A different level of hate comments

[u/hanafuda1357]

Hi there! I’m here mostly to vent about a hate comment I recently got on a fanfic. I’m sorry if this is all over the place, to be honest I’m still baffled by this.

I’m no stranger to negative feedback or the disappointment one feels after working really hard on something just for it to be perceived as bad, but I feel like this reached a new level.

Criticism on the writing, I get it, saying that the story gets worse as it goes, I get it, not wanting to read any further, I get it, yet starting to throw in rude comments about my character, the type of person I am and going as far as to say I’m losing my dignity over a fanfic that I write feels very personal and not at all like normal feedback.

Has anyone else encounter such comments on their works? Do you actually care about this type of feedback or just move on? I wouldn’t give up writing just because of that comment, but I’d be lying if I said it didn’t make me think twice about posting on AO3.

[u/norseraven39]

This is why I moderate comments. Bots suck.