if people wanted Triond to take over the list, it meant they were not comfortable and I had to stop.
Some truths
- Most people on Triond do not read – I am saying this with close to 100% certainty. The no brainer comments you see every day should tell you that very few people read before they comment. My list of the best articles was meant to stimulate a reading culture by picking a few significant articles every week.
- Most articles on Triond are very poor – I take 4 hours every day of the week and 12 hours on weekends reading, and I mean reading and commenting on articles and poems written by friends and believe me quality is lacking in most of them. The list was meant to try and stimulate some quality writing on Triond!
- One can not pick the best articles on Triond – This is some piece of nonsense. All competitions worldwide are normally subjective and that is why we have judges whose opinion we respect. The best novel is never chosen out of all the novels published but out of those seconded to the panel. The articles chosen were always out of the 500 or so that I had read in addition to a few links seconded by friends.
- Fighting the list – The list had no monetary value. Articles posted on Writinghood earn very little despite many views and comments. I am tempted to believe those who started fighting the list and thinking Triond should be the one to run it thought I was benefiting too much out of it. Each list used to earn me 0.03 to 0.05 dollars despite hundreds of views, a very insignificant percentage of what I earn here and that is why stopping it had no consequence.
- Support from Triond – Unknown to some idlers who even wanted to report me to Triond, the chief operations officer Mr. Udi Oz congratulated me when the first list came out and showed his approval. Why people were so much hurt by the list instead of making their own still defeats me.
The bottom line
The fixation with the list makes me wonder what it is about it that hurt anyone. Vijayanth has chosen to write about what he feels about the list almost a month after I stopped posting my top ten articles. Why should he voice disapproval of an exercise that stopped almost a month ago? Why do people start fights with me without any provocation? You have my word everyone, you won’t see another list if it is making so many people lose their sleep.
