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?

[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...

[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 :)

[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?

[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.

[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.)

[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.