I read this post a while ago, and it is terrible. We had a Hater post on our blog once, so we did a post about it and never again did we get a negative comment. Sad that this happens! And sadly we know who does this stuff. Lame.
Here is what we said to a negative comment on our blog:
yeah, eff off hideous nasties and leave Pip alone. Love your blog Pip, and you seem like a genuinely nice and kind lady.
HannaDecember 13, 2011 at 6:40 PM
Pip, beautiful Pip, lovely gorgeous inspiring Pip…. Your beautiful blog has changed my life…and I am not joking, I am not just blowing wind up your bottom, I am not just saying this. I was very very sad at this time a couple years ago. I was very depressed. And it wouldn't go away. And my life was awful. And very hard. I didn't even want life anymore…. Then one day, I saw you on The Circle.You were so lovely. And I googled you. I found this little slice of heaven right here!! This amazing blog. And I watched your videos. I learnt to crochet. Then I got craft crazy…bit by bit…crochet, sewing, quilting, embroidery, knitting. And now my life is AWESOME!! I live to craft & I see the world differently. I learnt to create, to see colour. And that is because of THIS BLOG!! Pip, THIS BLOG changed my life. And maybe others…I now talk to teenagers with depression, usually over a nice cuppa tea & as we chat I teach them to crochet!!! Maybe they will teach others…and so on & so on…and then maybe this will be the blog that CHANGED THE WORLD!!
Thanks Pip, and yeah…. EFF OFF TROLL!!
cleartrampolineDecember 11, 2011 at 6:23 PM
You are awesome Pip!! I hope that this meany leaves you alone!! Go away meany!!
needlekrafterDecember 11, 2011 at 2:59 AM
sweet pip– you keep doing what you're doing because you obviously do a wonderful job and your creativity is an inspiration to so many, including me. yours is one of my favorites to read- and i always look forward to what new projects you are working on and what things i can try to create, b/c of the inspiration that you've given. you are talented and lovely and remember that. 🙂
quigleyDecember 9, 2011 at 7:01 AM
BLOG ON PIP!!! You have such strong support and so many admirers who cherish all that you give – remember that!!!
Good on you for standing up for yourself and saying NO MORE
Use that DELETE key at will and hopefully that lowly cowardly worm (no offence to worms) will get the message. If more of us had the COURAGE to STAND UP and say NO what a world this would be – thanks for the role modeling…
and remember, light always shines out (moving out the darkness..)
pulpDecember 9, 2011 at 5:43 AM
Oh Pip, I think now is the time to tell how much I ENJOY reading your blog. It is such a highlight to my day… helps me wind down, absorb creativity and feel happy and fuzzy warm. THANK YOU Easy to say and not so easy to do, but try ignore…
carolynDecember 8, 2011 at 11:31 PM
Hi Pip, I can't help but think about these types of situations from a different point of view. It must be terrible to always look at things with a negative feeling. To feel the need to hurt someone the way this person is hurting you. I almost feel sorry for this individual, mainly because they may not have the ability to feel joy, positive emotions or even the pleasure of belonging to a community. They may just be venting a type of discontentment with their own situation and you were unlucky enough to be their "target of the month". Anyway, surely you must know that their comments have nothing to do with you really, after all, they obviously don't know you, do they? On a lighter note, it's always such a treat to get your emails, stay happy! carolyn xxx
MonmadeDecember 8, 2011 at 10:45 PM
Pip, I love your blog very, very, very much. Don't let the trolls get to you. Talk to your blogmaster (?) they should be able to block sender or something?
Go and eff off troll and leave us happy people alone.
Darren RowseDecember 8, 2011 at 8:19 PM
Tough one Pip – feeling for you.
Have been through it myself numerous times and I've never dealt with it exactly the same way twice.
I generally try to understand the person to start with and ask myself if they've got anything that I need to hear. I also try opening up conversation (privately) too and at times that's work either to clear up a misunderstanding or because the person is more interested in a public fight (they want attention) and taking it private doesn't feed that.
There are times where none of that works – so I guess my next tactic is ignoring it. This is the harvest way to go about it – I completely relate to how you're feeling every time you go to look at comments or write. It eats at you but resisting 'biting' can help sometimes. I keep telling myself to 'build something useful, build something constructive, build something life giving' instead of buying into the other persons destructive and bitter cycle.
Lastly at times I've asked others to intervene – either doing it with a few friends and on one other occasion in a post (similar to what you've done). Sometimes it all gets too much to handle alone – so bringing others along on that journey can help – however I would encourage you to raise it and then try to move on. Last thing you want is for this to become what your blog is about 🙂
Anyway – hope your podcast helps – given the comments above I'd say you've got a heap of people who love you and who you're enhancing the lives of.
Having one person dedicate so much time of their lives to go out of their way to attempt to bring you down says a heap more about them than it does you – they're obviously alone in their thoughts given what I'm reading above.
ShazDecember 8, 2011 at 5:43 PM
BE GONE TROLL!! Pip, Sew La Tea Do, was my first ever sewing book, I love it!! and I love your blog..I'm from Singapore, and your recipie of Mee Reus gave me the warm fuzzies…there's always something different on here…outstanding!!
KerryDecember 8, 2011 at 4:58 PM
I hope they listened and effed off. It makes me sad that they have made you so sad. Listening to your cute voice made me wanna come and give you a big cuddle! You're so lovely, I don't know how anyone could be mean to you 🙁 Anyway, also wanted to let you know I deactivated my facebook for a little while cos I needed a break from it… but it means I'll be leaving more comments on your blog now, so yay! xx
Sally CooperDecember 8, 2011 at 1:25 PM
Pip – you are our Queen of Craft and the Creative community all LOVE you! So stuff any silly Buggers who are mean and pathetic and have nothing better to do.
On behalf of many many crafty peeps – GO PIP!!!!!
Crafters Unite,I say! … like the 3 Musketeers, "one for all…" and all that stuff, hey???!!!!!!!
