What is the worst comment you've ever gotten?

[Kimikimidoll]

One of life's mysteries. Presumably Laurel, the site editor, named the category. You could PM the question to her and let us all know what her answer is. She may have commented on this already at some point, as it's a fairly frequent question--I seem to recall that it was something like being about wives who were "out there," loving (someone other than their husband).

Okay, makes sense. But why are men out of this fun category?
I have a feeling it's because no woman could actually selflessly give her man to another woman (lol)
Any woman reading it would call bullshit on the story.
But in men it seems to be a kink.
Oh my gosh that reminds me of a Reddit post I saw *facepalms* A guy noticed that his marriage was becoming dull and bothersome so he decided to spice it up by convincing his wife to cheat on him with a younger man while he...*ahem* watched. (The younger guy didn't even know the wife was married, he just thought she was a nice, sexy ol' lady).
Obviously things did not go well.

 

[sr71plt]

Okay, makes sense. But why are men out of this

Again, that's a question for Laurel.

 

[Kimikimidoll]

Again, that's a question for Laurel.

Oh no. *blushes* I'm too shy to ask, haha.

 

[TamLin01]

I'd say it's a tie. Candidate number one:

"The only bad part is where she fucks the ni**er.......... the more or less ruined the whole story. but. at least. what her husband and Allen are doing to her will stop that nasty business.......... white women mwho fuck ni**ers really have noi self respect and no resperct at all for their husbands so what they do to her will definatly stop that shit."

Yeah. Latent racism was actually a theme in that particular story. I assume it went over this reader's head. Normally I don't respond to critical comments, preferring to just let people's opinions stand, but in this case I actually told this guy never to read anything I write again.

Candidate number two was full of praise, but mentioned in passing that s/he was 13 years old.



You think you know what it's like to feel sleazy, and then you realize that Jr High kids are inevitably reading your porn and you find out what a scummy feeling really is. I mean, it's hardly surprising, when you think about it. But when do you ever think about it?

 

[lovecraft68]

Oh no. *blushes* I'm too shy to ask, haha.

I think the category was named at a time when the stories were actually about loving wives. Or 'adventurous' as the category description calls them.

Those stories tended to be about wives who had sex outside the marriage, but often with the husbands knowledge and approval.

There were also stories of struggling couples reconciling and in for the most part the stories did have an air of love or fun.

Over the years the knowing and approving husband has devolved into the modern version of a cuckold and a demeaning one. The wives are now portrayed as cruel cheating whores who live to humiliate their husband and the husbands simply sit there and take it.

Then there is the BTB...burn the bitch faction that is the husbands getting revenge on the wife by doing things to her so horrific it makes the non consent section look like the headquarters for women's rights and they also do horrible violent things to the lover of the wife.

So over the years it has devolved horribly to where the stories that so have an aspect of love, are finding themselves relocated to EC or getting badly abused by the trolls especially if the husband has the gall to reconcile with the wife.

The name no longer fits, but I suppose calling it the "home of angry bitter loser men" wouldn't go over well.

 

[Areala-chan]

My first story posted here, a simple little quickie lesbian piece with a small twist at the end, had been up for all of about 48 hours when I got my first email comment.

I no longer have it (now, of course, I wish I had kept it because at this point it just makes me laugh, and I'd love to have the exact wording of it). The gist of it was that I was a lesbian and wrote a story about lesbians because I had never been on the receiving end of a gang-bang where all the participants were large males of the African-American persuasion (comment cleaned up for public posting...y'all can guess the gist).

Surprisingly, there was an e-mail address provided for a response. I waited a day or two, weighed my options, then finally decided if I didn't say anything the troll would assume he won and my younger self being dumb like that, I wrote back something like, "Well...what can I say? That has literally never happened to me. For all I know, you could be right."

Never heard back from him. I like to think he opened his e-mail, saw someone had said he might be correct, and his head just exploded right then and there.

 

[HandsInTheDark]

...you realize that Jr High kids are inevitably reading your porn and you find out what a scummy feeling really is. I mean, it's hardly surprising, when you think about it. But when do you ever think about it?

