Just deleted another hateful comment

[QuidProQuo77]

A 2nd hateful comment was posted on my new TG story. It was quite epic , actually - racist, sexist, and homophobic all in one! Anon, of course. The poster was also complaining about how negative comments disappear. Well, sorry Asshole Anon - another one bites the dust.

 

[lovecraft68]

A 2nd hateful comment was posted on my new TG story. It was quite epic , actually - racist, sexist, and homophobic all in one! Anon, of course. The poster was also complaining about how negative comments disappear. Well, sorry Asshole Anon - another one bites the dust.

If you get another comment that hateful and contains all the things you mentioned, don't delete it right away, click the report comment feature. That sends it to Laurel and she can try to block that person from commenting again.

 

[LJ_Reloaded]

[Personal attacks and trolling prohibited per our Forum Rules]

 

[Cruel2BKind]

Can't say I've missed you. I'm pretty sure this sounds like "no personal attacks or trolling".

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Remind me to post some LAURELS for all you PC PIMPS. I just wanna share the luv.

 

[lovecraft68]

Can't say I've missed you. I'm pretty sure this sounds like "no personal attacks or trolling".

Infatuation makes people crazy sometimes.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

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Post reported.

 

[QuidProQuo77]

Thanks

If you get another comment that hateful and contains all the things you mentioned, don't delete it right away, click the report comment feature. That sends it to Laurel and she can try to block that person from commenting again.

Today I learned something!

 

[HandsInTheDark]

Today I learned something!

By the way, I've found hateful comments on stories to be common enough that they don't merit discussion. I just delete them.

The problem being that if someone is grooving to his own hate by commenting, he's probably also watching to see what reaction he gets from you. If you talk about it here, he's going to groove to that too, and keep going.

Delete is silent and easy. Reporting to Laurel is an option, though I'd save that for cases where people seem to be implying they are trying to stalk.

 

[DreamCloud]

By the way, I've found hateful comments on stories to be common enough that they don't merit discussion. I just delete them.

The problem being that if someone is grooving to his own hate by commenting, he's probably also watching to see what reaction he gets from you. If you talk about it here, he's going to groove to that too, and keep going.

Delete is silent and easy. Reporting to Laurel is an option, though I'd save that for cases where people seem to be implying they are trying to stalk.

A sane response. I also silently delete if I get to them before my readers tear the poster a new one. Sometimes I have to leave it up so the followup comments make sense.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Its all grist for the mill. Back in grad school our department office featured a prominent banner upon which was printed ITS ALL GRIST FOR THE MILL, and so yuh never know when any comment is useful in a different context.

I once had sex with a woman 45 times after I told her to go to hell in an email.

I'm reading a war memoir of a prominent Nazi flyer. On one occasion a peon installed something on the flyers airplane in the wrong place. The flyer was outraged until he fly away into combat and the wrong part in the wrong place saved his life from a bullet. He says he had to give the guy an apology, a special leave, and a cash award "Because I value my ass so high!"

So put your ego on ice.

 

[Hypoxia]

Just got my first comments in two weeks. I seem to have dueling commenters on my old stories this morning. Some anon commented: 1* - hope you just die... and another anon posted in response: Great story gave you a 5 - fuck you annony, if anyone dies it should be you and your entire family including your dog!! while the first anon posted on a related story: 1* - yeah, Hypoxia, you really need to die a painful death... but that was followed by: 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Great story and thank you for your effort and content. Loved every word. I find death-wishes funny and it seems I can just let the comments work themselves out. In my LIT career I have so far deleted only one comment and I immediately regretted that. If I provoke readers to respond, pro or con, I've done my job.

 

[lovecraft68]

A sane response. I also silently delete if I get to them before my readers tear the poster a new one. Sometimes I have to leave it up so the followup comments make sense.

I don't delete as they don't bother me. Also my theory-which the op bears out-os removing them leads to them coming back and mocking you for deleting it

That along with with handsinthedarks point about discussing them gives them a hard on

 

[JKendallDane]

Just got my first comments in two weeks. I seem to have dueling commenters on my old stories this morning. Some anon commented: 1* - hope you just die... and another anon posted in response: Great story gave you a 5 - fuck you annony, if anyone dies it should be you and your entire family including your dog!! while the first anon posted on a related story: 1* - yeah, Hypoxia, you really need to die a painful death... but that was followed by: 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Great story and thank you for your effort and content. Loved every word. I find death-wishes funny and it seems I can just let the comments work themselves out. In my LIT career I have so far deleted only one comment and I immediately regretted that. If I provoke readers to respond, pro or con, I've done my job.

You do have to love it when your fans go to bat for you before you get the chance. That's dedication.