Sally x
Angie HartDecember 8, 2011 at 12:31 PM
Dear Pip,
You make the day brighter, without fail.
xxx
SandraDecember 8, 2011 at 12:29 PM
good on you for saying go away! i think too often we say we are the bigger person and we won't let nasty people get us down, but it's hard. stuff hurts. and it's good to say it to people. i am a big believer in each to their own in this world. we all have different beliefs, standards, morals, talents, etc… but as human beings the one thing i think we should all definitely do is treat each other with respect and not hassle each other for the lives we are trying (our hardest) to create. everyone's fighting their own fight and most of us for the good. if you are wasting your time by belittling other people you need to get out there and find a good fight and channel your anger into something at least constructive. don't be petty. life's too short.
beeDecember 8, 2011 at 12:03 PM
Pip I look forward to your awesome bloggy posts in my inbox every day, and I'm sure there are STACKS of lovely people who feel the same. We LOVE what you do and we LOVE that little "oh joy!" sunshiney feeling we get when we see that Meet Me At Mikes email sitting in our inboxes 😀 You rock so don't let anyone tell you otherwise! Good on you for telling that nasty pastie to go away! I hope they leave you in peace now 🙂
CarlyDecember 8, 2011 at 11:35 AM
Yep. Eff off, troll. This isn't the schoolyard – you can't corner someone on their own; there are thousands of Pip's supporters ready to tell you your behaviour is pathetic, until you just. Give. Up. Clearly someone has been horrible to you in the past, and you need to go and find out how to live a positive, meaningful life instead of sludging up the nearest available lovely and loved person's.
Pip, I know it's gut-churningly hideous to be on the receiving end of bullying, but please just keep standing up for yourself until this waste-of-energy person gives up. You are such an inspiration to so many lovely people, many of whom have been or are being subject to similar attacks, online and in face-to-face life.
Thanks again for your awesome blog – what a fabulous way to put beauty into the world. Yay!
Entheos StudioDecember 8, 2011 at 10:39 AM
Hi Pip, hugs to you. I'd feel the same too. Am writing to let u know I'm one of your readers who enjoy your blog and keep up the great work! You are right. There are many of us who enjoy your blog and you are writing for us. Rachel
freefallingDecember 8, 2011 at 10:24 AM
You know what you could try? I mean, it may not work and has the potential to back-fire…. you could ask your negative commenter to do a guest post and tell all your readers exactly what is wrong with you! Let 'em get it all out.
I understand the desire to keep your blog as your bright, happy, sunshiney place – that's how I think of mine too, but maybe we are being unrealistic. By their very nature, blogs are open to anyone to stop by and maybe we are over-sensitive to negative comments that come our way. I mean, they are just ONE person's opinion – and who is to say there isn't a kernel of truth in them? Actually….. having said that I don't really know what your unwelcome guest is saying. Are they just critical or are they abusive? If they are abusive – I agree, just delete them. Don't take it so personally though. They might just be a little bit nuts!
Jen HendersonDecember 8, 2011 at 10:12 AM
Oh dear, how very petty & sad… don't let them get to you lovely! Some people just don't have much good stuff going on in their lives so they feel the need to be mean to others to make themselves feel better. Blah! Pooh pooh to them I say.
On a totally different matter, your hair looks totally fab by the way 🙂 xx
EmDecember 8, 2011 at 8:47 AM
What an awful, jealous git!
Keep on keeping on lovely Pip.
Try not to let the turkeys get you down.
You are only receiving this kind of attention because you are so ace.
SO many people come here for a visit every day because we love what you do and what you give to us.
lamina@do a bitDecember 8, 2011 at 8:12 AM
Pip… that is just SO terrible that your wonderful blogging experience is being disrupted by someone who obviously must have a pretty sad life if they have nothing better to do than waste their time trolling! I wish you could just block them!! Hope the troll goes away and has a nice life 🙂
ElizabethDecember 7, 2011 at 11:25 PM
Pip, I'm very sorry they have made you feel badly. But I'm very happy and proud of you for handling it this way. Women getting harrassed on the internet is out of hand and NOT okay. It does not need to be sucked up, and just move onward because it's symptomatic of a lot of issues women face in the rest of the world. Bravo to you for standing up for yourself and your space. I hope more women follow suit – on their blogs and in general life. Thank you!
EvelynDecember 7, 2011 at 10:04 PM
Oh Pip it makes me sad to hear that that stupid troll makes you so sad. Your blog is great and you are doing great work and making a lot people happy with your blog. It makes me happy when I sit to my laptop in the morning after the kids are off to school, take a cup of coffee and see whats new at Meet me at Mikes.
And if someone doesn´t like your blog and if she/he doesn´t get happy reading it they should leave and just STOP reading it.
Because if you can´t say something nice, better say nothing.
You are one of the good and nice girls Pip, so please keep on posting.
Hugs
Amy PriorDecember 7, 2011 at 9:53 PM
oh I'm sad to hear you have experienced this kind of bullying Pip and how sad a person/people like that must be to waste their life spreading negativity in such a positive place that so many people enjoy- hope they eff off xox Amy
JessicaVanDenDecember 7, 2011 at 9:14 PM
Big hugs Pippy-lady – you are the last person I would ever imagine anyone trolling!
Agree with everything said above – it's a horrible feeling when someone takes advantage of our kindness and sharing and makes us feel vulnerable.
They are not worth the angst xx
little loveDecember 7, 2011 at 9:08 PM
That someone can be arsed leaving you horrible festy comments makes me mad! And sad! I know it's hard to ignore these peeps & I feel really sad that they are taking the joy of blogging away from you. Really people, why oh why do people insist on being stuck in high school. hat you do is awesome. You are awesome. I really look up to you(oh, how wanky do I feel but it's true!). When I come across a blog or person I'm not really into, I just move on & don't read it! To think that this person is wasting so much energy doing this when they could put it all in to doing something great. Keep doing what you do & being who you are & ignore the haters, we all love you Pip(my 5 year old daughter Piper loves you especially so because she can't believe that there is another real live Pip like her!) xx
Hand-MadeDecember 7, 2011 at 8:23 PM
oh no Pip! So saddened to hear that you have had this negative person doing this. I really don't understand at all why people feel they can hide behind their computers and do things like this. Just completely horrible 🙁
SoniaDecember 7, 2011 at 7:57 PM
That is just not o.k. and I really feel for you. I think you have done the best thing you can do and that is to address it loud and proud. By telling them to eff off, and it is not o.k., is a positive step forward. They are being a bully and their behaviour should be named. If you're reading this "TROLL" you are being a bully. Bullies are usually weak and vulnerable themselves and act out in ways like this to give themselves power and notoriety. It's actually weak and immature. Grow up and move on!!!!! Pip I know it must hurt your soul but for that one negative person there are thousands who adore you!!!! Son xoxo
Tara GaluskaDecember 7, 2011 at 7:31 PM
I applaud you for deciding to reclaim your blog! I love your books and your blog and it would make me so sad for some troubled and nasty soul to take that away. Keep up the good work 🙂
MeganDecember 7, 2011 at 7:23 PM
I have read your blog for a long time now, happily and peacefully undisturbed. My first comment to you should not have to be in response to such an ugly topic and I am sorry that it is.
