Was reading some blurbs from the trending list, and wtf?

[beast_regards]

What? Are you rerarded or something? How can you be so blatantly malicious? Is it jealousy?

It's simple. You attacked me first, for no reason, and I didn't forget. There was zero reason to go after me here after I left the Royal Road for good: not only I didn't pose any threat to your profits out there, I didn't pose any thread to you here. It's too unfortunate you brought your "destroy competition" to other sites, abuse your privileges out there. You call me petty and malicious, but it is you who bully others for zero reason, threatening other with lawsuits? Do you think I don't know it's the same person with a different account? Same sentences, same agenda, same threads, always together, just swap the account and go on. I also had sock accounts on the Royal Road, but I left all of those behind, deleted all of those, when I left the site for good. There was no purpose in those. But you, you brought it here.

I never really thought about that. I was trying to reach an audience away from Furaffinity and SoFurry. I guess I would feel weird saying to folks, "Hey gang! Come over to Scribble Hub where you can read all of my stories that you've all read for years already!"

I suppose I could write some exclusive stories here though. ?

This is the paradox of the sites like this ...

You need this initial impulse, this small group of readers that would start off your career.

One says that any "good story will always get readers" but it's not a question of quality, but discoverability.

Readers won't read anything that they believe is bad simply because no one else read it, but forget that someone needs to be the first to like it.

It's usually an obstacle for starting writer: You have no fan to ask. However, if you are an established writer, you could use your established followers' base, you could use to boost every subsequent story. Accumulated fanbase have this snowball effect. They don't just follow your work, their existence convinced other readers to try your story out, and they convince others. This is a said paradox when migrating the sites - you came here to find new readers, but to do so you need the old readers to push you up, to convince others to give you a chance. It is rather awkward to ask them to boost you on another site, but it happened to other writers too.

 

[Corty]

It's simple. You attacked me first, for no reason, and I didn't forget.

I have already forgot probably because it never happened. If you have the link how I went after you please do link it, I want to refresh my memory how I went after your stories or livelihood.

Was it me too who harassed you on RR? Or was it my alt? Maybe it was Sailus, wait, that is me too.

Oh, wait, I spoke too soon.

Do you think I don't know it's the same person with a different account?

Sorry, bubba, I'm not that type of guy. I tell you on my main:

You are a deranged dingleberry, and I hope you leave SH, too, one day.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Maybe it was Sailus, wait, that is me too.

 

[NotCorty]

@beast_regards

Also, you are paranoid. I don't have alts.

 

[beast_regards]

I have already forgot probably because it never happened.

This started with this thread - which came out of nowhere:

Should the prohibited content rules for Scribblehub be ammended to include Illegal Monetization?

After @SailusGebel brought it to the attention of the community that a MAJORITY of fanfictions in trending are illegally monetizing their stories, I think it's worth considering whether or not stories that are breaking copyright laws should be classified as prohibited content. We already have a...

forum.scribblehub.com

There was no logical reason for the follow up from other people unless it was done by a single person, or was to troll people.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

It's simple. You attacked me first, for no reason, and I didn't forget. There was zero reason to go after me here after I left the Royal Road for good: not only I didn't pose any threat to your profits out there, I didn't pose any thread to you here. It's too unfortunate you brought your "destroy competition" to other sites, abuse your privileges out there. You call me petty and malicious, but it is you who bully others for zero reason, threatening other with lawsuits? Do you think I don't know it's the same person with a different account? Same sentences, same agenda, same threads, always together, just swap the account and go on. I also had sock accounts on the Royal Road, but I left all of those behind, deleted all of those, when I left the site for good. There was no purpose in those. But you, you brought it here.

Your maliciousness, how disingenuous you act is something amazing really. You replied to me yourself, you knew me and others talked about monetization of fanfics, you know what and why we ask. Yet if not for me calling you out on deliberetely spreading malicious lies you would've not corrected yourself. It's astounding really how much of a bad actor you are. You just keep lying and lying because you have zero educated arguments you can make to defend your position. Constantly strawmaning arguments, using whataboutism, and outright lying.

Also don't think we forgot your crybullying acts, your slandering attempts. The one who used alts to downvote other person's novel was none other than you. And while the weight of my word here for outsiders is roughly the same as yours, we both know what happened. Moreover, outsiders can look through what has happened themselves. They can see it, how you do nothing but lie when they see what I and others actually say.

 

[Corty]

This started with this thread - which came out of nowhere:

Should the prohibited content rules for Scribblehub be ammended to include Illegal Monetization?

After @SailusGebel brought it to the attention of the community that a MAJORITY of fanfictions in trending are illegally monetizing their stories, I think it's worth considering whether or not stories that are breaking copyright laws should be classified as prohibited content. We already have a...

forum.scribblehub.com

There was no logical reason for the follow up from other people unless it was done by a single person, or was to troll people.

You have gooned so hard you are going blind bucko. I am not even in that thread.

 

[LeilaniOtter]

I think the fan-fiction tag is enough because it feels weird to give fanfics a seperate trending especially if the tag allows to do something similar.

Yes there is a fanfiction tag, adding a sort by trending in the search feature would be the best way to get a fan-fiction trending list, it doesn't make fanfics even more prominent by giiving them a list on the homepage and you could use the same sort by trending in generell.

Actually, I'm guilty too with fan-fiction. One of the stories in my "White Fur" collection is straight-up "MTV's Catfish" fan-fiction, I suppose. I'm just not sure if I used the fan-fiction tag or not. But not the whole anthology is, it's just one element. Seems I might be at a bit at a disadvantage just sharing anthologies here. ?

