Comments that leave you shaking your head

[cw5523729]

I got this on one The First Mating. I appreciate the sentiment, but.... Huh?

Trance-like in its incantations to move, to thrust, to possess. Very powerful. Desire incarnate, desire fulfilled for now, til the need rises up again

I feel like that comment may have inadvertently (or deliberately?) summoned a demon.

 

[calmlikeabomb]

I feel like that comment may have inadvertently (or deliberately?) summoned a demon.

Ughhh... Not again!

 

[PennyThompson]

Off topic but when the plot bunnies strike...

(Legitimately one of the hottest characters in all of film IMO)

 

[Nynah]

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(Legitimately one of the hottest characters in all of film IMO)

I dunno cars super well but she can use Positraction to slip her differential into the independent rear suspension of my '64 Skylark any day.

 

[PennyThompson]

I dunno cars super well but she can use Positraction to slip her differential into the independent rear suspension of my '64 Skylark any day.

Do the voice, Nynah

 

[crookedletter]

"It's an industry term."

 

[MillieDynamite]

Watch out for those utes.

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[designatedvictim]

I actually love that he did that. Dunno about his feedback, but the idea of someone saying 'I didn't like this, but other people told me to give it a chance, so I'm going to do my best' -- that's kind of great, actually.

Yeah, I know this is from over a week ago, but I was just looking at my data.

I'd said that he seemed to have voted on it.

There was a vote that came in during the same stats period as his first comment that looks like it was a 1*, which would go along with his thinking it was a snooze-fest.

The two previous votes came in a day-and-a-half and eleven-days previously, so the odds that someone else voted on it at that timeframe are... slim.

If he changed his vote, it didn't move the needle anywhere.

I try to write stories, not just pound-fests. (Yeah, I know that sounds pretentious - it's not 'Literature' after all - but I found that I really enjoy writing dialog between the characters. It's why they get talky.)

He didn't seem to want anything beyond the core action.

This is, after all, the same guy who left a comment to say that he was gonna leave a comment.

I'm still scratching my head over the fact that he followed me, too.

 

[iwatchus]

The two previous votes came in a day-and-a-half and eleven-days previously,

If his comments are moderated, the day-and-a-half would be the right time frame. If not, you are probably right.

 

[Actingup]

A lovely comment from Anon, but (like some other comments) completely ignoring that the story was co-written (with @PennyThompson) and clearly and repeatedly marked as such.

No time to read all the comments, the previous few making great points. The author demonstrated a very good working knowledge of the philosophers, and the argument pyramid. Superb character development. Interesting, and yes complicated plot with surprises. The author has Hall of Fame capacity. thc

 

[PennyThompson]

A lovely comment from Anon, but (like some other comments) completely ignoring that the story was co-written (with @PennyThompson) and clearly and repeatedly marked as such.

No time to read all the comments, the previous few making great points. The author demonstrated a very good working knowledge of the philosophers, and the argument pyramid. Superb character development. Interesting, and yes complicated plot with surprises. The author has Hall of Fame capacity. thc

I called it "The Argument Pyramid" as a bit and that's the name they remembered instead of Hierarchy of Disagreement

 

[designatedvictim]

If his comments are moderated, the day-and-a-half would be the right time frame. If not, you are probably right.

Yeah... moderation was in the back of my mind when I typed that, but didn't mention it.

The timing strikes me as unlikely given the volume of activity on my stuff.

I left a comment here this week and it took about two days to show up.

 

[Actingup]

I called it "The Argument Pyramid" as a bit and that's the name they remembered instead of Hierarchy of Disagreement

You called it ‘the fucking Argument Pyramid’.

(Context for others - the plot in question included an estranged couple’s daughter sketching out Graham’s Hierarchy of Disagreement on a restaurant tablecloth in the middle of a LW story, as part of our campaign to turn smut into a force for good)

 

[TheLobster]

I called it "The Argument Pyramid" as a bit and that's the name they remembered instead of Hierarchy of Disagreement

Both names are apt. I haven’t read the story, but the comment immediately made me thought about the Graham’s hierarchy.