You inspire me daily and encourage me to grow, try new things and to fill my life with whatever it is that makes me happy.
Thank you, Pip.
Eff Off, Troll.
Katie and ReubenDecember 7, 2011 at 6:57 PM
Oh Pip, I can imagine how hurtful and horrible that must be. I'm very, very senstive and already dread the day someone says something nasty on our blog. I think it happens to everyone eventually but I don't think I'd take it well (especially not when it's happening over and over again!)
I just find it so bizarre that a grown up would behave that way. I can't imagine ever feeling ok with hurting someone, but aside from that, surely putting so much hate into the universe isn't good for their own head and heart? There must be something more productive and postive they could be doing with their time!
Keep your chin up Pip! I'm sure they will give up eventually (and if they don't then all that hatred inside will probably make them spontaneously combust!)
Katie x
Cath @ chunkychookyDecember 7, 2011 at 5:21 PM
OOOH!! I have had this when I write about letting refugees in I get hate mail.
Cath @ chunkychookyDecember 7, 2011 at 5:20 PM
its like coming into your house and pooing on the carpet!!
yeah good on you tell them to PISS OFF!! Just jealous.
m.e (Cathie)December 7, 2011 at 5:10 PM
oh gosh Pip, that's horrible!! don't even give this person the satisfaction of being p 'ed off. they are definitely not worth it & have waaaay too much time on their hands to be harassing people.
stay you!! keep your blog as it is, it's perfect! hugs ?
DanyaDecember 7, 2011 at 4:58 PM
I find waving around a foam sword and shouting, "GET BACK YOU EVIL TROLL YOU HAVE NO POWER HERE!" helps. Bonus point if you ave a tea cosy on your head
plushkaDecember 7, 2011 at 4:44 PM
Well said Pip! Although I don't get a chance to leave comments sometimes, I really enjoy reading your blog and love your books!
I know the feeling and what you are going through! DELET and don't pay attention. You are awesome and don't let them get to you!
BecDecember 7, 2011 at 4:33 PM
You're super fabulous and amazingly community minded and creative. Keep blogging – we love it. xx Bec
JasonDecember 7, 2011 at 4:32 PM
Hey Pip, what a shame the world id full of bullies. Even as adults this is the kind of crap we have to put up with. It makes me sick to the stomach too. We all need to rid with world of mean, nasty people, we all need to say know. I recently had a very mean nasty customer who didn't get their own way with bribery write nasty mean things about our business and send nasty email after email. They were from NZ, so I had to block our Facebook page for New Zealand, just so I didn't have to worry about logging on, and seeing what nasty things they had written. Thankfully I found their isp and blocked them from my blog and website. I feel for you, and I feel angry for you. LETS ALL SAY NO TO BULLIES!!
Rosalie MalhamDecember 7, 2011 at 4:29 PM
Because of you, Miss Pip, I know how to crochet! Thank you so much oxox
cat and vee xoxoDecember 7, 2011 at 4:25 PM
awesome carcast Pip, go you!!
I think all you do and all you stand for is awesome – your first book is the first crafty book I ever bought (which has led to a mini-library of crafty books…) and your blog is the first crafty blog I ever read.
Your books, blog and words are a huge part of the reason why my buddy Vee and I now have our own tiny little sewing business.
Boo to anyone who undermines your confidence and your home on the web – you've created such a fabulous space to share with everyone. Cat
PS and I totally agree with you about the quiet caused by camp!!! Am NOT a fan of that at all.
DebbsDecember 7, 2011 at 4:23 PM
This is awful!!! To the troll, you can just EFF OFF!!! How dare you come on here and ruin something so special to so many people!!! If you don't like it here – don't come – stay away!
To you dear Pip, I LOVE your blog and it is awesome!!! I do hope this horrid person leaves you and your blog alone! For me I had to make my blog invite only which sucks! (It has been like that for nearly a year and I am about to change it back in hope my haters have gone!) As for checking the comments, why don't you get someone you trust to scan your comments and delete them for you so you don't have to read them. Eventually you will gain your mojo back and this person will get tired of it all! Hopefully in the meantime blogger will come up with a way to block certain people from reading your blog without others having to sign up! I have never met you, but I feel like we are friends through this blog, and through your books! Because of you I love to craft, and try new things and because of you I have made my first NY's resolution for next year already… I am going to learn to knit!!! You taught me how to crochet and I love it, but I think its time to bite the bullet and give knitting a try! Oh and I like that you don't allow anoymous comments too!!!
BecDecember 7, 2011 at 4:21 PM
You're super fabulous and amazingly community minded and creative. keep blogging, we love it. xx Bec
PaisleyJadeDecember 7, 2011 at 4:17 PM
We love you Pip – nasty people like that are everywhere. Just praying that you have the strength to laugh in their face and keep going strong – cause you know you rock!
TiaDecember 7, 2011 at 4:12 PM
It's so disheartening to hear about this Pip, and I'm so sorry to hear that it's happening – still – and that it is affecting you so badly.
Kathryn (above) is so right, the best thing to do is to just delete everything this person sends – ignore, ignore, ignore. They obviously have something within themselves that means they feel as though they have to strike out at successful, talented, and much-liked others, like your good self.
Do take heart in the fact that you have so many readers who thing you're the toppiest of the tops!
I feel almost as sorry for them, as I do for you – how sad to not feel joy in life that you must be so purposefully hateful towards others?
PS – I reeeeeeally love your hair like that, I really do :O)
yardage girlDecember 7, 2011 at 4:08 PM
Pip – this is so terrible. I imagine it's hard to just ignore. Is there anything technology can help you with – blocking the person in some way from commenting, reporting them?? I don't know – they should just eff-off and get on with their own bitter lives away from you and anyone else. Thinking of you. Nic
Miss HollyDecember 7, 2011 at 2:56 PM
I agree don't even read them just delete…
Miss HollyDecember 7, 2011 at 2:53 PM
I can imagine how you feel…I have seen this happen to a couple ( out of thousands ) of people…it is just sad…and it makes me sick to my stomach..I 'm sorry you are dealing with this and don't have any answers…who knows what fuels this sort of person..something really sad….just delete and move on…it is just words in print….there are plenty of us that think you are tops!!! because you are!! Tops!!
