Callout to Dictatelion

[Anonjohn20]

Sounds like a real yutz... Whatever happened to the wholesomeness of this forum?

Oh, he doesn't visit the forum. He'll just bait people into reading his stories on the main ScribbleHub site, and then he'll run back to SubscribeStar. He never interacts with the forum at all.

 

[ConansWitchBaby]

It's even worse! Nutting and sharting himself is the normal not the extreme!

 

[Alfir]

For some reason, I feel better. I often think I am a terrible person. It seems I could do worse.

 

[empalgepuk]

He's well known for his temper tantrums. Back when he only had 4 stories rather than 6, he had a message asking people to go to his Patreon or SubscribeStar to "read chapters early."

When he changed his model to always making the ending for his paying customers only rather than having early releases, I left a comment saying he should change the message to warn readers that the ending to all his stories is paywalled.

He blocked me, despite the fact that I had given him a positive review on Reverse World and I was going to leave a positive review on Open S*x World. He blocks anyone who doesn't worship him in the comments section.

Fortunately, despite blocking me, he did change the warning to

In order to not falsely get the reader's hopes up. Now they should know that he doesn't plan to finish the story on the free sites.

How is this allowed? Aren't we required to post our full chapters here eventually?

 

[Anonjohn20]

How is this allowed?

Only the moderators would know how the rules were made and whether or not they get enforced.

Aren't we required to post our full chapters here eventually?

I don't think so. We are required to post the chapter in its entirety; however, nothing is forcing the author to post the entire story.

 

[DireBadger]

Sounds like a real yutz... Whatever happened to the wholesomeness of this forum?

Covid

 

[Gwydion86]

Some of us really don't like getting pestered about our Macguffins, and probably thought blocking you was easier than wasting a huge amount of time discussing said one-off term for something needed solely to move the plot along.

I can't say that I would have done the same thing, but if you sent him more than one PM about it, put the question in multiple locations, or basically made a nuisance out of yourself over something as minor as an obvious Macguffin or self-explanatory booktech, I'd have blocked you too. It'd be like pestering Frank Herbert about the chemical composition of 'Spice'.

The fact that you felt the need to put this post up in the forums implies strongly that you are exactly that sort of nuisance.

Don't remember sending any pms, just mostly positive things in the comments. I try to keep my criticism constructive. Saying things like "this sucks cause I don't like it" doesnt help anyone, least of all the author.

 

[DireBadger]

Ironically, saying why you don't like something is often a lot more useful, but maybe it's just me as a writer. I prefer people telling them straight if they think something sucks and then dropping it. If I see what they mean, I might change it; if I don't, I may question it, but a once and move on criticism won't make me bounce them unless they keep pestering about it after I have decided their criticism is unwarranted.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Don't remember sending any pms, just mostly positive things in the comments. I try to keep my criticism constructive. Saying things like "this sucks cause I don't like it" doesnt help anyone, least of all the author.

Or my favorite comment along those lines: "[the author] did what he set out to do. I didn't like it." (along with a 3-star rating on Royal Road)

 

[Elmir_Arch-Ham_of_Omega]

The author really just nutted and sharted from a simple suggestion. Whoa.

Thank you, coffee came out of my nose. I'm in pain now.

 

[Alski]

Or my favorite comment along those lines: "[the author] did what he set out to do. I didn't like it." (along with a 3-star rating on Royal Road)

They put more though in to that than all those generic 5 star/1 star idiots.

 

[Worthy39]

They put more though in to that than all those generic 5 star/1 star idiots.

Yeah, but at least the five stars makes you feel good.