[ SECRET POST #6406 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6406 ⌋

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


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 64 secrets from Secret Submission Post #916.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

So, you know what this make me think of? A secret I made, like, over a decade ago (I can't believe I've been hanging around here that long. Granted, it's been off and on). I expressed basically the sentiment you're expressing here: I said that I wanted to encourage people to write, so I tried to find something I liked in every fic I read, and would leave a comment highlighting that, even if I disliked the fic overall.

FS fucking lit into me. I didn't get a single comment to that secret that wasn't something along the lines of, "fuck you, you've robbed me of all my confidence, now I'll never know whether the comments I receive on my fic are genuine." It completely changed the way I comment.

[nanslice]

I almost want to say I remember this kerfuffle because I remember being so confused by the comments. XD How do you comment now?

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

If overall I don't like something, then I just don't comment at all! I still make sure to comment on anything that I do like, and to highlight specific things that stood out to me. But I've completely stopped trying to encourage people who I think are weak writers, because it now feels like I'm lying to them.

[nanslice]

Ooof, yeah. I can see how you would come to that conclusion. I guess it does save you time though!

[(Anonymous)]

Insecure fic writers be insecure and super serious, while also arguing that fanfic is Just For Fun.

You can't be like "we just do this for fun! Don't be mean!" then get mad when someone leaves you encouragement "to be nice." Wtf

Besides, those authors are in for a surprise when they realize the comments on their fic are already not genuine since fandom heavily discourages the leaving of honest comments if they're in any way negative or even neutral and "not positive enough!"

Then again, other people's insecurity isn't your problem, or mine, so...