My first hate comment

[Damoiselle]

I mean, I've seen critical comments before but this one comes with a focus I have no seen before in my feedback.


"Something fishy
The writing is good, but it's nothing special. I don't know what build-up the previous commenter is referring to. There is absolutely no sex and 2 anemic pages to this chapter.... And this shot to number 1 rank of Non-Con Top List. With only 18k views. That's highly improbable. Lit readers are not stupid. Ok. I'm gonna say it. I very much doubt the star rating of this story. Someone's been messing with the voting, herself. Sadly, there is little originality to this work, as it is very similar to The Rebellious Slave: futuristic war, slaver invaders, male antagonist is high in chain of command, heroine is a medic and gets captured as slave, a male relative of the heroine is a weapon/bomb builder, truth serum/technology used... I could keep going but it is VERY obviously inspired by that tremendous work, except the characters in that story are complex and not one-dimensional. The most original part of Imperius is the allegory to the Roman Empire but the plot is derivative and missed more interesting directions. I rue this loss. Because it could have been glorious! If the writer spent less time faking the voting results and instead listened to the readers (instead of being defensive) she would have realized a much more successful story. That's the whole benefit of Literotica. But everyone learns from experience. I hope you will continue to improve, because you do have great potential."


I think it's a work of art, actually. I'm fascinated by the technique of referring to me in the third person through most of it, and then amicably complimenting my potential right at the end. Really interesting juxtaposition.

I just...how could I possibly be meddling with the rating? What kind of power does this person think I have?

 

[SamScribble]

...how could I possibly be meddling with the rating? What kind of power does this person think I have?

If you have a spare moment, I have a rating or two with which you could meddle.

But, more seriously, the commenter may have thought that he or she was being helpful. However, it may have been more helpful if they had prefaced their remarks by saying: ‘If you were writing this specifically for me ….’ And, since I doubt that you were, pinch of salt, Damoiselle. (And keep up the good work.)

Sam

 

[BiscuitHammer]

If you have a spare moment, I have a rating or two with which you could meddle.

Sam

You beat me to it. XD

 

[TarnishedPenny]

While arrogant, pedantic and dismissive, said comment fails to qualify as really ‘hateful’. There’s no mention of your parents’ failure to marry, no serious profanity, no death threats, no wishes for a slow, painful disease nor any reference to your turning tricks on street corners. There aren't even knuckle-dragging spelling and punctuation errors. No, this is merely spite from someone who, having got a B- in English Lit night class, is p’d because they failed to get their first book review published in the local news rag.

Ignore it - and my ‘it’ I meant the critic, not the critique.

 

[SimonDoom]

I must agree with TP. It's a strange and unsettling remark, but not truly hateful. I had someone write a long paragraph telling me that I should never write again. That's hateful.

 

[mfan2112]

You can always delete the comment.

 

[curiouschattycouple]

If you want more hate, write a Loving Wives story about cuck/shared/mfm/stag&vixen.

 

[Voboy]

If you want more hate, write a Loving Wives story about cuck/shared/mfm/stag&vixen.

This.

THAT? That'll get you a hateful comment. I find this one thoughtful and critical, but not mean-spirited.

 

[Bramblethorn]

I'm fascinated by the technique of referring to me in the third person through most of it, and then amicably complimenting my potential right at the end. Really interesting juxtaposition.

It reminds me a lot of negging - backhanded compliments to undermine somebody's self esteem before trying to pick her up.

If it was really as derivative and two-dimensional as they say, why on earth would they think you had potential? Somebody's playing games here, and you don't need to know exactly what the game is to walk away from it.

I just...how could I possibly be meddling with the rating? What kind of power does this person think I have?

It does happen. I've seen cases where stories got a flood of hundreds of five-star votes in a short period, enough to suggest that something fishy was happening. But there's a tendency for people to blame vote-rigging any time they don't like the outcome, no matter whether there's any evidence for it.

The fact that they're pointing to a low view count as evidence of cheating is evidence that they don't know what they're talking about. Toplist placing is based on average vote, nothing to do with view counts.

 

[Damoiselle]

Lol, guys I get that it's not claiming I should die or get a disease or something and that it could be relatively a lot worse. These are, however, significant allegations. They've also interlaced an accusation that I have a tendency to be defensive so that anything I might reply to them other than friendly gratitude will come off as fulfilling that prophecy, and then they ended it with, as Bramblethorn points out, a pretty neggy concern troll. I stand by the term I picked.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I once had a reader, and I use that word lightly, ask me why I deleted his comment. My answer... Because I can, and you can't.

 

[Cindy027]

This is probably why some of the greatest authors where alcoholics.

 

[karaline]

Lol, guys I get that it's not claiming I should die or get a disease or something and that it could be relatively a lot worse. These are, however, significant allegations. They've also interlaced an accusation that I have a tendency to be defensive so that anything I might reply to them other than friendly gratitude will come off as fulfilling that prophecy, and then they ended it with, as Bramblethorn points out, a pretty neggy concern troll. I stand by the term I picked.

