So, I got an anonymous comment on Literotica today, and to be honest, it's far from being the first one of that type. When you are an author, you produce content. And regularly, people hate you because of that.
This is fine. After 2 years of writing at a very constant pace, I got desensitized to hate. But now, I'm even starting to find it funny. I don't know if it's appropriate to laugh at a distressed person, but since it's anonymous, I suppose that grants me the right to entertain myself at his expense. It will also show the readers what authors have to deal with sometimes.
Here is the message I received today from an Anonymous person who was offended that I posted 33 chapters of Animal Café on Literotica over the past year.
Dude, why are you flooding the category with so many releases? There's absolutely no need to break a story up into about 150 chapters that are all obnoxiously short at around 4,000 words in length.
Other authors aren't being discovered because all your tiny chapters are taking up the space on the monthly hot list.
If you've written a 100k word story, break it up into three chapters or post the whole thing as a novel.
I get that you want the satisfaction of having 150 separate stories with a hot tag, but you're just milking it at the expense of everyone else.Now, I want to break down the stupidity of this message... allow me... Please...
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Flooded the fetish category? I posted 33 chapters over more than a year. The fetish category contains 21092 stories (i checked) ... 33 vs 21092 ... Flooded?
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So overwhelmingly flooded. Oh, and by the way, I don't decide when they are posted. Literotica does. I suppose he could take his hate to them then?
No need to create 150 chapters? Indeed... it's 33.
Of obnoxiously short 4000 words? I suppose most authors are obnoxious. I'm sorry. Oh! But chapter 31 was 21000 words... Darn, that must mean he doesn't know what he is talking about.
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Other authors are not being discovered because my tiny chapters are listed in the monthly hot list? Aaaah! I get it. He is writing stories and is frustrated because mines are better rated. I'm sorry, I'm not voting on my own stories. Readers do. I promise, next time I'll ask my reader to hate my stories.
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If I write a 100k stories, I have to break it up into 3 chapters. Ahan... that's exactly how it works. Sorry readers, you'll have to wait 6 months between each release of my stories so we can give back the spotlight to this anonymous individual.
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Yeah, that's totally how it works.
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I want the satisfaction of having 150 separate stories with a hot tag? 33... it's 33 ... over a year and a half.
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And I do like hot tags because I'm not the one deciding to receive it. It's somewhat flattering.
Anyyyywayyyy... All that to say, some of those messages we receive as authors are more hilarious than disturbing. This is a perfect case of someone needing a hug. Instead of taking a breather and seeing the reality as it is, he sank into deep distress, unable to find a rational way to cope with it other than sending hate mail.
Look, it happens to the best of us. We all get irritated by something at one point or another. It's normal. So I really don't blame him for that, and I even empathize with his state of mind. It's probably not fun for him to experience such a distorted and negative perception of reality. But at the end of the day, if it happens to one of you. Just step back away from the computer and go for a walk. Or write your message, save it, then come back the next day and decide if you still want to send it.
There are other ways to deal with hate than hate.
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That's what I believe.
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TS