I have some HARSH words for you fans of QH. READ ON.

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Posted: 11 years ago
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I have said this before on behalf of writers and I will say it again though it does not sit well with silent readers...

1. The writers are writing and for free not because they owe you anything but because they want to share their love of the show with you, if you manage 10 minutes to read their whole piece, take a minute to like AND comment.

2. The writer does not owe you hours of her time to PM so that you can get a fresh call to know when their piece is updated. Especially if you are silent. They have already spent hours writing. If they still want to do it, their wish but don't demand that they PM you when you can't even bother to post a comment.

3. Writers are not supposed to be grateful that you deigned to read their piece, they would have written it regardless. I have heard before from silent readers that we writers should be grateful just with the views. No! We spend hours without wishing for anything, if you spent the time to read it and not like it, you should still comment for reading our creativity.

4. If you are busy and don't want to comment, that's fine. Don't read either, we won't know the difference because you are silent.

5. Writers are not fishing for compliments with comments. We just want feedback on our writing. That's why we write here. We don't want money or anything. We just love to write. It is true that we like to hear from you so your comments means a lot to us. If you say that I can just stop writing because my comments here offend you, I won't cause I like to write. If you like reading my or someone else's stuff we must be doing something right. So why can't you write something other than "nyc" or "continue" or "pm me"? Yes, you are busy, so are we. If you sought out a FF to read it, you had time. Even on your phone.

6. FYI I like and comment everything I read here, especially the FFs. That is because I feel I owe it to the writer for giving me free entertainment. It is a way of saying thanks. Some people think only Shakespeare quality writing merits their comments, but I will comment on not so good writing too because these are writers in progress. They need encouragement, that's all their ask for in return for their hours of work.

7. Most hilarious is people who are fans of soaps but are embarrassed to put their name out there. Make a name up! And you like it enough to read the FFs, own it. It is not THAT embarrassing. Others tell me they feel shy. Shy about what? We can't see you, don't know who you are.


SO WRITE COMMENTS. This is just my opinion since IPK.
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asya_sahil thumbnail
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Agreed👍🏼.
Silent readers too need to participate.


rakshaanra thumbnail
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Agree, but people generally like to write when they know someone, are buddies, total strangers get feedback only to increase forum activity.
But don't despair

Writers in this forum have gotten over this " silent " treatment


For me personally it doesn't matter, I get pleased with views

One ff I wrote, got 28 comments but 7,000 views
KSGmaniac_24579 thumbnail
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Posted: 11 years ago
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I totally agree with u
Silent readers should atleast give a commenter a like
If hey are busy they can even res and unres later
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Posted: 11 years ago
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well eye opening for all of us ...silent readers...

while getting free entertainment... we should at least ...comment

at least u convinced me for...😳


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Posted: 11 years ago
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I agree 100% Mary. Since I started to invest a lot of time writing two SS's I have felt that sometimes people read the updates but dont bother to comment. You have spent hours of your precious time writing, and you would at least like some feedback!

You are right, we write for our pleasure, but we also write for the pleasure of the readers. Unless they comment, we dont know how much they like reading what we have written.


As for the PM thing, I do it sometimes, but sometimes I just dont have
the time.


But I agree. A comment is at least warranted if you enjoyed reading something! It's like a review. Writers thrive on it!
micshy thumbnail
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Posted: 11 years ago
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I am just copy pasting my reply form another post
Awesome and i totally agree,,,,
I try to comment as much as possible ... except for the SS,FF,OS, i dont read them n my reason may be really lame but i dont read them cz then my mind totally deviates n i stop enjoying the show n the actual story ... it gets distracted... thats the only reason... otherwise i know all the writers here r brilliant n they do write excellently... other than those i try to read n comment on all the beautiful posts😊
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Agreed.
Hope your and Sage Flower's post awakens the silent readers from the silent mode.

Marybarton thumbnail
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Originally posted by: rakshaanra

Agree, but people generally like to write when they know someone, are buddies, total strangers get feedback only to increase forum activity.

But don't despair

Writers in this forum have gotten over this " silent " treatment


For me personally it doesn't matter, I get pleased with views

One ff I wrote, got 28 comments but 7,000 views



I am not despairing for myself. I have seen this trend in the extreme in this forum. Yes, it is not as popular as IPK, there I used to get 600 likes on one OS alone, I am not expecting that. If they hate the writing, they can write that too. The writers all just want a review.
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Originally posted by: zyaa

Agreed👍🏼.

Silent readers too need to participate.





thank you

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