Anonymous Reviewers have truly found a new low.

[ariwazhere.livejournal.com]

Is it me or are anonymous reviewers super cocky? Like really, I was reading the reviews to one fanfiction in the YGO 5D's fandom and my god. It's a good story but the writer's going through some shit in her life and people really have no respect. If she's lying or not doesn't matter because every writer I understand hits a stop in their life. Hell I have my stories on a permanent hiatus because I have no inspiration for any of them right now. And said author has apologized profusely.  This is why I don't allow anonymous reviews.

If you would like to read the reviews here's the link to the story.

www.fanfiction.net/s/5944465/32/#

It is truly appalling how "fans" of a story treat an author. Sad thing is, they can't be reported. Really, who calls themselves a fan of something if that's how you treat said thing you're a fan of. Has this ever happened to anyone? I mean I  understand people want updates, but as a fanfiction writer myself, last time I checked, the story doesn't belong to said "fans". A true fan stays with said fanfic to the end. Sorry...I really needed to rant about it.


Edit: Some reviews have been taken down, but now said reviewer is harping on me? o.e Really...what part of "This story is on Permanent Hiatus due to loss of inspiration" does troll person not understand? Do I need to pay a toll to shut this person up? And it's the same person too. You should see the reviews this person put up now. Makes me all nice and pissed inside. =D

Comments

[alicornmoon.livejournal.com]

I've never had a mess of reviews like that for any story so I don't think it is an everyday anonymous thing o.o To me it sounds more like one person posting again and again than many unnamed flamers...I would just delete them, you can do that with unsigned in reviews still can't you?

[ariwazhere.livejournal.com]

I don't really know. I didn't use anonymous reviews since I started writing for this very reason. I mean, like I know people use it to get more reviews and to give those who don't have an account a chance to review, but if it means getting garbage like that and getting my feelings hurt in a serious time then it really isn't worth it. That and you can't track it. And it does look like one person.

[alicornmoon.livejournal.com]

I've always been able to delete them so unless this person values review count more than getting rid of the awful things I think that would be the best thing to do :)

[ozqueen]

I don't think you can delete anonymous reviews anymore. I know you used to be able to, because I did it a few times when someone flipped out that I paired A/C together instead of A/B and thought it would be fun to threaten setting me alight.

Anon reviewers have no fear, and they can be batshit as all hell.

Ugh, I don't like that you can't delete anon reviews anymore. At least, not via the channels it used to be. I don't want to disable them because I get some lovely anon reviews, but if it was a mess the OP was posting about - yeah, I'd turn them off.

[ariwazhere.livejournal.com]

Excuse my stupid question...what's the OP?

[luxken27]

I don't like that you can't delete anon reviews anymore.

Since when? I've been able to delete anon reviews without any troubles (it's how I dealt with my own trolling jackass reviewer), which is the only reason I allow anon reviews over there.

[lm-obsessed.livejournal.com]

This...makes me so angry I can't even express it in words. I mean, seriously! This looks to be the work of one person who has NO LIFE and literally depends on this story to survive. It makes me sick. I feel so sorry for this author. Whoever this anonymous reviewer is, I really hope they learn how to grow up, be mature, and most importantly, learn how to be PATIENT.

UGH. I'm so mad right now, I really want to complain to ff.net and demand they do something. We should be able to report anonymous reviewers, or at least track these people by their IP addresses. Grrr...

[ariwazhere.livejournal.com]

This is why I don't like anonymous reviews. If you really want to review a story than make an account. Even if it's for that one story. But it does look like one person or at least the same group of people. FF should do those comment things where they ask for your email or something if you want to do an anonymous review. I think this is one of the reasons why many stories aren't starting to allow anonymous reviews. It's people like that who bring shame to the FF community.

[ultharkitty.livejournal.com]

Looks like this is all one sick troll doing that. What an arse.

And don't be sorry for ranting, that's what this place is for :)

[ariwazhere.livejournal.com]

Say it loud! I'm a ranter and I'm proud! :p Lol. Yea...something like that just made me blow a gasket.

[avari-maethor.livejournal.com]

I was always for accepting anonymous reviewers because well... I love reviews. But I finally got to the point where the jack-asses out there crossed the line.

I am a slash writer. Something I clearly state in any story I write featuring slash by putting "slash" in the story summary AND identifying the pairing in the header. But I STILL get reviews telling me how wrong it is. If you don't like it... why read it?