LeahDecember 7, 2011 at 2:28 PM
Oh Pip this is just not what we need as grown ups is it? Isn't this what silly children do at school to make themselves feel better – by making someone else feel bad. It stinks!! Big time!! I am a newbie to your gorgeous blog and I absolutely love it. I hope that lovely feeling of checking your emails and comments returns for you soon. Just ignore those cowardly anonymous ones.
I've just got my latest issue of AWW in the post and am loving your crochet baubles! Have whipped up a few and they are looking mighty cute on my tree.
Have a fab week hon. Leah x
GermaineDecember 7, 2011 at 2:19 PM
"Eff out of here Troll. Go and have a lovely life and stay out of Pip's."
Sigh. It is just not a good feeling at all to hear about this. It happens everywhere to so many women, especially online, where people think they are safe hiding behind the computer making these nasty, bad comments.
I know the feeling of fear, to be afraid of opening your email or checking comments, just to see something very unwelcome. When this happens, I ESPECIALLY feel afraid for my family and my life… because I have no idea how aggressive the person can actually be, or what she might resort to in the future. I felt afraid to be happy and free enough to share about things happening in my life. Luckily this happened to me just twice from the same person, but twice was enough.
I would advise to keep a close eye on it. There are many online bullies out there nowadays and honestly, I have seen them form bitchy groups and target specific people. It is not legal. There are ways to track them down via IP addresses or something (if the need arises)..and please do go to the police/legal action, because people need to know that this sorta thing isn't right. If they're doing it to you, they're probably doing it to other people/bloggers too.
Your blog is your special place indeed and I commend you for reclaiming it. GO PIP, my love!!! Big big hug for you today.
fionaDecember 7, 2011 at 1:58 PM
Hi Pip, I'm sorry to read that this is happening to you. If you haven't seen them before, you might be interested in reading these articles from the guardian that I found via Jane Brocket's blog: http://yarnstorm.blogs.com/jane_brocket/2011/11/at-last.html I hope the troll leaves you very soon. Good luck!
ronnieDecember 7, 2011 at 1:08 PM
I feel quite sad for you that your blogging experience is being hijacked by low life troll(s)….. I haven't really had a troll problem in blog land – but this space is just the same as all communities – there are good guys and bad guys and rich guys and poor, and creatives and rip off merchants, there are perverts and creeps and…… you get it – every part is represented…..
trolls are just the same as school yard bullies – and this creature I DO know very well…. the bully feels bad about themselves and the only way they feel better in themselves is to make you feel bad.
Don't let them
Don't give them power over how you feel about you. Don't let them change how you are in the world.
rise above and carry on xxx
SharonnzDecember 7, 2011 at 1:04 PM
Awwwww…squeezy (((HUGS))) from Kiwiland. Love your work. LOVE.
Frankly FeistyDecember 7, 2011 at 1:03 PM
Dear bitter, twisted, angry, frustrated, envy-ridden, bile-filled, petty, pathetic, sad and lonely, small-brained TROLL… There is ONE of you and there are hundreds if not thousands of us – those who admire and appreciate Pip's hard work ethic, her ability to grow and evolve, accommodate change and her commitment to doing and loving what she loves. If you are not any of the things that I have labelled you as, then I am truly sorry, but as your behavior so far clearly indicates, you most definitely seem to be all of these things and to change, you are firstly going to need to get professional help. Please, grow up, face who you are and move on. In the mean time…would you be so kind as to take your venom and dispose of it elsewhere and stop ruining the joy for everyone. Thanks. In the meantime, Ms Pip, may I strongly advise you do not read ANY comments submitted by "anonymous" readers. X
Trish GoodfieldDecember 7, 2011 at 12:59 PM
I wonder of the troll will even bother to listen or read the comments. I hope for your sake Pip they do.
Retro Age Vintage FabricsDecember 7, 2011 at 12:53 PM
Oh dear – don't let this person win! This is not right! You poor thing…I can't believe the power this god awful troll has. Please remember how much you're loved and adored and admired and cherished and…and…and…everything good in the world!
Can't you report them or do something about this if it's gone on this much????
Oh – this is so terrible…I feel for you…
Hug yourself! xNess
simoneDecember 7, 2011 at 12:25 PM
Hey there, de-lurking now. I am a web geeky person and may be able to help you.. not sure though since its a blogspot thing. But I might be able to block them. Do you have a consistent info on them? Blogger profile, Emails, IP address ect? S
Clare PatriciaDecember 7, 2011 at 12:22 PM
Pip! You are Amazing! I think it comes down to Jealousy. I think its sad that someone actually uses and wastes their energy on doing this to you! But remember you're great and alot of people think so! X
KathrynDecember 7, 2011 at 12:05 PM
Hmm, I need to sew, will make this quick, short and simple!
You are fabulous for so many reasons. This person envies you for that. That person wishes they were fabulous. For whatever reason, they figure they don't deserve to be fabulous, so instead, she/he make him/herself feel better by trying to make others feel lousy. I've met people like this before, and it's taken me a while to realise, but in the end, the only thing they deserve is pity because they are obviously living such a sad sad life. This person will find someone else to BULLY soon, Pip, they always do. It's how they operate. For now, short of getting all legal-y, reclaim your blog (GO SISTER, GO!) and don't read anything more from that person. When you see it appear in your comments/emails, delete it straight away. That person will have power over Meet Me at Mikes NO MORE!
NurhayathxcyDecember 7, 2011 at 12:05 PM
Pip you have a very nice soothing voice 😀 Be strong Pip! You are my hero!
Yvette AdamsDecember 7, 2011 at 12:05 PM
I hate that this awful person is doing this. 🙁 Totally sucks.
canggubuDecember 7, 2011 at 12:03 PM
Gosh, they dont let up! Bit sad and pathetic isnt it. We cant all be universally popular(as Dumbledore said) but geeeezzz that person needs to get a life.
yennyDecember 7, 2011 at 12:03 PM
Hey Pip.
