queenofthefuzzybugs
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Please tell me I'm not the only one.
Scribblehub isn't too bad. Usually people are commenting on the story itself or thanking for an update. But I post in Royalroad too and there the comment section can be genuinely terrifying. I mean, I'm not saying my readers are horrible people on RR, generally they're pretty cool. It's more like... the users on RR have two settings: LOVE YOU (but you misspelled xyz) or CRAP IT'S CRAAAAAAAAAAP. I also post on Webnovel (they're good as long as you don't sign contracts or mind your story getting bot-reposted to 3rd party sites). I've gotten some comments that just... leave me breathless because of how genuinely stupid they are. I swear there are people in that website that have no reading comprehension whatsoever.
I end up fearing being ripped apart or being frustrated to death by the comments. Intellectually I expect it. I'm not naive. You post stuff online and of course you're going to get comments like that, duh. It's part and parcel of making your work public.
But emotionally I'm thin skinned. I just wanna find a corner and cover myself with a blanket and pretend I'm blind. And deaf. And stupid.
Well, I might be stupid so I don't need to pretend that.
How about ya'll? Anyone else scared of comments? If so, please share in the misery with me.
Scribblehub isn't too bad. Usually people are commenting on the story itself or thanking for an update. But I post in Royalroad too and there the comment section can be genuinely terrifying. I mean, I'm not saying my readers are horrible people on RR, generally they're pretty cool. It's more like... the users on RR have two settings: LOVE YOU (but you misspelled xyz) or CRAP IT'S CRAAAAAAAAAAP. I also post on Webnovel (they're good as long as you don't sign contracts or mind your story getting bot-reposted to 3rd party sites). I've gotten some comments that just... leave me breathless because of how genuinely stupid they are. I swear there are people in that website that have no reading comprehension whatsoever.
I end up fearing being ripped apart or being frustrated to death by the comments. Intellectually I expect it. I'm not naive. You post stuff online and of course you're going to get comments like that, duh. It's part and parcel of making your work public.
But emotionally I'm thin skinned. I just wanna find a corner and cover myself with a blanket and pretend I'm blind. And deaf. And stupid.
Well, I might be stupid so I don't need to pretend that.
How about ya'll? Anyone else scared of comments? If so, please share in the misery with me.