[ SECRET POST #2748 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2748 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Early because ... World Cup! No other excuse.

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Comments

Re: In which I get a little harsh

[(Anonymous)]

>It's one thing to warn a kid to not put stuff online because they might get replies they don't like. That advice is actually born out of genuine concern for the kid, and you're not telling them not to write it, just not to put it in a place where they'll get reactions they're not prepared for.

It especially bothers me when people get really, really mean and then say "well they shouldn't have posted it on the internet then." I think some of this is spork culture (which tends to generally be unforgiving anyway), but regardless of what it is... you're right. Kids should understand that they might get constructive criticism, but even an adult fanfic writer has a right to get upset that someone went on a forty page rant about how their fic made their lives miserable and the writer should just give up their dream of writing now, because clearly, they aren't meant for it. Especially when, and this goes to your second point, it's clearly something they weren't going to like no matter how well it was written.

That said, I think both the writers and reviewers need to keep in mind where they're posting/reviewing. Not all fic sites are for aspiring writers, but some are. Different rules apply in those situations.

Re: In which I get a little harsh

[jaybie_jarrett]

*nod*

Yeah that's true. Honestly I feel like "it's the internet" has become an excuse instead of an explanation. People will do shitty things and then go "but it's the internet" and think they're fucking entitled to act like an ass without repercussions.

Also I recall a secret where someone retreated from the internet and pulled their fics after a harsh spork/bashing and got a lot of comments about how they were an oversensitive jerk for taking down their fic. While I admit that sounds overreacting, people having no sympathy for someone who was probably not only offended but probably humiliated by some internet jerks, just sorta goes to show how disrespectful people can be towards creators and artists.

I mean it's one thing to be disappointed when someone takes their work down, but another to say you have no sympathy for them when they were hurt by a severe bashing of their creative work because they took it down. I dunno....I just....are we thinking of the artist as a person here, I don't think so.

It's not just writers who can be assholes with a big ego, it's reviewers too. And we shouldn't act like those reviewers have free reign to treat people as shitty as they want because we've just come to accept that people are assholes on the internet.