I think you are fab! Long time lurker here. Your blog makes my heart sing 🙂 The thought of you not posting and blogging makes me sad so I felt that I needed to delurk and let you know how wonderful I think you are.
Karma will bite the troll in the bum. If you can't appreciate the awesomeness of Pip and her blog why go to the effort of complaining/commenting or even visiting? Eff off stinky.
KirstyDecember 7, 2011 at 11:44 AM
xxx
AllisonDecember 7, 2011 at 11:26 AM
You're fabulous, they're a loser. The end.
Pip SteelDecember 7, 2011 at 11:25 AM
Don't let the bastards drag you down ladypants! Whoever it is is obviously a loser. Take the high road and forgive them for being such a massive oxygen thief, then ignore them xxx
PS troll, you're wasting precious minutes of your life doing what you're doing. Go and do something constructive, before your bad Karma comes back at you.
clareDecember 7, 2011 at 11:24 AM
Oh Pip. I am so sad that this person is making you feel so crap. SHAME on them. Eff off troll. Just go away. Pip your blog is one of my most favourite blogs and I think you are great, and awesome, and lovely and inspiring. Chin up lovely lady. xo
VicDecember 7, 2011 at 11:22 AM
Pip!
We love you & you KNOW that horrible beast is just jealous & wants attention that is obviously sorely lacking in their own lives… but I also know that getting told nasty things by some nasty stranger over & over again can't just wash over you without any consequence, so I sincerely hope this ridiculous individual leaves you the hell alone.
Luckily I haven't had anything like this happen to me – I'm not popular enough obviously hehe, or perhaps I've nothing to be jealous of? Whatever the reason I don't know what I would do if it DID happen to me. Get very grumpy, no doubt. Look forward to reading other people's strategies though.
Because your request is my command; EFF OFF TROLL!
Chin up! We're here to help any way we can, even if it's just to listen while you justifiably complain about a rather yucky situation.
I read this post a while ago, and it is terrible. We had a Hater post on our blog once, so we did a post about it and never again did we get a negative comment. Sad that this happens! And sadly we know who does this stuff. Lame.
Here is what we said to a negative comment on our blog:
http://ranchococoa.blogspot.com/2008/04/haterism.html
yeah, eff off hideous nasties and leave Pip alone.
Love your blog Pip, and you seem like a genuinely nice and kind lady.
Pip, beautiful Pip, lovely gorgeous inspiring Pip….
Your beautiful blog has changed my life…and I am not joking, I am not just blowing wind up your bottom, I am not just saying this.
I was very very sad at this time a couple years ago. I was very depressed. And it wouldn't go away. And my life was awful. And very hard.
I didn't even want life anymore….
Then one day, I saw you on The Circle.You were so lovely. And I googled you. I found this little slice of heaven right here!! This amazing blog.
And I watched your videos. I learnt to crochet. Then I got craft crazy…bit by bit…crochet, sewing, quilting, embroidery, knitting.
And now my life is AWESOME!! I live to craft & I see the world differently. I learnt to create, to see colour.
And that is because of THIS BLOG!!
Pip, THIS BLOG changed my life.
And maybe others…I now talk to teenagers with depression, usually over a nice cuppa tea & as we chat I teach them to crochet!!!
Maybe they will teach others…and so on & so on…and then maybe this will be the blog that CHANGED THE WORLD!!
Thanks Pip, and yeah….
EFF OFF TROLL!!
You are awesome Pip!! I hope that this meany leaves you alone!! Go away meany!!
sweet pip– you keep doing what you're doing because you obviously do a wonderful job and your creativity is an inspiration to so many, including me. yours is one of my favorites to read- and i always look forward to what new projects you are working on and what things i can try to create, b/c of the inspiration that you've given. you are talented and lovely and remember that. 🙂
BLOG ON PIP!!!
You have such strong support and so many admirers who cherish all that you give – remember that!!!
Good on you for standing up for yourself and saying NO MORE
Use that DELETE key at will and hopefully that lowly cowardly worm (no offence to worms) will get the message. If more of us had the COURAGE to STAND UP and say NO what a world this would be – thanks for the role modeling…
and remember, light always shines out (moving out the darkness..)
Oh Pip, I think now is the time to tell how much I ENJOY reading your blog. It is such a highlight to my day… helps me wind down, absorb creativity and feel happy and fuzzy warm. THANK YOU
Easy to say and not so easy to do, but try ignore…
Hi Pip,
I can't help but think about these types of situations from a different point of view. It must be terrible to always look at things with a negative feeling. To feel the need to hurt someone the way this person is hurting you. I almost feel sorry for this individual, mainly because they may not have the ability to feel joy, positive emotions or even the pleasure of belonging to a community. They may just be venting a type of discontentment with their own situation and you were unlucky enough to be their "target of the month". Anyway, surely you must know that their comments have nothing to do with you really, after all, they obviously don't know you, do they?
On a lighter note, it's always such a treat to get your emails, stay happy!
carolyn xxx
Pip, I love your blog very, very, very much. Don't let the trolls get to you. Talk to your blogmaster (?) they should be able to block sender or something?
Go and eff off troll and leave us happy people alone.
Tough one Pip – feeling for you.
Have been through it myself numerous times and I've never dealt with it exactly the same way twice.
I generally try to understand the person to start with and ask myself if they've got anything that I need to hear. I also try opening up conversation (privately) too and at times that's work either to clear up a misunderstanding or because the person is more interested in a public fight (they want attention) and taking it private doesn't feed that.
There are times where none of that works – so I guess my next tactic is ignoring it. This is the harvest way to go about it – I completely relate to how you're feeling every time you go to look at comments or write. It eats at you but resisting 'biting' can help sometimes. I keep telling myself to 'build something useful, build something constructive, build something life giving' instead of buying into the other persons destructive and bitter cycle.
Lastly at times I've asked others to intervene – either doing it with a few friends and on one other occasion in a post (similar to what you've done). Sometimes it all gets too much to handle alone – so bringing others along on that journey can help – however I would encourage you to raise it and then try to move on. Last thing you want is for this to become what your blog is about 🙂
Anyway – hope your podcast helps – given the comments above I'd say you've got a heap of people who love you and who you're enhancing the lives of.
Having one person dedicate so much time of their lives to go out of their way to attempt to bring you down says a heap more about them than it does you – they're obviously alone in their thoughts given what I'm reading above.
