Feedback

[UncleWayne]

Do other authors. Accept Anonymous Feedback? Yes Or No

I’m thinking of ticking the No box as there are to many Anonymous readers posting.

 

[sr71plt]

I have received many, many (many) more favorable anonymous comments on my stories than unfavorable ones, so, no, I wouldn't want to turn off all anonymous comments. If I think that individual anonymous comments are unfair, incorrect, deal with nitpicky minutia and ignore the important content of the story, or are just attacking me personally, I delete them. The Web site gives the author that power and monitoring responsibility.

 

[SamScribble]

I switched off the 'anonymous readers' option yonks ago when I realised that not a single one had anything useful (to me) to say.

 

[sr71plt]

"Useful" is relative. I'm not here to "learn" how to write from strangers (or how they think it should be done).

 

[UncleWayne]

How do you delete anonymous comments?

Thanks I found how to delete.

 

[SamScribble]

"Useful" is relative. I'm not here to "learn" how to write from strangers (or how they think is should be done).

Yes, you are right, Pilot. I am far too old a dog to learn new tricks from 99.9 percent of Lit's readers.

 

[LWulf]

I've received more favorable than unfavorable. YMMV Let's put it this way, if you fear negative feedback, then you'll never know if people actually like your stories or not.

 

[Jada59]

I accept them. In some cases, I know who they are.

 

[ProxyBlack]

I have no issue (so far) with accepting them, if only because they're a sign someone has actually read what I posted

 

[FaeLissa]

I accept them but will delete assholes just posting insults. Children should not be on here but there isn't a way to tell they is children till they start doing that.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Some of my most intelligent, heartfelt and moving comments are from anons. I'd never turn them off.

I just delete the really dumb, mindless stuff, but generally speaking, don't get much of that at all - yes, I am from Australia, no, I don't spell like you do; that's actually an apostrophe, not a comma - that's about it, once or twice.

 

[Sara2000Z]

I've had some lovely, thoughtful and long feedback from anonymous readers so I don't think I'd turn them off. Only a few of them have posted comments that might be sort of not constructive (of the 'why d'ya spoil it by writing about using condoms?' to some pretty difficult to understand - for me anyway - comments about the tense I write in variety). I've had some readers PM me to complain I don't know how to use the words 'lie, lay and laid' correctly (I write in English English, not American English ....), so I think you just have to be prepared for some weird or unhelpful feedback whatever you do?

 

[Bramblethorn]

Some of my most intelligent, heartfelt and moving comments are from anons. I'd never turn them off.

Same here.

 

[Kojak01]

Do other authors. Accept Anonymous Feedback? Yes Or No

I’m thinking of ticking the No box as there are to many Anonymous readers posting.

I leave them on. If they get insulting I can still delete them but I treasure every little feedback I get.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Do other authors. Accept Anonymous Feedback? Yes Or No

I’m thinking of ticking the No box as there are to many Anonymous readers posting.

I find a big percentage of my comments are anonymous, but with 1 comment per 1,000 views, I'll take anything but the most gratuitous of insults

 

[beachbum1958]

I accept all feedback, from both named users and anonymous commenters. For the most part, the anon. comments are pretty nice, it's pleasing to have someone say they like my stuff, but are they 'useful'? Mostly not, they're just a sop to my ego; if I needed meaningful advice or guidance on the finer points of writing, there are people like Simon Doom, Pilot, Lovecraft, Hypoxia, Chloe, GrandTeton etc. that I could ask, not rely on the opinions of random anonymous strangers just because they gave me pleasingly rah-rah comments.

The rabidly insane or viciously right-wing comments I mostly leave up, because they're usually hilarious, some make me wonder how someone so deranged could be walking around and pretending to live a normal life without being spotted, netted and caged, and some scare the crap out of me; those are the ones I report and delete.

 

[MelissaBaby]

I have received very few nasty comments. I've gotten some that I would describe as "bizarre", though.

The real negativity I've gotten has been through PMs. I suspect those weren't really readers, but forum trolls just looking for any means to be hurtful.