I've never run into a 13 year old reader - and I'd contact Laurel if I did - but a number of people I've talked to admitted they started reading here at 14 or 16. That can't be stopped - teens are going to go looking for stuff no matter what you do. Lit's problem, not yours.

 

[lovecraft68]

I'd say it's a tie. Candidate number one:

"The only bad part is where she fucks the ni**er.......... the more or less ruined the whole story. but. at least. what her husband and Allen are doing to her will stop that nasty business.......... white women mwho fuck ni**ers really have noi self respect and no resperct at all for their husbands so what they do to her will definatly stop that shit."

Yeah. Latent racism was actually a theme in that particular story. I assume it went over this reader's head. Normally I don't respond to critical comments, preferring to just let people's opinions stand, but in this case I actually told this guy never to read anything I write again.

Candidate number two was full of praise, but mentioned in passing that s/he was 13 years old.



You think you know what it's like to feel sleazy, and then you realize that Jr High kids are inevitably reading your porn and you find out what a scummy feeling really is. I mean, it's hardly surprising, when you think about it. But when do you ever think about it?

Worse than them reading your stories is the idea they're on the boards and interacting with people, perhaps even role playing with them and its not like the site has a way to tell, unless they really devolve into juvenile language you wouldn't know either and let's face it a lot of under age role playing goes on between members here, they just switch to using skype or kik or whatever else.

 

[Kimikimidoll]

I wrote back something like, "Well...what can I say? That has literally never happened to me. For all I know, you could be right."
Never heard back from him. I like to think he opened his e-mail, saw someone had said he might be correct, and his head just exploded right then and there.

This is genius XD

 

[sr71plt]

This is genius XD

I don't think writing back was a good idea to begin with. I'm surprised it didn't continue spinning from there.

 

[lovecraft68]

I don't think writing back was a good idea to begin with. I'm surprised it didn't continue spinning from there.

Depends on the comment, if its reasonable I don't think there's anything wrong with a discussion. I wish I could 'talk' to the readers more beyond the usual "Loved it/hated it"

But if its a nasty one or personal attack its pointless. But those are usually anonymous anyway.

 

[sr71plt]

Depends on the comment, if its reasonable I don't think there's anything wrong with a discussion. I wish I could 'talk' to the readers more beyond the usual "Loved it/hated it"

But if its a nasty one or personal attack its pointless. But those are usually anonymous anyway.

The poster gave the gist of the comment. It was a sexually as well as racially harassing one. So, in the case being discussed, I don't see any "depends" involved.

I no longer have it (now, of course, I wish I had kept it because at this point it just makes me laugh, and I'd love to have the exact wording of it). The gist of it was that I was a lesbian and wrote a story about lesbians because I had never been on the receiving end of a gang-bang where all the participants were large males of the African-American persuasion (comment cleaned up for public posting...y'all can guess the gist).

 

[Kimikimidoll]

Depends on the comment, if its reasonable I don't think there's anything wrong with a discussion. I wish I could 'talk' to the readers more beyond the usual "Loved it/hated it"

But if its a nasty one or personal attack its pointless. But those are usually anonymous anyway.

In my expert opinion I concur with my friend A-chan that his head probably exploded.
But I understand about wanting to talk to the readers. As a writer you want to know everything that the reader felt about your piece, like an overzealous girlfriend (at least I do). But sometimes, even I can't manage more than a "Hey, that was nice! Keep it up!"
Oh wait we have a forum dedicated to discussing stories. When it's not being dedicated to trolls, that is.

 

[lovecraft68]

The poster gave the gist of the comment. It was a sexually as well as racially harassing one. So, in the case being discussed, I don't see any "depends" involved.

I no longer have it (now, of course, I wish I had kept it because at this point it just makes me laugh, and I'd love to have the exact wording of it). The gist of it was that I was a lesbian and wrote a story about lesbians because I had never been on the receiving end of a gang-bang where all the participants were large males of the African-American persuasion (comment cleaned up for public posting...y'all can guess the gist).