BE GONE TROLL!!
Pip, Sew La Tea Do, was my first ever sewing book, I love it!! and I love your blog..I'm from Singapore, and your recipie of Mee Reus gave me the warm fuzzies…there's always something different on here…outstanding!!
I hope they listened and effed off. It makes me sad that they have made you so sad. Listening to your cute voice made me wanna come and give you a big cuddle! You're so lovely, I don't know how anyone could be mean to you 🙁 Anyway, also wanted to let you know I deactivated my facebook for a little while cos I needed a break from it… but it means I'll be leaving more comments on your blog now, so yay! xx
Pip – you are our Queen of Craft and the Creative community all LOVE you!
So stuff any silly Buggers who are mean and pathetic and have nothing better to do.
On behalf of many many crafty peeps – GO PIP!!!!!
Crafters Unite,I say! … like the 3 Musketeers, "one for all…" and all that stuff, hey???!!!!!!!
Sally x
Dear Pip,
You make the day brighter, without fail.
xxx
good on you for saying go away! i think too often we say we are the bigger person and we won't let nasty people get us down, but it's hard. stuff hurts. and it's good to say it to people. i am a big believer in each to their own in this world. we all have different beliefs, standards, morals, talents, etc… but as human beings the one thing i think we should all definitely do is treat each other with respect and not hassle each other for the lives we are trying (our hardest) to create. everyone's fighting their own fight and most of us for the good. if you are wasting your time by belittling other people you need to get out there and find a good fight and channel your anger into something at least constructive. don't be petty. life's too short.
Pip I look forward to your awesome bloggy posts in my inbox every day, and I'm sure there are STACKS of lovely people who feel the same. We LOVE what you do and we LOVE that little "oh joy!" sunshiney feeling we get when we see that Meet Me At Mikes email sitting in our inboxes 😀 You rock so don't let anyone tell you otherwise! Good on you for telling that nasty pastie to go away! I hope they leave you in peace now 🙂
Yep. Eff off, troll. This isn't the schoolyard – you can't corner someone on their own; there are thousands of Pip's supporters ready to tell you your behaviour is pathetic, until you just. Give. Up. Clearly someone has been horrible to you in the past, and you need to go and find out how to live a positive, meaningful life instead of sludging up the nearest available lovely and loved person's.
Pip, I know it's gut-churningly hideous to be on the receiving end of bullying, but please just keep standing up for yourself until this waste-of-energy person gives up. You are such an inspiration to so many lovely people, many of whom have been or are being subject to similar attacks, online and in face-to-face life.
Thanks again for your awesome blog – what a fabulous way to put beauty into the world. Yay!
Hi Pip, hugs to you. I'd feel the same too. Am writing to let u know I'm one of your readers who enjoy your blog and keep up the great work! You are right. There are many of us who enjoy your blog and you are writing for us.
Rachel
You know what you could try?
I mean, it may not work and has the potential to back-fire….
you could ask your negative commenter to do a guest post and tell all your readers exactly what is wrong with you!
Let 'em get it all out.
I understand the desire to keep your blog as your bright, happy, sunshiney place – that's how I think of mine too, but maybe we are being unrealistic.
By their very nature, blogs are open to anyone to stop by and maybe we are over-sensitive to negative comments that come our way. I mean, they are just ONE person's opinion – and who is to say there isn't a kernel of truth in them?
Actually….. having said that I don't really know what your unwelcome guest is saying. Are they just critical or are they abusive?
If they are abusive – I agree, just delete them.
Don't take it so personally though.
They might just be a little bit nuts!
Oh dear, how very petty & sad… don't let them get to you lovely! Some people just don't have much good stuff going on in their lives so they feel the need to be mean to others to make themselves feel better. Blah! Pooh pooh to them I say.
On a totally different matter, your hair looks totally fab by the way 🙂 xx
What an awful, jealous git!
Keep on keeping on lovely Pip.
Try not to let the turkeys get you down.
You are only receiving this kind of attention because you are so ace.
SO many people come here for a visit every day because we love what you do and what you give to us.
Pip… that is just SO terrible that your wonderful blogging experience is being disrupted by someone who obviously must have a pretty sad life if they have nothing better to do than waste their time trolling! I wish you could just block them!!
Hope the troll goes away and has a nice life 🙂
Pip, I'm very sorry they have made you feel badly. But I'm very happy and proud of you for handling it this way. Women getting harrassed on the internet is out of hand and NOT okay. It does not need to be sucked up, and just move onward because it's symptomatic of a lot of issues women face in the rest of the world. Bravo to you for standing up for yourself and your space. I hope more women follow suit – on their blogs and in general life. Thank you!
Oh Pip it makes me sad to hear that that stupid troll makes you so sad. Your blog is great and you are doing great work and making a lot people happy with your blog. It makes me happy when I sit to my laptop in the morning after the kids are off to school, take a cup of coffee and see whats new at Meet me at Mikes.
And if someone doesn´t like your blog and if she/he doesn´t get happy reading it they should leave and just STOP reading it.
Because if you can´t say something nice, better say nothing.
You are one of the good and nice girls Pip, so please keep on posting.
Hugs
oh I'm sad to hear you have experienced this kind of bullying Pip and how sad a person/people like that must be to waste their life spreading negativity in such a positive place that so many people enjoy- hope they eff off xox Amy
Big hugs Pippy-lady – you are the last person I would ever imagine anyone trolling!
Agree with everything said above – it's a horrible feeling when someone takes advantage of our kindness and sharing and makes us feel vulnerable.
They are not worth the angst xx
That someone can be arsed leaving you horrible festy comments makes me mad! And sad! I know it's hard to ignore these peeps & I feel really sad that they are taking the joy of blogging away from you. Really people, why oh why do people insist on being stuck in high school. hat you do is awesome. You are awesome. I really look up to you(oh, how wanky do I feel but it's true!). When I come across a blog or person I'm not really into, I just move on & don't read it! To think that this person is wasting so much energy doing this when they could put it all in to doing something great. Keep doing what you do & being who you are & ignore the haters, we all love you Pip(my 5 year old daughter Piper loves you especially so because she can't believe that there is another real live Pip like her!) xx
oh no Pip! So saddened to hear that you have had this negative person doing this. I really don't understand at all why people feel they can hide behind their computers and do things like this. Just completely horrible 🙁
That is just not o.k. and I really feel for you. I think you have done the best thing you can do and that is to address it loud and proud. By telling them to eff off, and it is not o.k., is a positive step forward. They are being a bully and their behaviour should be named. If you're reading this "TROLL" you are being a bully. Bullies are usually weak and vulnerable themselves and act out in ways like this to give themselves power and notoriety. It's actually weak and immature. Grow up and move on!!!!!