I completely agree. Comments with this tone effect me far more than the mindless illiterate hate fuelled variety.

Edited to add, I haven't read the rebellious slave recently enough to compare, but Damoiselle, in terms of both craft and storytelling, I genuinely think you are one of the most accomplished and talented writers on here.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Oh, I've had quite a few comments accusing me of messing with the voting. As if. I have better things to do with my time.

I just laugh and move on. Usually I'll leave the comments. I find them entertaining, and honestly, they are.

All I'd say is, if it annoys you, delete it. You can delete comments you don't like on your own stories for a reason. I do it now and then. Usually for the offensive ones.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I see that the comment was anonymous. Those of that type usually are.

You did get a red H on everything except the poem. (Pretty impressive; I'd like to do that for at least half on mine, but I don't.) Somebody must like them.

P.S. Even your detractor gave you some credit - "you have great potential." For the entire comment: is it damning through faint praise or praising through faint damnation?

 

[Damoiselle]

I don't want to delete it--It's a work of art.

 

[Damoiselle]

I completely agree. Comments with this tone effect me far more than the mindless illiterate hate fuelled variety.

Edited to add, I haven't read the rebellious slave recently enough to compare, but Damoiselle, in terms of both craft and storytelling, I genuinely think you are one of the most accomplished and talented writers on here.

Aww, thank you! That makes me so happy. For what it's worth, I have absolutely no problem with my story being compared to The Rebellious Slave. The circumstances *are* very similar, even if the main characters aren't.

 

[horrorotic]

I wouldn't call this a hate comment. Those I consider the ones with vicious language and nasty personal remarks and generally with little substance other than being insulting and abusive.

Granted, not a glowing comment, but it seemed like they were more ticked off at the score and top list placing than your work, and for that reason I suspect this is an author in that category, and not just a reader.

Their frustration with your story-in their opinion-being boring and resembling another story(maybe theirs?) smacks of a disgruntled author who feels their story was better, but didn't get the score or #1 spot yours did.

Could also be a reader who is a fan of a story yours supplanted, they do get oddly possessive of their fav.

The scoring system, H's and Top spots I feel were created as a way to have some incentive and reward for putting one's work up for free, and that was done with good intentions.

But people are tools, and its created jealousy and pettiness, and trolling both in comment and bombing.

But the flip side is it leads to cases like this where someone feels the need to come running to the board with this because they'll say oh, it doesn't bother me, but yet here they are looking for assurance its a troll and nothing si wrong with their story.

The big winner here is the person who left that remark because it obviously got under the skin of the OP. Great score, top spot on a list, but oh, no, someone didn't like it!

Perspective is a word oft used, but rarely practiced. If a bad lit comment is the worst part of your day, then life is good.

 

[Damoiselle]

I wouldn't call this a hate comment. Those I consider the ones with vicious language and nasty personal remarks and generally with little substance other than being insulting and abusive.

Granted, not a glowing comment, but it seemed like they were more ticked off at the score and top list placing than your work, and for that reason I suspect this is an author in that category, and not just a reader.

Their frustration with your story-in their opinion-being boring and resembling another story(maybe theirs?) smacks of a disgruntled author who feels their story was better, but didn't get the score or #1 spot yours did.

Could also be a reader who is a fan of a story yours supplanted, they do get oddly possessive of their fav.

The scoring system, H's and Top spots I feel were created as a way to have some incentive and reward for putting one's work up for free, and that was done with good intentions.

But people are tools, and its created jealousy and pettiness, and trolling both in comment and bombing.

But the flip side is it leads to cases like this where someone feels the need to come running to the board with this because they'll say oh, it doesn't bother me, but yet here they are looking for assurance its a troll and nothing si wrong with their story.

The big winner here is the person who left that remark because it obviously got under the skin of the OP. Great score, top spot on a list, but oh, no, someone didn't like it!

Perspective is a word oft used, but rarely practiced. If a bad lit comment is the worst part of your day, then life is good.

But this comment was the *best* part of my day because it's a work of art.

(The best by really far actually, since my day entailed working with a petulant public during a pandemic)

 

[Damoiselle]

It reminds me a lot of negging - backhanded compliments to undermine somebody's self esteem before trying to pick her up.

If it was really as derivative and two-dimensional as they say, why on earth would they think you had potential? Somebody's playing games here, and you don't need to know exactly what the game is to walk away from it.



It does happen. I've seen cases where stories got a flood of hundreds of five-star votes in a short period, enough to suggest that something fishy was happening. But there's a tendency for people to blame vote-rigging any time they don't like the outcome, no matter whether there's any evidence for it.

The fact that they're pointing to a low view count as evidence of cheating is evidence that they don't know what they're talking about. Toplist placing is based on average vote, nothing to do with view counts.

Thank you very much. I was actually hoping you'd help me find the words to describe it and you did, like you always do. <3

 

[RetroFan]

I've been told to go and kill myself. While this comment was later deleted by site administrators, I found it amusing that somebody hated my work - a comedy/fantasy series in Incest Taboo intended to make people laugh - so much that they felt that me committing suicide was the best way of dealing with the problem.