Right, I should have been more clear and added in general, not directly in her case, anyone who uses the N-word is generally not someone worth speaking to, neither is anyone who uses the C-word in a context other than female genitalia.

The most frustrating is the rare comment that's really thought provoking or they made good points and you'd like to respond, but its anymouse.

The only people that leave e-mails for me seem to be the gushing "I love it" remarks or the "do you take requests" crowd.

ETA don't feel bad, according to the walls in the bathrooms out in the factory I do all sorts of things with things of African American attributes. Who knew?

 

[Areala-chan]

I don't think writing back was a good idea to begin with. I'm surprised it didn't continue spinning from there.

Yeah, it was a supremely idiotic idea, and I'd never reply to something like that today. I share your shock that nothing more came of it.

 

[MagicaPractica]

I believe I, rather than the story, was called a train wreck in a comment. It helped me learn to differentiate between constructive criticism and pot shots though.

 

[YDB95]

I've only ever deleted one comment. It was on a story in which Margaret Sanger had a brief mention and the comment regurgitated an ugly historical lie about her. Abuse me if you must - I'm still around to hit back, after all.

I never have received anything personal that was any worse than "This story sucks," perhaps because I don't post in LW.

 

[Bramblethorn]

I've only ever deleted one comment. It was on a story in which Margaret Sanger had a brief mention and the comment regurgitated an ugly historical lie about her. Abuse me if you must - I'm still around to hit back, after all.

Oh, I think I can guess that one. Aside from it being a lie, I would have deleted that under my "this is a forum to discuss the story, not a free soapbox everybody's pet issues" clause.

 

[astuffedshirt_perv]

Worst can mean many things- ... or a comment so oddly written that you just lol'ed and wondered if the comment was actually for your story.

Am I the only one to get a comment like this? It was absolutely huge, hundreds and hundreds of rambling words about a guy's sexual experiences with his Aunty (Indian?), using infrequent punctuation and had nothing to do with the story.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

Worse than them reading your stories is the idea they're on the boards and interacting with people, perhaps even role playing with them and its not like the site has a way to tell, unless they really devolve into juvenile language you wouldn't know either and let's face it a lot of under age role playing goes on between members here, they just switch to using skype or kik or whatever else.

13 year old cops.

 

[NOIRTRASH]

I get few comments, I suspect because readers know they wont have the fun they want from me. I'm not impressed by most people, and rarely impressed with readers. People are pretty much stupid fucks wherever you collide with them.

 

[TxRad]

I get few comments, I suspect because readers know they wont have the fun they want from me. I'm not impressed by most people, and rarely impressed with readers. People are pretty much stupid fucks wherever you collide with them.

If you act like a stupid fuck then you usually get treated like a stupid fuck.

 

[Apisto42]

I admit that before submitting a story I'd never read the comments. I came here to read the stories, not the comments (I rarely read reviews of anything mainstream either). My first series was posted in lw and I was a bit surprised at some of them.

What I found most interesting was that "supporters" of the story engaged with the haters. When "Bonnie" would comment, haters would comment that they gave the story a 1, just because she liked it!

The worst was a rambling poorly written diatribe about how the story sucked, my writing sucked, I needed therapy, a new man in my life who could give me a "proper" fucking (I'm a man but wrote it from the viewpoint of a woman), and after that I should be gang raped by a bunch of "niggers" and tortured to death. I was surprised that a simple little story could garner that much negative emotion.

 

[StrangeTamer]

Lol, reading this thread almost makes me want to try writing something for LW just to see what kind for hate comments I can get. Maybe I'll start something and see where it goes.

 

[sr71plt]

Lol, reading this thread almost makes me want to try writing something for LW just to see what kind for hate comments I can get. Maybe I'll start something and see where it goes.

I've written six of them, and all but one of them is in the 4 range (the one that isn't is a 3.88). And one of them has a Green E. There hasn't been much of a flame war on any of them. I wrote the stories without the thought of "I think I'll poke the ferrets in the LW section today," and that may be why I haven't gotten much in the way of a poked-ferret response.