Another live author bites the dust, sadly.
https://storiesonline.net/ablog/jody-daniel
I'm not living in their shoes or seeing the messages they are getting, but it seems like a massive overreaction. The story currently has over 42,000 downloads, 300+ votes with a score of 8.36, at this moment. People seem to like it. Feels like a 'turn the comments off' situation, if the few are overshadowing the many.
Just my thoughts. I hope things calm down and they stick around.
I sent him a very positive comment when I read that. We need to send him more positive comments.
I have too. Hope after a break he might reconsider that final sounding "goodbye". Really good to have a bit of different perspective and style to the stories. The ratio of good authors to poor seems to have slipped enough without losing another one.
Fingers crossed!
If someone can let one or even a few trolls chase them offline then maybe they shouldn't be online.
This is something I will never understand, how can you let someone you never met or even know get you that upset? Trolls have been around all through history. There is 100% chance someone will troll you just on the hope they can upset you.
This is something you can blame fairly and squarely on the internet.
Not one in 1,000 of those armchair experts would bother (or be able) to write a letter complaining about a story. Much less sign their name to the complaint.
When you make it easy enough for an infant to do it, infants will do it.
This is something you can blame fairly and squarely on the internet.
I disagree. Blaming the internet is too broad. It falls squarely on social media. But the problem isn't just the trolls but also the people who act surprised that there are trolls in the first place. No matter how skinny you are someone will call you fat because you gave them the ability to do that.
Hi all, just to clarify, I'm not a troll as has been claimed.
I have been a member on here for 6 years or so and only made a few comments in the past. I have also read all of Jody's stories and enjoyed most of them (the one with the ghost wasn't my cup of tea).
However, on his latest story, I was bugged by what I consider a glaring hole in the plot / character development, I waiting a couple of chapters to see if it would be fixed, but alas it wasn't.
So, I did what I consider the correct thing to do, I left a comment on the story in the comment section of the story. If I have misinterpreted the purpose of the comments section, then can someone please provide clarity on what it is for.
Another user then posted a long winded response to my comment concentrating on a throw away 2 word phrase I used and ignoring the main part of my criticism. Half his comments were irrelevant and the other half ignored the events in the 13 chapters of the story up to that point. So, I wrote a rebuttal and expanded on my issues with the plot, was that rebuttal sarcastic, absolutely, it my default setting. But supposedly all members of this site are 18 years or older and if an adult is offended by sarcasm from a stanger, then instead of an apology I offer a spoonful of cement.
Now, up to this point I have never address any insults at Jody despite what he claimed in his most recent post. My Asshole comment was directed at fictional character in a make believe world. But based on the way he has behaved over the last few days, that is about to change.
Jody's original blog post (the 1 linked in the original post) can be boiled down to:
"Someone was mean to my imaginary friends so I'm going to quit"
That is illogical, but I have 2 theories that might explain it.
1. Jody is a toddler in a man's body and his natural response to any criticism is to chuck a tantrum, or
2. It was a cry for attention, "someone had something negative to say about my story, so I will tell everyone I'm going to quit, so that everyone else tells me how good I am to inflate my ego and I can come back by popular demand".
Based on his most recent blog post, #2 seems most likely, but it probably a combination both.
So, to the "more than a thousand" people who sent him messages, congratulations, you did exactly what you were meant to and gave an ego boost to a petty little man.
Jody, if you read this, don't bother waiting the 3 days, and do what you are going to do. And if the concerns I raised about the plot/characters are wrong, then please tell us all why. Because as far as I can see you have never addressed them, you have just played the victim and directed hatred at me for publicly pointing them out.
Admin, if Jody does submit a complaint about me, please consider this my response. Also, you might need to examine your ID verification process to become a member, because it appears that you have a bunch of children and mindless sheep with accounts.