when you're all hyped up for the first reviews and responses to your new chapter, and the '1' appears as your new review...says 'update more'.
THIS IS A TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND WORD FANFIC MAN
GIMME A LIL MORE THAN THAT
ugh gross
that's like getting a "first" or "its cute" on a piece of art you poured more than ten hours into
Yep, basically. It's a non-review
if it's art you could talk about what you think is cute in it, and if it's a story like...talk about what you like in it
I know right? Ugh. Getting stuff like that kinda sucks the joy out of me
yeah, it's more demotivating than bad comments, generally
I have one flamer who has followed my story for three years and posts bad anonymous reviews relentlessly for every chapter - often multiple
but man they are dedicated, it's amazing
but somehow I feel people who are like 'update' are kind of selfish
like they just want more entertainment outta the author and aren't giving anything back?
yeah exactly
it's a shame how tough it can be to get good reviews of stuff unless they're critiques
I feel you, though I've found Ao3 is way better about commenters than http://ff.net ever was
that's true, Ao3 has much better commenters, but they're way more infrequent
you get kudos or silent bookmarks way more than comments
This is also true