I had a Twilight drabble that was Jasper/Alice but pre-slash Jasper/Seth. Clearly stated. Still got the review "This story is just wrong. Please delete it!!!"

How about not and you read the summary?

[marzydotes2011.livejournal.com]

I never have anonymous reviews because I got a lot of spam here and on other posting sites. Plus I've had my full of those nasties under a rock.

[ariwazhere.livejournal.com]

I see. I don't like Slash...no offense to you. So with stuff like that I just don't read it. What's wrong with people not understanding that if you don't like it don't read it?

[avari-maethor.livejournal.com]

No offense to anyone who doesn't like it. :P Just say'n that I give fair warning with my stuff so it isn't like people who don't like it can say, "You didn't say there would be slash!"

I wish I knew because when I get one of those reviews I just want to straggle the reviewer.

[dorrij.livejournal.com]

Let me tell you something. I had two grandfathers, one grandmother, and a uncle passed away over my years and I don't get that stress. But what I am really really stress is that not only my favorite idol Michael Jackson died, but you still ain't update more chapters. Believe me, how you feel if you let all the readers out there down?

What the fuck is this? I don't even.

I seriously think this is just one person leaving this shit under different names. Because I've never seen that many reviews, one right after another, displaying such callousness before. I hope this writer just deletes these reviews. That's the beauty of anonymous reviews. You can always chuck them out.

Any time I get nasty reviews, nine times out of ten, it's always an anonymous review. I used to leave them up, but now I've started deleting them whenever I get them. Usually they're for stories that contain unpopular pairings. Even if I leave multiple warnings, people are still stupid enough to read it and tell me how much they don't like it. I've often considered disabling anonymous reviews.

[ariwazhere.livejournal.com]

This is why I never had it on in the first place. Like you said sure it's 9 time out of 10, but I really hate dealing with idiot people. The thing about me is that when someone pushes me, I push back HARD. So the anonymous reviewer doesn't leave a trace of who they are while I want to get revenge on their review of a story they really shouldn't be reading since they don't like it.

I mean I left some pretty harsh reviews, but that all had CC on Character Development and OOC stuff. Sometimes even the length. Either way I don't out right say "This story is a piece of shit. You obviously have NO LIFE." That reflects on me as a reader that I have no respect for others and that I have no life, not the writer.

There was one time I did flame someone though because their story was REALLY bad. It had everything messed up. Spelling, Grammar, Characters. I flamed the person, but in the end I put "I suggest taking this down and re-writing it."

I felt like Piers Morgan...if Piers Morgan could ever feel like a jackass. I did tell her to delete them though.

[ariwazhere.livejournal.com]

I mean I told the writer to delete the anonymous reviews.

[dorrij.livejournal.com]

There's not just the issue of flamers. I've also noticed that often when people ask a legitimate question about a story, they usually review anonymously and so there's no way to contact them in order to answer their question.

[koukatsukoneko.livejournal.com]

This actually makes me angry D:< and they don't even bother to sign in, so there's no way to find out who they are.

(Get that BAMF in your icon to beat them up. Optimus would so not stand for this crap.)

[ariwazhere.livejournal.com]

I would love to send Optimus after said Anonymous reviewer...just to hear them squeal even. Sadly, as Leader of the Autobots, he believes in freedom of all sentient beings. Oh well...doesn't mean he can't scare 'em Transformers style. I would record it and we could watch it together over and over and over again. Got some popcorn? I brought the soda. =D

[koukatsukoneko.livejournal.com]

Well.. if he won't do it, we could send Starscream. He's always up for kicking people.

(Buttered, salted or caramel?)

Re: Anonymous reviewers have truly found a new low

[ariwazhere.livejournal.com]

They should put screening things for anon reviews.

[twilightscribe.livejournal.com]

WHAT. No seriously, WHAT?! I am so full of rage right now. That is uncalled for.

Anonymous reviewers I have a mixed relationship with. I've gotten some GREAT reviews from them and some not so great ones. Actually, the ones I've gotten the most shit in have been ones from people SIGNED in. Usually because *GASP* how dare I have the gall to write that pairing?! It's disgusting! You shouldn't be writing this!

Seriously, I warned for the pairing. It's in the summary and its in the header. Are you not capable of reading that reviewer?

I vote to send this person to Silent Hill.

[ariwazhere.livejournal.com]

hahahaha....nah...Silent Hill's just creepy...lets send 'em to Raccoon City....unarmed...>D