 

[beast_regards]

Your maliciousness, how disingenuous you act is somethign amazing really. You replied to me yourself, you knew me and others talked about monetization of fanfics, you know what and why we ask. Yet if not for me calling you out on deliberetely spreading malicious lies you would've not corrected yourself. It's astounding really how much of a bad actor you are. You just keep lying and lying because you have zero educated arguments you can make to defent your position. Constantly strawmaning arguments, using whataboutism, and outright lying.

Also don't think we forgot your crybullying acts, your slandering attempts. The one who used alts to downvote other persons novel was none other than you. And while the weight of my word here for outsiders is roughly the same as yours, we both know what happened. Moreover, outsiders can look through what has happened themselves. They can see it, how you do nothing but lie when they see what I and others actually say.

You are preaching to me from the trolling account?

Seriously?

Look at your own post history.

 

[Corty]

You are preaching to me from the trolling account?

Seriously?

Look at your own post history.

We are not you to have alts ready to downvote people's novels if they have a beef with them on the forums. I know it is hard to come to terms with the fact that not everyone is as petty as you.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

You are preaching to me from the trolling account?

Seriously?

Look at your own post history.

Now you decide for me what my personality is. Great buddy, great! Putting words into my mouth is not enough so now you try to paint me as a troll who is incapable of serious conversations. Great technique, outstanding move, let's see if it pays off.

Oh, and don't forget to project one more time. You can use your alts to downvote my story. I'm in dire need of entertainment. I won't even report your hidden alt profiles or reviews this time. ?

 

[beast_regards]

We are not you to have alts ready to downvote people's novels if they have a beef with them on the forums. I know it is hard to come to terms with the fact that not everyone is as petty as you.

Switching accounts again?

You are worse than what was attributed to me on the Royal Road, and half of it isn't even true.

Anyway, I am done with you and the site. Good job.

You should have asked for the ability to delete your own profile ...

Now I have to ask mod to delete it.

 

[LeilaniOtter]

This is the paradox of the sites like this ...

You need this initial impulse, this small group of readers that would start off your career.

One says that any "good story will always get readers" but it's not a question of quality, but discoverability.

Readers won't read anything that they believe is bad simply because no one else read it, but forget that someone needs to be the first to like it.

It's usually an obstacle for starting writer: You have no fan to ask. However, if you are an established writer, you could use your established followers' base, you could use to boost every subsequent story. Accumulated fanbase have this snowball effect. They don't just follow your work, their existence convinced other readers to try your story out, and they convince others. This is a said paradox when migrating the sites - you came here to find new readers, but to do so you need the old readers to push you up, to convince others to give you a chance. It is rather awkward to ask them to boost you on another site, but it happened to other writers too.

Makes a lot of sense. I really want to hold off on asking help from my FA fanbase and make a name on my own here. There's no rush. Everyone here started out slow and unknown. (and now that I finally figured out how to work the profile page, I can actually start blogging some!) ?

 

[lambenttyto]

Oh, wait, I spoke too soon.

Also, you are paranoid. I don't have alts.

Your maliciousness, how disingenuous you

Are these three people the same person?
Holy smokes. Some kind of old flame war has arisen from the ashes... in my thread.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Are these three people the same person?
Holy smokes. Some kind of old flame war has arisen from the ashes... in my thread.

Despite 'popular' belief I don't have alts.

 

[Senx1l]

I thought it was just me. I’m still trying to give other stories a chance but damn is it hard to get past due to the grammar. I also don’t wanna come off as rude if I offer some advice so usually I just click off the story and keep it moving.

 

[HisDivineShadow]

Of course, we could all just try writing fan-fiction! ???

No
We won’t

 

[LeilaniOtter]

I thought it was just me. I’m still trying to give other stories a chance but damn is it hard to get past due to the grammar. I also don’t wanna come off as rude if I offer some advice so usually I just click off the story and keep it moving.

I don't think it's rude to leave a comment that you found a story hard to read because of grammatical errors or typos. They might not realize and thank you for pointing it out. *^^*

 

[CharlesEBrown]

I don't think it's rude to leave a comment that you found a story hard to read because of grammatical errors or typos. They might not realize and thank you for pointing it out. *^^*

I hope not. Used to belong to an Amateur Press Alliance (kind of like this forum but a smaller group and we paid for copying and snail mail distribution) where one member made these stories that would have been absolutely wonderful, except his spelling was atrocious and his grammar looked like English was his fourth or fifth language (instead of his first one, which it was). He seemed to be genuinely grateful when I (unlike in this paragraph, POLITELY) pointed it out.

 

[LeilaniOtter]

I hope not. Used to belong to an Amateur Press Alliance (kind of like this forum but a smaller group and we paid for copying and snail mail distribution) where one member made these stories that would have been absolutely wonderful, except his spelling was atrocious and his grammar looked like English was his fourth or fifth language (instead of his first one, which it was). He seemed to be genuinely grateful when I (unlike in this paragraph, POLITELY) pointed it out.

That's the point I was actually going to make, thank you for that.
People make mistakes and, yes, it's a great idea to alert them.
Just do it nicely and respectfully. I'm still a very tough editor, and I make notes alongside pages so that the author sees them. But there's a great technique I learned too, more or less "good cop, bad cop".
A great example here:

"I really liked the part in your story where the cat comes out of the shadows and saves the child. For what it's worth, however, the proper spelling is "Cheshire". I thought I should let you know."

See, you're giving kudos and praise to the work but you're also pointing details out that could help. This is a great way so that the author doesn't lose face, or feel embarrassed about it. *^^*