[ SECRET POST #6034 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6034 ⌋

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


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[Clockwise: Puella Magi Madoka Magica / Halo 4 / Ninomae Ina'nis / Enya]


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

IDK babe

Seems like you're trying to garner more comments and blaming it on the kudos. Because apparently being honest about wanting comments on your fics alone is a shitty look.

I've accepted that my fics just don't garner many comments.

Ultimately, I write to get my stories out there and if anyone reads it I hope they enjoy it. Kudos and comments are just extra things that come along (if they do).

If you are a writer who writes with intent to get comments/kudos/a lot of engagement, then you have to network and promote and know your audience.
You can't just write a fic without any grammatical errors and is canon compliant and suddenly your fic is a big hit with all the comments.

Just because you posted a fic doesn't mean you are guaranteed readers, much less comments or engagement of any kind.

Writers have to go into writing knowing this.

AND if you want engagement, you have to be honest about it and put in the effort (also knowing it's not a guarantee).

Worried about people look down on writers "begging" for comments?

Yeah well how else will anyone knows what their desires are?

This is on the macro. I understand that writers who keep going, "If I don't get [X] comments I won't post the next chapter," are IMO dickbags.
And I'm not saying I expect readers to leave comments when a writer is clearly wanting comments/engagement on their fics.

But IMO people often are too passive or aggressive with stating their expectations and desires, and then they get mad when no one is giving them what they want.
Like, both writers and readers have this selfish entitlement of like, "how dare you!"
"How dare you not leave comments on my fics when I worked so hard on this. All I want is a comment is that so hard??"
"How dare you ask anyone to compliment you?!"

And it's like...I thought we were a community.
You take a little. You give a little.
Why is everyone always so passed off everyone else won't get in line and do what they want?

Like IDK y'all. I'm at the point now where I've given up hope of the internet being a place for people to build communities together. It's just platforms for people to become famous/important amongst other netizens.