Comments: What's ya worst and what's ya best?

[EvelynEden]

In some of my recent posts, there have been a few mentions of comments and the likes and it got me thinking- what's one of the worst comments you've received (painfully scathing or ridiculously stupid- it all counts) and what's one of the best (tear-jerkingly sweet or one of total hilarity- again, your choice)?

Obviously, this question is just supposed to be a bit of fun, so no pressure to post something that makes you uncomfortable. If you just have a funny comment you've received and you want to share it, go ahead- I'm all ears!

Thanks guys

 

[GuessImJamie]

BEST BY FAR!!!

"By Oggbashan

Thanks for the mention...

...but you didn't need to. This story is a very good one as it stands. Thank you for it."

Lisa had credited his 'Lesbian Spiders' as inspiring her.

 

[RejectReality]

Don't remember what this was on, but my eyes bleed every time I look at it.

Damn! What a naive and stretched boy fantasizing ..

Have you just kids here will write? - Now there is no adult and EXPRIENCED writers?

Probably the most blush-worthy comment I've ever received: on "Nude Holly Day"

The story, Nude-Holly-Day, by Reject Reality was one of the most enjoyable, intense, well crafted, and even instructive stories I've ever encountered. While the biology-based eroticism is excellent in most of your stories, this one (Holly) was far beyond that. The Holly story was to regular good stories as color is to black-and-white because of the added layers in the story.
a. Honor and decency. The protagonist portrayed the best characteristics of respect and appreciation for the Holly character.
b. The caring he showed Holly added depth to the story far beyond the delightful eroticism.
c. The honor and care showed for the Holly character by the protagonist put this story into the top level of literature.
d. The details of the physical love-making functioned almost as a lesson for top-level love-making. Society would profit from this sort of story being made to be required reading for all high-schoolers.

 

[SimonDoom]

I'll look for the best comment and post it when I find it. But in the meantime, here is possibly the most negative comment I've received:

Bad Very Bad
Regardless of what some these people say this was an extremely bad story im not going to tell you what i think you want to hear to try and be nice and not hurt your feelings my 5 Year old niece can write a better story then this it was so bad i hope this was your only story cause i tell you if not you should stop posting them before you ruin this site i wished i was blind and couldn't read that's how bad it is tell you what you want to learn to write an actual decent story take writing classes about 100 times a week no scratch that not even that will help you write a decent story do us all a favor and quit just completely forget how to write

 

[EvelynEden]

Don't remember what this was on, but my eyes bleed every time I look at it.



Probably the most blush-worthy comment I've ever received: on "Nude Holly Day"

Awww what a gorgeous comment! I love that!

 

[EvelynEden]

I'll look for the best comment and post it when I find it. But in the meantime, here is possibly the most negative comment I've received:

Bad Very Bad
Regardless of what some these people say this was an extremely bad story im not going to tell you what i think you want to hear to try and be nice and not hurt your feelings my 5 Year old niece can write a better story then this it was so bad i hope this was your only story cause i tell you if not you should stop posting them before you ruin this site i wished i was blind and couldn't read that's how bad it is tell you what you want to learn to write an actual decent story take writing classes about 100 times a week no scratch that not even that will help you write a decent story do us all a favor and quit just completely forget how to write

That is a severe lack of full stops!

 

[cathoberscaravan]

...Bad Very Bad...
my 5 Year old niece can write a better story then this...

I hope he asked her to help him with his comment writing as well.

 

[yukonnights]

That is a severe lack of full stops!

And I was going to say; "This person was quite frugal, wasting no periods at all." Does this mean I shouldn't try to learn the 'frugal style' used in the comment on Simon's writing

PS: I can't pull up the worst example — I delete those as a free service to those who read my stories.

 

[SimonDoom]

My story BTB, Incorporated received the following comments. I can't decide which is the worst. In fact, the very worst were deleted by Laurel, without prompting by me. Here they are:

What a load of shit

Wow, this was just way beyond stupid..... Not even going to bother scoring it....