Pip I know it must hurt your soul but for that one negative person there are thousands who adore you!!!!
Son xoxo
I applaud you for deciding to reclaim your blog! I love your books and your blog and it would make me so sad for some troubled and nasty soul to take that away. Keep up the good work 🙂
I have read your blog for a long time now, happily and peacefully undisturbed. My first comment to you should not have to be in response to such an ugly topic and I am sorry that it is.
You inspire me daily and encourage me to grow, try new things and to fill my life with whatever it is that makes me happy.
Thank you, Pip.
Eff Off, Troll.
Oh Pip, I can imagine how hurtful and horrible that must be. I'm very, very senstive and already dread the day someone says something nasty on our blog. I think it happens to everyone eventually but I don't think I'd take it well (especially not when it's happening over and over again!)
I just find it so bizarre that a grown up would behave that way. I can't imagine ever feeling ok with hurting someone, but aside from that, surely putting so much hate into the universe isn't good for their own head and heart? There must be something more productive and postive they could be doing with their time!
Keep your chin up Pip! I'm sure they will give up eventually (and if they don't then all that hatred inside will probably make them spontaneously combust!)
Katie x
OOOH!! I have had this when I write about letting refugees in I get hate mail.
its like coming into your house and pooing on the carpet!!
yeah good on you tell them to PISS OFF!! Just jealous.
oh gosh Pip, that's horrible!! don't even give this person the satisfaction of being p 'ed off.
they are definitely not worth it & have waaaay too much time on their hands to be harassing people.
stay you!! keep your blog as it is, it's perfect!
hugs ?
I find waving around a foam sword and shouting, "GET BACK YOU EVIL TROLL YOU HAVE NO POWER HERE!" helps. Bonus point if you ave a tea cosy on your head
Well said Pip! Although I don't get a chance to leave comments sometimes, I really enjoy reading your blog and love your books!
I know the feeling and what you are going through! DELET and don't pay attention. You are awesome and don't let them get to you!
You're super fabulous and amazingly community minded and creative.
Keep blogging – we love it.
xx
Bec
Hey Pip, what a shame the world id full of bullies. Even as adults this is the kind of crap we have to put up with. It makes me sick to the stomach too. We all need to rid with world of mean, nasty people, we all need to say know. I recently had a very mean nasty customer who didn't get their own way with bribery write nasty mean things about our business and send nasty email after email. They were from NZ, so I had to block our Facebook page for New Zealand, just so I didn't have to worry about logging on, and seeing what nasty things they had written. Thankfully I found their isp and blocked them from my blog and website. I feel for you, and I feel angry for you. LETS ALL SAY NO TO BULLIES!!
Because of you, Miss Pip, I know how to crochet! Thank you so much oxox
awesome carcast Pip, go you!!
I think all you do and all you stand for is awesome – your first book is the first crafty book I ever bought (which has led to a mini-library of crafty books…) and your blog is the first crafty blog I ever read.
Your books, blog and words are a huge part of the reason why my buddy Vee and I now have our own tiny little sewing business.
Boo to anyone who undermines your confidence and your home on the web – you've created such a fabulous space to share with everyone. Cat
PS and I totally agree with you about the quiet caused by camp!!! Am NOT a fan of that at all.
This is awful!!! To the troll, you can just EFF OFF!!! How dare you come on here and ruin something so special to so many people!!! If you don't like it here – don't come – stay away!
To you dear Pip, I LOVE your blog and it is awesome!!! I do hope this horrid person leaves you and your blog alone! For me I had to make my blog invite only which sucks! (It has been like that for nearly a year and I am about to change it back in hope my haters have gone!) As for checking the comments, why don't you get someone you trust to scan your comments and delete them for you so you don't have to read them. Eventually you will gain your mojo back and this person will get tired of it all! Hopefully in the meantime blogger will come up with a way to block certain people from reading your blog without others having to sign up! I have never met you, but I feel like we are friends through this blog, and through your books! Because of you I love to craft, and try new things and because of you I have made my first NY's resolution for next year already… I am going to learn to knit!!! You taught me how to crochet and I love it, but I think its time to bite the bullet and give knitting a try! Oh and I like that you don't allow anoymous comments too!!!
You're super fabulous and amazingly community minded and creative.
keep blogging, we love it.
xx
Bec
We love you Pip – nasty people like that are everywhere. Just praying that you have the strength to laugh in their face and keep going strong – cause you know you rock!
It's so disheartening to hear about this Pip, and I'm so sorry to hear that it's happening – still – and that it is affecting you so badly.
Kathryn (above) is so right, the best thing to do is to just delete everything this person sends – ignore, ignore, ignore. They obviously have something within themselves that means they feel as though they have to strike out at successful, talented, and much-liked others, like your good self.
Do take heart in the fact that you have so many readers who thing you're the toppiest of the tops!
I feel almost as sorry for them, as I do for you – how sad to not feel joy in life that you must be so purposefully hateful towards others?
PS – I reeeeeeally love your hair like that, I really do :O)
Pip – this is so terrible. I imagine it's hard to just ignore. Is there anything technology can help you with – blocking the person in some way from commenting, reporting them?? I don't know – they should just eff-off and get on with their own bitter lives away from you and anyone else. Thinking of you. Nic
I agree don't even read them just delete…
I can imagine how you feel…I have seen this happen to a couple ( out of thousands ) of people…it is just sad…and it makes me sick to my stomach..I 'm sorry you are dealing with this and don't have any answers…who knows what fuels this sort of person..something really sad….just delete and move on…it is just words in print….there are plenty of us that think you are tops!!! because you are!! Tops!!
Oh Pip this is just not what we need as grown ups is it? Isn't this what silly children do at school to make themselves feel better – by making someone else feel bad. It stinks!! Big time!! I am a newbie to your gorgeous blog and I absolutely love it. I hope that lovely feeling of checking your emails and comments returns for you soon. Just ignore those cowardly anonymous ones.
