Echooooooooooo!

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I understand you’re enthusiastic, and I certainly appreciate that you did art for the story, but even when it doesn’t come off as rude such an overwhelming number of comments from a single person can still be irritating — “Sure, I know what you think, but what the fuck does anyone else?” — or actually have the effect opposite of what you intended, dissuading others from commenting by making them think “Why should I bother saying anything if this joker has already said everything there is to said?”

When it does come off as rude it evokes imagery of an inconsiderate and irritating idiot: “Edit button? What edit button? LOL. ’scuse me, I’mma have to go clog up the comments now.”

It’s a fine line to walk; an empty peanut gallery is often seen as barren and thus pointless to contribute to — “Why bother saying anything when nobody’s here to read it?” — a full peanut gallery is often seen as oversaturated and thus pointless to contribute to — “Any insight that could be shared already has been.” — and, as I illustrated earlier, trying to drum up thoughtful commentary can be counterproductive. Even trying to counter inadvertently counter‐productive influences can itself be counter‐productive — a polite “please edit your comments” will come off as a “fuck off and die, kthxbai” at least half of the time.

Sorry if I came off as too discouraging; I’m wary of scaring you off, but I felt it better to be brutally honest than beat around the bush.

1556483 Errm...okay...

Did I just get C&D'ed?

I swear I was only trying to induce people to a discussion which was virtually non-existant unlike many chapters before.

More than twenty of the forty‐five comments on chapter four of Culling of the Hives are yours. Please use the edit button in the future.

1177708 I could not due to some circumstances, but I never forgot. I am sorry for taking so long. It will be finished soon. I am back to drawing Hive fan art. :) I posted a similar poster of Yumia yesterday if you are interested.