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I just got my audible report for the audiobooks and I want to scream and not in a good way.
All I can say is yes, I enjoy listening to what people have to say about me, and Yes seeing that people enjoy the trash I write makes me more motivated. Just a little heart emoji in my chat will boost my mood by 1,000 %. Ik it takes like 5 seconds out of your day when you could be staring at a wall (meant in a joking way loves). It encourages me so much. Thank you for taking the time to interact with my posts, you mean the world. Love y’all
-Dove
hi im bitter about people not commenting on fics. im sad seeing all these authors get so discouraged because no one comments. it takes like 5 seconds! just do it!! dont know what to type? me neither! heres some handy pre-written comments for you! “I dont know what to comment! That was great! thank you for your hard work!” “That was lovely! I really enjoyed this chapter/fic.” “How dare you?” “AAAAAAAAAAAAA” “Extra kudos because one is not enough!” if you read a fic and dont know what to say, leave the tab open, come back later! see if theres a line you really liked! tell them if it reminded you of something dumb! tell them if your roommate saw you crying while reading it and now your roommate is reading it!!! SHARE WHATEVER. BE INCLUSIVE! everyone wants to hear SOMETHING. silence kills passion. show authors you care! show artists you care!!!!
Agreed. I have one great fan right now who’s commenting nice things and tbh that’s my motivation. I wasn’t sure if I was going to continue my current idea but @greencurlyhair is a great fan and seriously fans keep writers going.
I’m new to writing on tumblr but I actually have my own whole ass novel I wrote and published online only to get no likes but lots of views. It wasn’t a bad book either. It was a mystery novel about queer teens figuring out a crime. I mean I wrote it in high school so it isn’t great. But writing has always been a source of encouragement for me. Don’t take that away from authors because you’re afraid it’s AI.
Writing was my first consist source of praise as a child because I took up writing extremely young. I wrote my first book at age nine and my mother talking about how nice it was and keeping it flipped the switch of ‘oh I can make people happy with this yay’ then my novel in high school actually helped me make friends and bond with teachers. Especially my algebra one teacher who was such a great guy who encouraged my dreams and didn’t let me give up on becoming a writer. My guy taught algebra but his real job seemed to be getting these teens to be creative.
When you comment or just give a like you’re making that author’s day I promise. We aren’t posting this stuff just because. We want to entertain yall, we love knowing our writing is enjoyable so please don’t just read and enjoy something without so mush as a like. It’s having the opposite effect as what you want if you do.
I agree that if anything it just hands more of the writing field to AI. It’s bad enough already. You aren’t helping by ignoring work. It makes it less worth it for authors and then you’re only going to get more bots filling our places.
I saw a comment by someone on reddit who said they no longer comment on any fanfiction because of the risk of it being AI and ... that just seems like such a cop out to me, not to mention incredibly cruel to authors.
Please please please do not stop commenting on all fics or interacting with authors because you are worried about things being AI. The risk is slim, and the damage you do to authors by doing this is awful.
Writers put so much effort into their fics. For people to openly admit they still read and consume these fics, but choose not to comment on anything because of the possibility of someone using AI for their writing is incredibly selfish. You're punishing authors by doing this. You're not being moral or helpful or crusading for any useful cause - you're just hurting authors.
Ironically, by doing this, you're actually more likely to cause authors to stop writing (silence does this), and people who can't write will fill the gaps left by creating AI writing - so you're making the problem worse, not helping anyone.
If you want to support authors and writers, then SUPPORT them! Reblog work and send authors asks, leave comments and kudos, and above all don't punish people with silence.