International Law

Ask me anything

A few weeks ago I added a feature to my Tumblr, Freedom to Dither, that allowed people to ask me questions.  Although I was a little concerned about the Formspring effect, where the questions that are asked seem to inevitably descend into questions about sex, I was very pleasantly surprised.  Almost all of the questions were G-rated, and a large number of them were actually quite interesting.  Unfortunately on one quiet Sunday night there were one or two people who spammed me with a large number of very personal, even abusive questions.  In response to this, I decided to stop answering questions.

However, I have been surprised by the number of people who have told me over the last week or so that they actually enjoyed my answers to the questions.  What I found particularly rewarding was that most of these comments came from people I have spoken to in real life in the last week, and most of them were people who were not on Twitter.  Given that I also really enjoyed engaging in the Q&A on Tumblr, I have decided to resurrect the ask me feature. 

As I know that some people felt my answers were spamming their Twitter stream, I will be more judicious with the questions that I answer this time.  (Although you should feel free to block me or stop following me without telling me - I don't take it personally when people stop following me.)  And of course, if the same abuse happens again this time, I will once again stop responding questions.

Anyway, let's see how this goes ... ask me anything.

Full post as published by Freedom to Differ on April 20, 2010 (boomark / email).