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[Carnal_Flower]

I have three commentors blacklisted. I delete whatever they say. Its not just me but what I see they do on the feed.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I leave the comment there, so not only can I have a good laugh at the stupidity of the person making them, but so that the rest of my readers can too.

 

[jsmiam]

If you get another comment that hateful and contains all the things you mentioned, don't delete it right away, click the report comment feature. That sends it to Laurel and she can try to block that person from commenting again.

Nerdy computer pontificating here, but the traces are very likely still there for laurel to see. It's common for software to do "soft deletes", where the post still exists, even if it's no longer visible to us end users. So, we don't know for sure unless laurel tells us, but it's worth trying, should you choose to report the comments.

 

[Laurel]

Nerdy computer pontificating here, but the traces are very likely still there for laurel to see. It's common for software to do "soft deletes", where the post still exists, even if it's no longer visible to us end users. So, we don't know for sure unless laurel tells us, but it's worth trying, should you choose to report the comments.

Correct. Even if you delete it from public view, we can still see it on our end.

I posted this elsewhere, but:

Generally, we allow the authors to police their own comments. The only comments we generally remove are spam, threats of violence, and content that violates our guidelines (i.e. underage references, bestiality, etc.).

That said, if you see a comment which you feel is inappropriate, please do use the REPORT feature (the little gray triangle at the bottom right of the coment) to bring it to our attention and we will run a manual check as well. In the OTHER field, let us know why this comment is a problem, and if the user has other problem comments. There's no need to report multiple comments by the same user if you let us know to check their history. When you report comments this way, the system will send us a direct link to the story and make it much easier for us to check.

Once you have reported the comment using the method described above, you may delete the comment from your public message board to discourage further trolling. We will still be able to see the comment in the database, and track it to any other comments and fraudulently placed votes.

In summary, the best way to fight trolling is:
1) Report it. (via the above)
2) Delete it. (and let us take care of it from there)
3) Ignore it. Do not complain publicly or discuss it, as that will only encourage further trolling. Report, delete, and spend your time interacting with those who enjoy your work. They are the ones deserving of your time - not trolls.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

 

[Apisto42]

I'm glad I found this thread. My first story just got approved today. I deleted off a couple comments because the posters seemed to have an issue with the topic, not the writing. In the future I'll just leave them.

 

[NaokoSmith]

I had a weird comment on a story once that I just left there. It wasn't exactly my story. The original version was non-consensual but I over-wrote that to make it consensual. Then a comment popped up, claiming to be from a feminist woman, saying it was a story about rape. What was odd was that it wasn't any more, but it had been. The comment was odd in other ways, and I thought about deleting it but as a writer I am always reluctant to delete writing, LOL. I decided to leave it for a few days without replying and see what happened.

Other readers who wouldn't normally comment posted to counter the comment. The commentator came back to admit they weren't necessarily a woman, which I had suspected.

It did give me a warm feeling that other readers whom I wouldn't normally hear from left supportive remarks.

 

[lovecraft68]

Naoko's post gives me a slightly warm feeling that there's male posters out these that take offense to rape.(or in this case what they thought was for whatever reason)

Guess not every guy who reads here has a loathing and disdain for women....just the loudest ones of course.

 

[Everyday_Man]

I actually deleted comments about grammar ... not so much as that they weren't right, but it was the attitude in the perception of the read ....

but, I did invite all grammar corrections to be sent as feedback and I would correct them after research ...

I write and write and I hate reading back ... but there is hateful, helpful and just being an asshole .... I hated to delete them, but I felt they offered a biased opinion to my writing only because I read comments first before reading a story.

 

[Everyday_Man]

Naoko's post gives me a slightly warm feeling that there's male posters out these that take offense to rape.(or in this case what they thought was for whatever reason)

Guess not every guy who reads here has a loathing and disdain for women....just the loudest ones of course.

I'm against rape, but I was a big fan of always wanted too ... and he had overtones of nonconent ... but it wasn't physically brutal, it was that moral boundary.

 

[MagicaPractica]

I've actually come to appreciate the wide range of comments I've received on my stories, from "loved it" to "you're a train wreck." I believe they helped me learn to discern between useful criticism and less useful comments without letting it get me down.

 

[MrHappy212]

Yeah, I posted my first story last week and received some pretty shitty comments. Do all knew authors have this problem? I mean I know I'm not the best writer out there, that's why I started here in the first place...to learn and improve. Not to get told how shitty my work is because I had a son date his mother for their birthday or because he didn't have a 12 inch dick, or because they're wasn't ten guys ready to gang bang the mom. Or because I used suite in place of suit... I mean wtf....its my story isn't it? If you didn't like it then why feel the need to post such crap?