[ SECRET POST #3552 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3552 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 52 secrets from Secret Submission Post #508.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

No it is legit. Those writers are shit and they are also trying to emotionally blackmail the reader into reading out of pity most of the time, or just fishing for woobie-internet-hugs. If someone cannot write a simple synopsis, or they have to ladle on every tag ever, then their writing is shit and black listing them so you don't have to deal with their crap on every search is a valid tool.

If you want to avoid the black list then drill your summary down to about twitter length, add in the genre, the main three characters, pairing if it is not-gen, and keep any tags (dark fic, oc, NSFW) simple and descriptive. It is that easy.

[(Anonymous)]

As I said, I know it's annoying when authors are manipulative. Ultimately, it's your right to not read who you don't want to read, but I'm just not sure what blacklisting accomplishes. I mean, it's not like the author will ever catch wind of how shitty their summary is unless someone tells them.

[(Anonymous)]

It isn't all about the author and servicing their writing. They can keep writing shit for as long as they want, it just keeps their shit off my dash. Makes it easier to find something worth reading.

[diet_poison]

Calling overtagging "emotional blackmail" is really stupid.

[(Anonymous)]

So tags reading "my first story tell me I can write" and similar, are not petty attempts at emotional blackmail?

[(Anonymous)]

If by "petty attempts," you mean "not at all," then sure.

"my first story tell me I can write" is a request or command, not manipulation. Annoying, sure, but not blackmail.

[diet_poison]

I really would not call it "emotional blackmail" considering how small scale that is. If you feel bad for not stopping to read that story if you don't want to the internet may not be the place for you. Is it dumb? Yeah, of course. Is it blackmail? No. There's no real threat involved. Actual emotional blackmail can be devastating and hugely damaging; let's not water down the term.