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Something I Cant Stand
9 years ago
The face that belongs under a butt...
DISCLAIMER!!! THIS WILL BE A DIFFERENT KIND OF JOURNAL. IT WILL BE MORE RANTY AND I DONT EXPECT EVERYONE TO AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT I SAY. SO PLEASE DON'T HATE ME TO HARD... THIS IS JUST MY THOUGHTS ON A FEW THINGS... JUST MY OPINION
Is when people make a bad review on a writing piece and then leave no feed back as to how they can improve on it in the future. (This isn't really in my writing pieces. A few have told me how to improve and I have tried to work on it, so I am not pointing out anyone who watches me. I just mean in general with all writers and creators of any kind :) )
This is an example of one of those comments (not from any particular piece): I hate this...
Um.. ok? What about that?... Why not tell me what you didn't like about it? And I know it's just hateful people, but in order for someone to make something more into something you'd like. Tell them how. And if you don't like to say in comments, tell them through private messages. There isn't much a creator can do... if you don't give them something to work with, They can't be expected to read minds.
Then there are these comments... literally all the say is: W...T...F???
W-well.. do you like it or hate it??? Don't leave a comment that could be confusing to the creator. It will literally get you no where... The creator will have no idea what you mean and continue to make it the way they make it.
Then you have comments with people who either didn't get what the content was about because they didn't actually read it or read it and took way out of context. FOR EXAMPLE: Lets say I wrote a story about Dizzy the slave jex. And go into detail about how he is a sex slave and fart sniffer.... then a comment pops in saying: B-b-b-b-b-but slavery is never a good thing... unless its a sex slave.
Ok... 2 things
Clearly I meant that Dizzy is a sex slave. If you have followed my content for a while, you'd know that, or if you have read a few of my works. you'd know that. I have a whole series called Dizzy's Journal documenting all the experiences he has been through. Plus Dizzys Memories, and most of the submissions with Dizzy in them have Dizzys name in the title. So you'll find all kinds of stuff that would clearly show what kind of slave Dizzy is.
AND FINALLY
Those comments that say something along the lines of this: Not what I expected. I didn't expect these kinks in the story!
Ok well, that's what the thumbnail is for. I ALWAYS remember (or at least always try to remember) to put the thumbnail in with the list of kinks provided so people don't wind up somewhere you don't want to be. And if you somehow manage to skip over the thumbnail, at the top of each writing piece is the same list of kinks as in the thumbnail. And if you somehow manage to skip over that... I don't know what to tell you. You had 2 signs that were telling you the place you were entering was not a place you were going to like, And you ignored them... so it's kinda your fault.
SO.... Am I alone with this? I mean of course comments like this are to be expected. Content creators get them ALL the time! But am I the only one who thinks like this? Any more content creators, let me know in a comment cause I want to know if I am alone. What do you think? And don't hate me if you are one of these people who comment these types of things... like at the top of the journal... it's just my opinion.
Stupid criticism just criticizes; it doesn't explain things well, it doesn't suggest how you can improve, and it doesn't have a point. People who give stupid criticism do it because it's easier than giving constructive criticism, and sometimes because they are stupid.
Constructive criticism *explains*. It tells you what you did wrong and what you did right, and what you need to do to improve in the future. It tries to encourage you -- or, failing that, it tries to show you what you can do better. Not everyone's great at it, but it's necessary.
The best thing to do as a writer is to always keep constructive criticism in account, because that shit is worth solid-fucking-gold. Ignore stupid criticism, because paying attention to it is a literal waste of your time. You're never going to be perfect, but you can always try to be better!