Bad fic or bad opinion?

[sensuelles]

Alright, so fandomsecrets  touched on something I've been thinking about recently: secret #101.

We've all been down that road. It's late at night, you're scrolling through list upon list of ffnet fics looking for something appealing to read, searching for that rare gem which will satisfy your fandom craving, and instead, you click on a link, read a few lines,

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[sowell]

First of all - fandomsecrets must be the most addictive community ever. I don't even recognize half those fandoms and I still eat it up.

As for badfic...hmmm. I guess...if you post a fic in an environment designed for feedback (i.e. LJ comms or ff.net), you can't really be mad when people take advantage of that and GIVE you feedback. There's no rule or clause that says it has to be positive feedback, you know? Posting publicly means you've opened yourself to public opinion

[sensuelles]

*nods nods*

Yeah, I agree with a lot of what you're saying. Posting anything online means you're accepting the consequence of getting possible negative feedback and people deal with that but some of the comments really are horrendous. It's unbelievable how mean someone can be online sometimes, simply because they can hide behind a screenname.

And yes, I'm the same with reviewing. I usually don't review unless I have something nice to say, or if the writer specifically asks for criticism.

(I also really really hated Twilight and DaVinci Code, two works that are waaaay too overrated in my view.)

[kalliel]

Admittedly, I don't feel particularly bad when I bitch about or lol over bad!fic in private. Not for the fact that it's private, 'what they know won't hurt them' kind of thing, but putting it in a more public venue (i.e. fic sporking communities) makes it feel as though the person doing the bitching is just as bad as the person doing the ficcing, in that they're looking for quick compliments, and exercising their "acerbic wits" for that purpose, other than some other purpose where acerbic wit could be put to better use

[sensuelles]

Yeah I see what you are saying about certain writer egos. I absolutely HATE writers who withhold chapters from their readers in order to garner more reviews. Like...WTF!?!? Or people who say they like "constructive criticism" but the minute someone does provide them a bit of negative, but true feedback they are like "That is FLAME!"

Oh well...I try to repeat to myself that these people are 12 yr olds who don't know better. Although perhaps that might be an insult to 12 yr olds...