It's been a long time since I've read a piece of shit like this.

my god
this was bad.

What???
A piece of CRAP!!!!!

BOATLOAD OF BULLSHIT
13 YEAR OLD'S WRITING OF A DREAM. BAD WRITING, BAD EVERYTHING.

What a pile of rubbish.

illiterate cuck shit.


I also received the comment "Here, eat my condom" but Laurel deleted that one.

 

[SimonDoom]

That is a severe lack of full stops!

Oh yes. This reader was in such a hurry to tell me how horrible I was that he/she didn't want periods to get in the way!

 

[JuanSeiszFitzHall]

Neither best nor worst, but notable for brevity. On "There's Nude, & Then There's Naked."

The title of the comment: "Sex"

The comment: "Hot"

https://www.literotica.com/stories/memberpage.php?uid=5116173&page=submissions

 

[ElectricBlue]

I don't seem to attract the crapola, so these are some of the gushier ones:

Your words flow like music--rhythmic, flirtatiously dancing, rising and falling, yet rising a little further each time, reaching toward the sublime, halting climax. With fine, elegant strokes of your pen, you draw us deeper into the lives of your characters until we become a jealous picture on the wall, watching the sensuous, teasing ebb and flow and wishing, oh, god, wishing if only I could jump out of this frame and touch them, be with them, and share such anguished joy.

These stories are such a pleasure to read. I pray they're as much a pleasure to write. Thank you for the gift.

Best ever
by Anonymous user on 05/08/2019
My God, so beautiful a fantasy, so erotic, is her lover real? Step by step, being led deeper and softly into paridice. This is the very best writing on this site and I would guess on others as well. It's difficult to encourage the author to pen another work for fear that it would fall short.

Thank you, and thank your Creator for bestowing on you the Gift of your art.

What I quite like about those two is invoking prayer and a creator, which I find amusing, since if there's only one non-believer in the Hangout, it's me.

This one is to the point:

Fuck me long, love me hard
by theinternetisforporn on 11/21/2015
Omigosh! Exquisite. I needed this. Again!

This one made me laugh (the guy obviously got a result):

Oh My!
by Garryguitar on 03/13/2015
Original, fabulous and VERY effective. My response is considerable!

 

[Desiremakesmeweak]

I genuinely love the florid negative criticisms - if I ever get any, because very few people comment on any of my stuff ever and I do know why...

Sometimes I think it's frankly just such a good thing to get people to come out of their shells and tell us what they think and, well, they're writing something themselves in posting criticisms, aren't they. The only way people will ever get any good at communicating is actually to try it sometime. Sure they're behind the screen and way down the rabbit-hole of cyberspace but so what in this case. It's a good thing.

...I doubt whether that many people, readers, would really understand the first thing they are reading if they ever bothered to read anything I write.

 

[jaF0]

These types of threads keep coming up and I honestly do not understand the obsession with comments. I rarely even looked at those pages. When I did, I'd scan a few but never dwelled on any. I can't even recall if they were more good or bad. Eventually I just deleted them all and turned commenting off.

When I scribble stuff out, it's for me, not them.

 

[ElectricBlue]

These types of threads keep coming up and I honestly do not understand the obsession with comments. I rarely even looked at those pages. When I did, I'd scan a few but never dwelled on any. I can't even recall if they were more good or bad. Eventually I just deleted them all and turned commenting off.

When I scribble stuff out, it's for me, not them.

Comments, for me, are the best form of feedback. They tell me how I'm connecting with readers - and I value that connection. I write erotica so people can read it, so comments, although rare, are like gold.

 

[RejectReality]

When I scribble stuff out, it's for me, not them.

Unless you're using Lit as a backup service, then it's intended for more than an audience of one. Otherwise, you wouldn't submit it.

You may not be in it for the scores, comments, favorites, or whatever, but there's a reason you're not just filing it away on your hard drive.

