It finally happened...

[Kelliezgirl]

We have been thrust into looney times.

Around here thrusting is usually a good thing.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

We have been thrust into looney times.

We've always been in looney times.

 

[WaxPhilosophic]

I finally got my first hate comment. I was at work, perusing/watching my story stats. Oh look, a comment. Imagine my surprise when it was not praise. Nor was it a critique or even general dislike. I could understand disinterest or the like.

The story is part of a series about a boy who turns into a girl thru alien interference. It has Trans ideas and concepts but it isn't that.

I thought I was writing a cute story. Turns out anything with gender changing will upset some people.

I debated leaving/removing it all day. Finally decided to report it. It shouldn't be on my mind, and soon it won't be anymore.

ALSO, they did it anonymously.

You should now have two glowing comments (and five stars on each) to offset things. I did not post anonymously. I enjoy slightly goofy alien stories.

 

[AwkwardMD]

You should now have two glowing comments (and five stars on each) to offset things. I did not post anonymously. I enjoy slightly goofy alien stories.

praxis is my kink

 

[WaxPhilosophic]

praxis is my kink

That Klingon moon that blew up? Not kink shaming, but...interesting.

 

[Statius]

some dude, not anonymous. an old member of this site, just blatantly told me to kms after i posted my last story. i reported the comment (those are supposed to go through moderation before being posted) it's still there.

What the actual fuck. I have communicated with a writer here who does LW who has received actual death threats. Fucking people.

 

[Statius]

My thoughts and reactions, too. Fantastic writer as well. One of the best I've read here. Although they do bad endings. But yeah, waaaaay out of control. Also it was through email, not comments.

 

[AwkwardMD]

That Klingon moon that blew up? Not kink shaming, but...interesting.

 

[dream_yahoozie]

This thread exploded. I had a good day at work, and this is very constructive, good read.

So yes, I did delete eventually when I found the remove comment button. I don't like to censor negative comments because there can exist constructive criticism in that. That was my original thoughts, leaving stuff because there can be silver lining to storm clouds.

But it was just a turd so I flushed it away.

 

[nice90sguy]

an honest read of the story" (i have no idea how they judge that)

One obvious way that springs to mind is what url the user visits after, or before, voting, and how long the gap between those visits was (e.g. seconds bewteen logging on and voting, or voting on lots of stories in rapid succession, voting without visiting all pages of the story, etc)

 

[iwatchus]

voting without visiting all pages of the story

That would be unfortunate. I sometime read a story and think before voting. So I may go back the next day, navigate to the last page and vote. Legitimately. That said, better not to speculate about this here, because describing what trait the site triggers off can potentially let trolls avoid the sweeps.