I've just got my latest issue of AWW in the post and am loving your crochet baubles! Have whipped up a few and they are looking mighty cute on my tree.
Have a fab week hon.
Leah
x
"Eff out of here Troll. Go and have a lovely life and stay out of Pip's."
Sigh. It is just not a good feeling at all to hear about this. It happens everywhere to so many women, especially online, where people think they are safe hiding behind the computer making these nasty, bad comments.
I know the feeling of fear, to be afraid of opening your email or checking comments, just to see something very unwelcome. When this happens, I ESPECIALLY feel afraid for my family and my life… because I have no idea how aggressive the person can actually be, or what she might resort to in the future. I felt afraid to be happy and free enough to share about things happening in my life. Luckily this happened to me just twice from the same person, but twice was enough.
I would advise to keep a close eye on it. There are many online bullies out there nowadays and honestly, I have seen them form bitchy groups and target specific people. It is not legal. There are ways to track them down via IP addresses or something (if the need arises)..and please do go to the police/legal action, because people need to know that this sorta thing isn't right. If they're doing it to you, they're probably doing it to other people/bloggers too.
Your blog is your special place indeed and I commend you for reclaiming it. GO PIP, my love!!! Big big hug for you today.
Hi Pip, I'm sorry to read that this is happening to you. If you haven't seen them before, you might be interested in reading these articles from the guardian that I found via Jane Brocket's blog: http://yarnstorm.blogs.com/jane_brocket/2011/11/at-last.html
I hope the troll leaves you very soon. Good luck!
I feel quite sad for you that your blogging experience is being hijacked by low life troll(s)….. I haven't really had a troll problem in blog land – but this space is just the same as all communities – there are good guys and bad guys and rich guys and poor, and creatives and rip off merchants, there are perverts and creeps and…… you get it – every part is represented…..
trolls are just the same as school yard bullies – and this creature I DO know very well…. the bully feels bad about themselves and the only way they feel better in themselves is to make you feel bad.
Don't let them
Don't give them power over how you feel about you. Don't let them change how you are in the world.
rise above and carry on xxx
Awwwww…squeezy (((HUGS))) from Kiwiland. Love your work. LOVE.
Dear bitter, twisted, angry, frustrated, envy-ridden, bile-filled, petty, pathetic, sad and lonely, small-brained TROLL…
There is ONE of you and there are hundreds if not thousands of us – those who admire and appreciate Pip's hard work ethic, her ability to grow and evolve, accommodate change and her commitment to doing and loving what she loves.
If you are not any of the things that I have labelled you as, then I am truly sorry, but as your behavior so far clearly indicates, you most definitely seem to be all of these things and to change, you are firstly going to need to get professional help.
Please, grow up, face who you are and move on.
In the mean time…would you be so kind as to take your venom and dispose of it elsewhere and stop ruining the joy for everyone.
Thanks.
In the meantime, Ms Pip, may I strongly advise you do not read ANY comments submitted by "anonymous" readers.
X
I wonder of the troll will even bother to listen or read the comments. I hope for your sake Pip they do.
Oh dear – don't let this person win! This is not right! You poor thing…I can't believe the power this god awful troll has. Please remember how much you're loved and adored and admired and cherished and…and…and…everything good in the world!
Can't you report them or do something about this if it's gone on this much????
Oh – this is so terrible…I feel for you…
Hug yourself!
xNess
Hey there, de-lurking now. I am a web geeky person and may be able to help you.. not sure though since its a blogspot thing. But I might be able to block them. Do you have a consistent info on them? Blogger profile, Emails, IP address ect?
S
Pip! You are Amazing! I think it comes down to Jealousy. I think its sad that someone actually uses and wastes their energy on doing this to you! But remember you're great and alot of people think so! X
Hmm, I need to sew, will make this quick, short and simple!
You are fabulous for so many reasons. This person envies you for that. That person wishes they were fabulous. For whatever reason, they figure they don't deserve to be fabulous, so instead, she/he make him/herself feel better by trying to make others feel lousy. I've met people like this before, and it's taken me a while to realise, but in the end, the only thing they deserve is pity because they are obviously living such a sad sad life. This person will find someone else to BULLY soon, Pip, they always do. It's how they operate. For now, short of getting all legal-y, reclaim your blog (GO SISTER, GO!) and don't read anything more from that person. When you see it appear in your comments/emails, delete it straight away. That person will have power over Meet Me at Mikes NO MORE!
Pip you have a very nice soothing voice 😀
Be strong Pip! You are my hero!
I hate that this awful person is doing this. 🙁 Totally sucks.
Gosh, they dont let up! Bit sad and pathetic isnt it. We cant all be universally popular(as Dumbledore said) but geeeezzz that person needs to get a life.
Hey Pip.
I think you are fab! Long time lurker here. Your blog makes my heart sing 🙂 The thought of you not posting and blogging makes me sad so I felt that I needed to delurk and let you know how wonderful I think you are.
Karma will bite the troll in the bum. If you can't appreciate the awesomeness of Pip and her blog why go to the effort of complaining/commenting or even visiting? Eff off stinky.
xxx
You're fabulous, they're a loser. The end.
Don't let the bastards drag you down ladypants! Whoever it is is obviously a loser. Take the high road and forgive them for being such a massive oxygen thief, then ignore them xxx
PS troll, you're wasting precious minutes of your life doing what you're doing. Go and do something constructive, before your bad Karma comes back at you.
Oh Pip. I am so sad that this person is making you feel so crap. SHAME on them. Eff off troll. Just go away.
Pip your blog is one of my most favourite blogs and I think you are great, and awesome, and lovely and inspiring. Chin up lovely lady.
xo
Pip!
We love you & you KNOW that horrible beast is just jealous & wants attention that is obviously sorely lacking in their own lives… but I also know that getting told nasty things by some nasty stranger over & over again can't just wash over you without any consequence, so I sincerely hope this ridiculous individual leaves you the hell alone.
Luckily I haven't had anything like this happen to me – I'm not popular enough obviously hehe, or perhaps I've nothing to be jealous of? Whatever the reason I don't know what I would do if it DID happen to me. Get very grumpy, no doubt. Look forward to reading other people's strategies though.
Because your request is my command; EFF OFF TROLL!
Chin up! We're here to help any way we can, even if it's just to listen while you justifiably complain about a rather yucky situation.
Vic. x