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

[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.

[ariwazhere.livejournal.com]

That's true. In the end you end up having to put up an AN in your story answering said question.