 

[icanhelp1]

That is a severe lack of full stops!

Maybe it was having a period!

 

[oggbashan]

Best but WTF?

This was left on my 3.93 rated story https://www.literotica.com/beta/s/bagged-at-the-opera

I'm impressed
by Anonymous user on 02/09/2004
I'm a married female in her 30's, currently on anti-depressants that made my sex drive go fron 55mph to maybe 5 at best. (With my husband using every trick in the book--so to speak--at once).

That was well written, imaginative, and sexy. Plus, I think someone just FLOORED the gas pedal to the metal. Thanks. I needed that. Writer? Try to publish! You can do it.

The rating is probably justified but the story worked for someone.

I have deleted most of my worst but this one is bad enough:

Anonymousover 5 years ago
wish I hadn't

1 star

 

[ChloeTzang]

Oh yes. This reader was in such a hurry to tell me how horrible I was that he/she didn't want periods to get in the way!

That reader was totally into stream on consciousness writing and you can see he was just so worked up by your story Simon that he just couldn’t stop himself from expressing his deepest emotional reactions to your story. Well done.

 

[tomlitilia]

As for worst, there are plenty to pick from in the LW category, including specifics about how and where I should die. But they are mainly hilarious. The comments that bug me are along the lines of this one:

by Anonymous user on 10/11/2015
Why does not the wife encourage the husband's extramarital adventures in these stories? One sided connection stories are boring and we find about 10 000 here.

It shows the reader does not understand what a story is. The focal story (https://www.literotica.com/beta/s/testing-the-limits-2) is a pretty standard sharing-wife-with-friend tale, with the entire storyline transpiring over one evening. Whether or not the wife is OK with her husband having potential extramarital affairs thereafter is beside the point of the story arc. Maybe she's all for it, maybe she isn't. Maybe she already has a friend in mind--or maybe her entire woman's soccer team. But that's as relevant for the told story as what they had for lunch the day after.

As for best comment, this one was a nice ego-boost:

by Anonymous user on 12/18/2019

I noticed this story in a "Similar Stories" ending sidebar and was attracted by the very high 4.80 rating. But when I realized it is BDSM (a category I avoid), I hesitated, but finally tried it. Once started, I was sucked in, and it had me riveted all the way to the end.

Normally do not relate to dom-sub, but admit it worked for this story.

Spanking I do not get, either giving or receiving..
But the plot was so great, and carried out so skillfully, including portraying the quandries of the narrator and of Kristin, I cheerfully award 5 stars.

I agree with the analysis by thesebreasts95.

Stories like this, leave me in admiration that some human being can conceive such a creative plot, and so skillfully carry out the presentation of that plot.

A scene came to mind of those 3 buddies several years after college, getting together to reminisce. It is not hard to imagine this episode being the highlight of their college days, and them still shaking their heads in wonder.

Paul in Oklahoma

The comment (made on https://literotica.com/beta/s/catalysts) suggests the story works beyond the targeted kinks, which is always nice to hear.

 

[EricasDreams]

Worst:

“What ugly and trash story

The author did a very poor job on this story. It seems the author has some gay issues mixed with cuckold issues that were transported to this bad story.
This story lacks of creativity, nonsense, shallow, low context, poor written and it is not even hot nor sexy story.
This story is not enjoyable and it is such waste of time reading all the way through.”

Best:

“This is easily the hottest story I have ever read! It is breathtaking in its naughtiness, sensuality, and realism. Sara seems so real and sweet, and so it's extra mesmerizing as she falls into erotic obsession. I kept on coming as I read! I couldn't keep my hands off my pussy! It is so well done, and when we got to the part where she says "Like in my dreams. More than anything I want to see your dark body against mine" I wanted to cry with lust. So hot and beautiful!“

EvH

 

[BrokenSpokes]

Best and worst

I'll start with the worst, which was so ridiculous I deleted it. If you've read my hard landing series, you'd know it was about an army helicopter pilot who is also in a band with her brother. Someone said "Pretty good story, but maybe don't focus so much on the flying and music stuff." Which....kinda one of the main plots points of the whole thing...

