[ SECRET POST #3612 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3612 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe it's because I'm older, but back in my day it was considered impolite to critique someone's fic unless they'd specifically requested it. Does that not apply anymore?

[(Anonymous)]

Wait but I thought it was only SJW millennials on Tumblr not being able to handle criticism that was a problem

[(Anonymous)]

Basically both sides are total hypocrites.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not sure if you meant this to sound snarky. I can't speak about SJW millennials, but the reasoning back in my day was that some people aren't writing fanfic to become better writers, they're just there to have fun and fool around. Nothing wrong with that! So it was considered polite to only offer constructive criticism to the writers who were interested in receiving that kind of feedback, and there were plenty of people who did.

Certainly there were also people who couldn't handle criticism of any kind back then, and I'm sure similar folks are still out there in fandom today. But again, the mindset was that if you want to offer helpful critique, why go out of your way to give it to people who don't want it and will likely not listen or benefit from it? A very sensible approach, IMO.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm being snarky about how this seems to cross-cut against certain narratives that I think are simplistic and unfounded

I think there's a good case, which you make very well, that as a way of offering criticism what you're talking about makes a lot of sense

[(Anonymous)]

I see. I guess I was confused because I'm fairly sure my comment didn't contain any of those simplistic and unfounded narratives, and I wasn't sure why anyone would drag that debate in in a response to me.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think people like the person described, care about being impolite or not

[(Anonymous)]

No, now everyone has an inalienable right to critique, and authors who get upset over it are mockworthy.

[(Anonymous)]

If you put it in a public place, expect to get critique. Doesn't mean that people should just be assholes about it, though.

[dani_phantasma]

Honestly in my opinion that sounds like a good idea. Sure some people don't handle criticism well, and honestly, it's not worth bothering to shove critique at someone who's not receptive and instead use your energy elsewhere with someone who's looking for it.