 

[TheLobster]

You called it ‘the fucking Argument Pyramid’.

(Context for others - the plot in question included an estranged couple’s daughter sketching out Graham’s Hierarchy of Disagreement on a restaurant tablecloth in the middle of a LW story, as part of our campaign to turn smut into a force for good)

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Rumor has it that an LW commenter has once reached as far as level four.

Once.

 

[Actingup]

Rumor has it that an LW commenter has once reached as far as level four.

Once.

I will say that, although a few of the zillions of comments on this story have been odious (the wife had an abortion, and apparently some readers find that triggering - who knew?), we haven’t had to delete any. Chalking it up as a win for civility!

 

[iwatchus]

I will say that, although a few of the zillions of comments on this story have been odious (the wife had an abortion, and apparently some readers find that triggering - who knew?), we haven’t had to delete any. Chalking it up as a win for civility!

My experience agrees with yours. My lone LW story did not get particularly worse comments than other categories. My story had other issues that they were eager to point out, but that is just being engaged.

 

[PennyThompson]

My experience agrees with yours. My lone LW story did not get particularly worse comments than other categories. My story had other issues that they were eager to point out, but that is just being engaged.

My impression of LW now that Acting dragged me into it kicking and screaming is that the audience breaks down roughly:

• 70% similar to commenters in any other category, friendly and supportive, if not highly detailed in their feedback.
• 20% incredibly engaged, analytical readers who are deeply invested in character motivations and accuracy of detail, and will take a lot of time and effort to tell you their opinion on those things.
• 10% just the worst people you've ever met in your life

 

[dirk2024]

My impression of LW now that Acting dragged me into it kicking and screaming is that the audience breaks down roughly:

• 70% similar to commenters in any other category, friendly and supportive, if not highly detailed in their feedback.
• 20% incredibly engaged, analytical readers who are deeply invested in character motivations and accuracy of detail, and will take a lot of time and effort to tell you their opinion on those things.
• 10% just the worst people you've ever met in your life

Wow. That seems very optimistic.

 

[crookedletter]

My impression of LW now that Acting dragged me into it kicking and screaming is that the audience breaks down roughly:

• 70% similar to commenters in any other category, friendly and supportive, if not highly detailed in their feedback.
• 20% incredibly engaged, analytical readers who are deeply invested in character motivations and accuracy of detail, and will take a lot of time and effort to tell you their opinion on those things.
• 10% just the worst people you've ever met in your life

Maybe a decent microcosm for the whole human race, then?

 

[PennyThompson]

Wow. That seems very optimistic.

I haven't sat down and done a qualitative analysis of all the comments we got, but at some point I might!

 

[iwatchus]

My impression of LW now that Acting dragged me into it kicking and screaming is that the audience breaks down roughly:

• 70% similar to commenters in any other category, friendly and supportive, if not highly detailed in their feedback.
• 20% incredibly engaged, analytical readers who are deeply invested in character motivations and accuracy of detail, and will take a lot of time and effort to tell you their opinion on those things.
• 10% just the worst people you've ever met in your life

My experience was closer to swapping the percentages on those first two categories. And even fewer in the last.

 

[Bamagan]

• 10% just the worst people you've ever met in your life

That's actually a lower percentage than I encounter on a daily basis here in America's Taint.

 

[PennyThompson]

Wow. That seems very optimistic.

My experience was closer to swapping the percentages on those first two categories. And even fewer in the last.

That's actually a lower percentage than I encounter on a daily basis here in America's Taint.

ugh finnnneeee I'll code the 192 comments our story received and do an analysis!

 

[iwatchus]

I went back and reviewed mine. It was closer to your breakdown than I remembered. I guess the detailed ones made an outsized impression on me.

By my evaluation, mine were 36/17/1 or percentages 67/32/2 (does not sum to 100 because of rounding).