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03-18-2007, 09:19 PM | #1 | ||||||||
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Truth or Dare Stories Part I [NON-FICTION]
This is a story about a forum I visit regularly.
There are many "truth or dare" online websites, but to my knowledge, the most active one is called getDare. The forum community has new posts everyday, but even more than that, the new posts are actually contributing posts, not just spam and requests for pics and stuff. In September 2006, the admin of this forum created a new board, where stories can be posted. This came from an idea by one of the forum members, Rob. Since then, this board has supplied the community with some very good, and imaginative forums. Of course despite smileguy's story writing tips thread, a lot of the stories have spelling mistakes, use sms language, or just in general bad grammer. But all this is fine, as long as the stories are good. Generally, there hasn't been a very bad story on the board yet. However, a different kind of plague would hit the Truth or Dare stories board. It's not too easy to distinguish who introduced the plague, but the evidence of it is undeniable. It is rotting away at the core of the stories section, making the stories section frustrating and boring. The plague of course, is the people making stories, then demanding that people reply to their stories with comments, before they will continue the story, or write another one. Surely it's not that bad, but it seems as though 90% of stories posted now-a-days have the author wanting comments, before they'll write the next part. Getting feedback on a story you wrote is excellent, but when you tell people you need feedback before you'll write the next part, in my opinion, is very rude. Some of the people that have done this include: Quote:
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Even another member, pointed this out in a story, where the author demanded for comments not once, but twice! Quote:
Now, the truth or dare stories section is being plagued by authors writing stories in parts, and demanding comments before they write the next part. It not only frustrates the readers, it makes the authors look arrogant. Authors, write your stories for all to enjoy, but do not force your readers to make comments on your stories. Your story will receive the comments it deserves, in due course. I hope I don't have to write a Part II to this story |
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03-19-2007, 07:05 AM | #2 |
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xdressslave, thank you for posting this!!!! i have completly the same opinion! and also thanks for al the quotes and even a quote of my post! i hope that it will change soon, but i dont trust on it....
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03-19-2007, 12:16 PM | #3 |
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I'm sorry, but I don't see the issue here. It shows the writer has support and can guage which parts are the most succesful and they can then understand why.
I wanted reader input, but got very little. Asking for feedback and simply a congratulations one line of "Great Story, Keep it up" can really be a big encouragement. The writer is writing this of his own free will. Asking for encouragement and support is the least he can ask for in return. I don't mean to be rude, but either put up or shut up. It's not harming you in anyway is it? EDIT: Good Arguements keep it up :P (sorry couldn't resist)
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03-19-2007, 12:32 PM | #4 |
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Out of all the story sections on forums I have been at, there has always been this exact problem. (Though can I point out, xdressslave, I've never seen it quite as well presented.)
The trouble with this problem is that there is really no right answer. You can appreciate why the author would want feedback or even encouragement so they at least know how their story is being recieved or appreciated. However, you can also appreciate the frustration felt by the reader who perhaps don't have time to answer at all. On some forums, the problem is worse, as authors generally want full-blown reviews, whereas that is not an issue. Personally, I don't think there is anything wrong with something like this: "I wouldn't mind a bit of feedback before I write the next installment so I know I'm not wasting my time." But something like this: "I won't post the next part until I get at least 10 replies." Is bad. So, I am going to impose a new rule for this section sometime in the near future. Before I have time to decide the exact details, I urge you all to be a little bit careful in your asking for feedback. Though may I just point out that a post under a story is greatly appreciated by an author and is just simply a nice gesture. I'll get back to you soon with some rules. |
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There is no need to complain about asking for feedback.
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03-20-2007, 06:04 AM | #6 | |
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Smile Guy, I agree with you. The purpose of my post here was to bring attention to the community of what is happening to this section, and to make sure the section doesn't steer off course, from what it was originally designed and intended to be. I totally support comments and feedback for stories, and think every story deserves some feedback. But I don't think the authors should be requiring, or asking (or at least asking the way they are asking) for comments. |
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