[ SECRET POST #3382 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3382 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Entitled fans bug me.

[(Anonymous)]

Are you sure they meant to be entitled? They may have just wondered if it was on another site, keeping in mind that sometimes people sound more blunt on the internet because of the lack of tone.

Of course, I didn't read the original email, so I may be wrong - but it's just a thought.

Re: Entitled fans bug me.

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, I doubt anyone intends to sound entitled.

You do have a point.

And it's not like it happens all the time. (Most of my stuff is readily available and they don't have to write me anyway.)

But it's that combination of curt/entitled, and never contacted me before/don't bother to act grateful at all that really bugs me when I see it.

I think in future I likely won't respond unless I want to.

Re: Entitled fans bug me.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT - I didn't mean that they meant to sound entitled, just that they may not have realized how blunt they sounded. But if it was flat-out rude and they never even thanked you for it, then yeah, that's pretty bad.

Re: Entitled fans bug me.

[(Anonymous)]

The way you make up for "lack of tone" on the internet is to use words like "please" and "thank you", after you introduce yourself politely and compliment someone BEFORE you ask them for a favor.

Re: Entitled fans bug me.

[(Anonymous)]

Right? It's weird how many excuses people make about this on the internet. Communicating via the written word is not some new fangled thing that people are still getting used to, you guys. People have communicated this way for hundreds of years! So we don't need to pardon special snowflakes who accidentally sound blunt over the internet, we need to point out that if they come off sounding abrupt or rude, it's 100% their responsibility.

Let me show you an example:

Dear [author name],

You don't know me, but I am a longtime fan and [the fic that I can no longer find] was one of my favorite stories. I noticed recently that I can no longer find it on AO3 and was wondering if perhaps it was archived anywhere else? I have such fond memories of it and would love to read it again. Thank you for reading this, and I hope you are well!

[my name]


Making sure you don't sound like an entitled fanbrat isn't rocket science, folks.