I have a tendency to add snark into my writing, whether it’s news posts, reviews, or little blog posts like this. After letting several Internet commenters get me down over their asinine remarks, I’ve decided I no longer want to contribute. If I have a snarky opinion on something, then I’ll write a feature on it. But snark is no longer welcome in my news reporting, interviews, or reviews. I’m done being part of the negative problem in my chosen industry.
Years ago when I first crept on the scene over at Kombo (may it rest in peace), you kind of had to be snarky in order to stand out in the sea of bazillions of gaming websites. Now it seems everyone has the snark talk. Everyone is ready to cut someone else to quick. Everyone is ready to mean in a review for no reason other than to be mean. Everyone wants to be negative because somehow it’s gotten to be cool to hate.
Well, I’m done being a part of that culture. I don’t want to hate. I want to continue having fun doing what I do and writing about it. I don’t want to hate anything just to hate it or because it’s so hot right now. I’m even done beating down other people with what I honestly and truly don’t like.
My news reporting needs to be just that: reporting the news. No one cares what I think about the topic. I don’t need to be mean about anything within the news story. I’m here to report on the facts as they are presented, and all of my personal commentary needs to stay in editorials.
I’m also going to keep negativity out of editorials as much as I can, unless I’m writing about something that seriously offends me. At the same time, can’t I do that without being mean or snarky? Not everything needs my charming sarcastic bitch personality.
If I get accused of loving everything, then so be it. I want to keep being happy and positive, and snark is no way to do it. I can be critical without being harsh. I can be objective without sarcasm. I am that fucking ball of sunshine, dammit.
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