friendly reminder that unwanted 'constructive' criticism and useless comments (e.g. i don't like this. i'm confused.) are just rude. and this is true for fics, comics, and anything people are posting online
don't be that person
and if for some reason you decide to say something anyway, be nice about it. It costs nothing to be nice (:
(also note - even nice feedback and comments are hard to get these days. if negativity is all or the majority a person gets, well that's just hell to deal with... and also not a reflection of the author/artist/ect abilities)
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TEAS GUIDE TO ONLINE ETIQUETTE (aka, how to not be an ass)
So, you're confused reading someone else's story?
no -> Hell yeah! tell them that you enjoy it!
yes -> do you feel the need to inform the author?
no -> nice
yes -> did they ask for your opinion?
yes -> then let them know (nicely)
no -> leave them alone -> but it's bugging you? -> will rereading help?
no -> then tough. leave the author alone
yes - go do that -> but it's still updating -> then of course it won't make sense yet, you wallnut
-> still confused -> have you tried looking for a thing called subtext
still confused
-> THEN TOUGH. LEAVE THE AUTHOR ALONE.
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should you tell someone they made a spelling and/or grammar mistake? -> Did they ask to be told?
yes - then go tell them NICELY
no - then leave them alone
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You want to tell someone that you don't understand their work? -> Did they ask for your opinion?
yes -> then tell them (NICELY)
no -> Then leave them alone. No buts. Don't be an ass.
remember when an anime had two men kiss and get engaged and promise to get married and tumblr still alternated between calling it gaybaiting and being too sexually gay and therefore fetishizing
like i’d scroll down my dash and see one post saying it’s not gay at all and it’s just TEASING it and then another saying that it was being way too sexually and was essentially a step below yaoi and disgusting
yes this is about yoi like what the fuck were people on it was literally just an anime about gays figure skating
Please don't compare East Asian girls and boys to anime characters please (ofc unless they're literally cosplaying as that character then ofc it's okay to be like "oh you really do look like _____ nice job!") This is something I've seen addressed before, but I haven't seen it much at all recently, and that's what's worrying me. It's dehumanizing. It's weird. It's fetishist. Please don't do this.