(This thread prompted by:) I have mentioned here before that I have a favourite writer who is, sadly, not great at finishing things - they will often post a few thousand words of something really cool, then lose interest and abandon it forever. Which is a shame, because I'd love to see where these stories go, but the author is not my slave, I'm not their boss, I can deal with my disappointment like an adult.
On a recent work, though, someone left a SUPER passive-aggressive comment that was like: "This is great! It's a shame you're going to abandon it in a chapter or two to go write something else!" There was more, but you get the drift. Who the hell thinks that's a reasonable comment to make? Or even vaguely helpful? It's not like being an ass is going to make the writer want to go back to your favourite abandoned project.
Re: Breaches of fandom etiquette
On a recent work, though, someone left a SUPER passive-aggressive comment that was like: "This is great! It's a shame you're going to abandon it in a chapter or two to go write something else!"
There was more, but you get the drift.
Who the hell thinks that's a reasonable comment to make? Or even vaguely helpful? It's not like being an ass is going to make the writer want to go back to your favourite abandoned project.