I Don't Get It · 10:00pm Jun 25th, 2016
So, I say in the freaking author's note section to like/dislike (and for a dislike please say why so I can improve)... Something along those lines for most of my stories. Especially my recent ones. So why do people dislike and not say why? 
It really gets on my nerves. Not that someone disliked it, but the fact that they didn't care to read it. If they did they would've gotten to the author's note. It looks like they judged it by it's description. It...It just kinda hurts. I kinda hoped people would read it. I felt that it had potential for the Feature Box, even... It's Moondancer and Luna... But oh well. Probably won't be a "good author" until I write a sexual story involving stuff that personally makes me sick (literally. I get physically sick over sour emotions). So I guess I won't get any dislikes until I write a nasty clop fic involving two mares, huh? 
No constructive criticism, nothing... I guess because of that all I want is to vent now. I have began to vent myself through my stories. Look at "First World..." For example. That was me venting. Same with "Classhates". *Sighs* Sorry you read through this. Had to vent what I dislike about the FimFic audience and I felt it'd be best as a blog.
People aren't obligated to read everything you see, especially if they dislike whatever genre the story is. I hardly read every grammatically-deficient Fallout: Equestria spinoff that comes my way.
Besides, maybe you picked up a hater! Someone who downvotes all your stories because they don't like you. Awesome, right?
Also, leave the cloppers alone. Just like anything else, sex is a tool that can be utilized to make a great story.
4048476 I understand. I just wish they wouldn't. *Sighs* I...I just needed to vent.
I've assumed that before.
Yeah...but with colorful children's ponies? I understand people needing to get to their fetishes...but really...this is My Little Pony...
4048477 I know. I'm sorry this worries you so much.
Always a joy.
Actually, there's a bit of science that goes into it, about how the shape and design of ponies naturally stimulate our brains.
I loved that story, mainly because Moondancer is one of the best characters to be put with Luna in any situation, excluding sex. It was a masterpiece to me. So, basically people on this site habitually as like dicks if it's not what they want.
4048487 Heh, thanks. ^^
4048495 Also I relate to the whole, disliked without reason thing.
4048498 Yeah. Like, if it was rated M or if it had a dark tag, or even if it was a shipping story, I could see why. People can easily disagree. But this one... Idk... It was just a slice of life story that I actually had confidence in. Oh well.
4048500 Some people just hate the simple things. Not me though.
I do not downvote or upvote unless I read the entire story
I loved reading it, and I believe the people who downvote are just a bunch of f
king cloppers who come across stories they don't like.
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You two rock
4048516 Thanks
and heh, maybe
4048532 Thanks. I don't usually get complemented.
4048539 You're welcome.
4048533 No problem!
That's pretty annoying, trust me I know. My stories are the same.
If I hate something enough to dislike it I'm not going to read all the way to the end. That's just torturing myself for no reason.
And I'd certainly never leave a comment or otherwise draw attention to the fact that I disliked it. That's just asking for trouble.
...although I will say that asking for upvotes or demanding explanation for downvotes is usually enough to get a downvote from me because you're manipulating the rating system. Stop that.
4048676 I just want to know what I did wrong. I'm not demanding. I'm just politely asking so that maybe next time I'll write something that others will actually like.
4048704 If you're just politely asking, then why are you here wigging out over a single downvote? It's emotional manipulation.
4048718 As I stated in bold,
Look... I'm not sure if you realize this or not, but if you've seen my many blogs before this, I have anxiety. I vent a lot because I don't have anyone in real life to talk to. I'm sorry that the fact that I am a human with emotions and anxiety and depression is bothering you. I-I just try, ok? I'm trying... Even in my blog above (if you read all the way to understand what I'm trying to say) I stated that I recently began writing to vent. It's what I do now. Stories, blogs, even this comment...
I'm sorry that I do that.
I can sympathize with this. Sometimes, people just look at a story, hate it on principle, and down vote it. Others do it just to be trolls. and few people who read stories actually go back and read author notes. Sorry the down voter got to your anxiety. *hugs*
4048755 *Hugs back*
With mines are the same and when I want to receive feedback from people it's limited to "get a proofreader/editor" comments. I did that already! What else do they want? For me gaining the public has been extremely difficult.
Take my most recent story, Nursery Rhymes, for example. It's the biggest bomb I've had since my beginnings and I had no choice but to erase the only comment it had. I don't like doing this but I had no option. Nobody is going to tell an author why they dislike a story (unless the author's an idiot). And if they did, are you minded to accept the truth? Because what if they are right? What if your story is not that good?
I've been in this site for six months already... and I've never had a day where I felt relaxed when publishing a story. I'm always nervous because I don't how the public's going to react.
Your fanfic "Classhates" has inspired me to do the same... but not now (it will be published when my time here almost end... yeah I have a time limit in this site). Finally take care of yourself you worry me sometimes. Thanks for reading and for the inspiration.
I definitely see your point. One person disliked my story Forgotten, and two people disliked my story The Unexpected Arrival. I can understand why they would dislike it; maybe they just aren't very good stories and need improvement.
But none of these people bothered to say in the comments or let me know WHY they disliked it. Not even just ONE person did, though. I really wish they had. It puzzles me why they can't even do so much as to explain themselves!
It's not the fact that they dislike the story that bugs me; it's the fact that they never tell me why they did!
Sorry, I had to go on a mini rant there as well.
Honestly, I think 4048676 nails it. I would expect most people to spend their time commenting on things they feel are either exemplary, or that fall short in very specific places. For everything else, it's challenging to provide useful feedback without spending a ton of time preparing it.
Here's my usual voting rubric:
Love it = Upvote & comment about why I love it
Like it = Upvote
Has potential but has issues = Comment about the issues holding it back
Dislike = Nothing
OMG my eyes are burning = Downvote
For what it's worth, a 29/1 split (at time of my writing this) isn't bad at all. Sometimes the bad can outweigh the good in our eyes. But really, there's always gonna be at least one downvote; not everyone is as enlightened as to follow my voting rubric.
I know what you mean; I ask for feedback in my stories too, but rarely got that much. Granted they aren’t popular, but still. Also, I too have had a dislike on both my stories with no real explanation for them, though the one on Baker’s Dozen disappeared. Not sure if the individual decided it was good after all or their account got deleted, nullifying the dislike, but it’s gone now so meh
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Anyway, another reason may be something to do with unease and fear of the repercussions of giving constructive feedback on something they wrote. I’ve read some stories and saw what some people said in the comments for feedback. Some were typical good and troll-ish comments, but there were also some good constructive criticisms about why the person didn’t like the story and were well intended and worded, but the author and/or friends of theirs sometimes got involved and ridiculed the comment leaver for not liking the story. That doesn’t happen to everyone, but I can see why some may be reluctant to leave feedback as to why they don’t like a story; that or also many people possibly just having a ‘just because’ reason that they wanted to do
That's kinda why my desire to write petered out. . .