[ SECRET POST #3462 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3462 ⌋

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

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah sorry, I didn't explain that well ironically. In my defence: on codeine right now.

I meant that people used to expect betas, it was the polite thing to do before posting a fic. There was just a general expectation that you'd aim for the highest quality and wanted to improve.

Now people expect praise and kudos even when they've made no effort, haven't researched what they're writing about, don't care about mistakes, spelling, grammar, canon, etc. There's an attitude of people thinking they're amazing just for having written something in the first place.

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nayrt

Yes, I've seen this too. Especially fics posted with a note to say that they're sharing what is essentially an untouched first draft, with no effort to proofread or edit or beta. To me these declarations imply the writer knows their fic could be better if they took some trouble, but they don't respect themselves/their readers enough to bother. Why not leave off the "disclaimer" altogether if that's the case? Why draw attention to this lack of care?

Anyway, they usually serve as a big red "don't bother reading this" flag, so there's that.