The best are any one of the ones I've gotten from Army vets telling me how glad they were that I got the details of military life accurate, and or that they appreciated how I treated the victims of PTSD. I've had several, but this was my fave, from ArmyGal33

I have enjoyed this story from beginning to end. As a combat veteran with some TBI and PTSD issues, I appreciate the care with which you addressed the topic. There is no generalized set of symptoms or issues. Each manifestation is as unique as the injuries that caused them. I was pleased that you didn’t go over the top with Jo. We are constantly battling the stigma that vets, particularly those with PTSD, are volatile, crazy, dangerous, etc. Thank you for not playing into the incorrect stereotype.

I am the type of person that craves closure, so I was thrilled to see chapter 8 and get the happy ending I hoped would come for Blue and Jo. Maybe we will catch a glimpse of them as side characters in a future story (huge fan of those types of stories).

Thank you for the literary journey.

 

[BiscuitHammer]

I have two I'll contribute, both negative. The first one is funny, because it was a rant against my awful, AWFUL gay Male characters, and clearly I knew nothing about gay sex because my narration was horrid.

The kicker here is that I've never written anything remotely like that. It's true, I wouldn't know gay male sex from a hole in the ground, so I don't do it. My conclusion is that this ding-dong, whoever he was, happened to be really high and was enraged by some gay male story he read, and left the rant on my story wall by mistake. I believe the story in question was The Great Khan.

The second criticism was someone saying that they loved a particular story, but my main female protagonist was a slut and that they hated her. She wasn't the model of docile, monogamous obedience he craved her to be. Aside from this, he loved my story.

But then he went on a tirade that shredded the story in its entirety, criticizing everything short of my choice of planet Earth as the setting, and somehow it all pointed back to his primal, incel level of hatred for Alexa's previous promiscuity. The sky I described wasn't the right shade of blue because Alexa was a whore. He hated her, wanted her to suffer. He followed this up with a PM in which Alexa had acid thrown in her face and was butchered and murdered.

I suppose I'm flattered that my characters mean that much to him, but... yeesh. Mommy needed to hug her little boy more.

I get tons of negative comments, but I think those are my two corkers.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Worst: Nothing but cuck shit.

Best: (all the rest)

 

[BelleCanzuto]

I don't get many comments on my stories, I think because to the categories they're in.
But here are two of my favorite (Both about "Catharsis", which is my favorite story).

Beautiful, poignant and well observed from all sides

What a wonderful expression of how rich, complex, strong, intense and beautiful a sadomasochistic relationship can be. To write something which is so emotionally convincing for both characters is a real achievement. Thank you!

Best I’ve read in a while

This story somehow made me full on cry while wanting to cum at the same time. I am in counseling myself, and these are the kind of sessions I yearn for. A chance to release the burden of others in the most cathartic manner. This is a beautiful wonderful piece of writing that I hope gets all the recognition it deserves... Bravo on capturing every subtle nuance of emotion from both Drew and Kenzie. Can’t wait to read more of your work!

I've had a few "great job, like your writing" comments, which are always nice to see. But the above two praised the core of what I was trying to accomplish with the story, which made them that much more meaningful to me.


And as for the worst?
One lady left comments on each of my first three stories that my characters needed to get divorced, which I thought was funny.

Aside from that, this is my favorite of the negative comments I've gotten.
It's about "The End of the Affair" which was my 750 word story in Loving Wives:

Very very ambitious.

But you know, most experiments fail.

Thanks for the effort.

It's not even mean or anything, and I enjoyed the commenter's brevity.


Like some of the others here, I like the comments as a way to assess what resonated with the readers and what missed. The scores are influenced by so many things that are out of our control. But if someone's going to take even a few minutes to type something at me, I figure it means I struck some kind of nerve.