Do not misunderstand the title,I am not making this blogpost to bash the AFF site or to complain about it. No,this post is aiming to bring a few matters to light,which I do not find people discussing much about in forums or on other platforms.

Infact this blogpost is aimed at people to be specific.

People like us,readers and authors.

Of late I have noticed that some trolls like in any other social interaction sites have also crept into this system and have made it their goal to irritate the living daylights out of writers. Some of them post nasty stuff,some cannot understand the fine line of reality and fantasy and end up wrriting cringey stuff,which is not only embarassing to hear from a fan's point of view but also as a human in general.

Last but not the least are people who repost stuff or plagiarize without prior permission,they,no doubt,are one of the most harmful and toxic people on the net and tend to get cursed a lot(rightfully so)

However,these are some rare species.

Most of the users on AFF are sweet,kind and supporting people who love to read stories and get inspired to write. It's possibly one of the best interactions on earth. They would wait patiently so that you,the writer settle your own problems at home before you update another chapter.They anticipate new developements in the story,asks questions and on the whole get involved in the process of reading and writing.

Some authors fail to understand that.

It's been a HUGE disappointment for me to find some writers take things for granted,taking all this love and involvement of the readers with their stories for granted.They demand comments to be of a certain way,they expect upvotes,expect people to subscribe,to appreciate else they threaten to put down stories. The comment section is not customized according to your need,it's for the readers to comment whatever they feel after reading your stuff(althouh it is always expected to be positive).

They grow impatient when people comment,"update please!". Some of them grow arrogant to the point,they do not care about subscribers anymore,and that is often reflected in the quality of their story content. Some of them question their own subscribers if they are worthy enough of reading their stories or not.

That is a HUGE NO.

You do not do things that make people question their decision to follow you thereafter or not.

This is for all you newbies who wanna start off with writing on this site,please ensure that you are writing out of love for writing,FIRST AND FOREMOST.It should never be to achieve something other than skills. I started off in order to hone my writing skills as is the case of most of the other authors.It should have nothing to do with receiving comments,upvotes and appreciation.

You should try and understand that this is above all a literary site,a treasure trove; the social networking is just an added bonus. Each story created carries an immense amount of hardwork,thought and skills put into it.

Some people have already cracked onto the professional market by ACTUALLY publishing stories after starting off from this site, by simply writing fanfics.

In my opinion,there is very little difference between the wholesome idea of a fictionalized story and a fanfic. Both requires considerable imagination and skill.

So if you feel that you are growing irritated at things such as subscribers,you should take a break and think about it for once, else you should steel yourself for a long journey paved with disappointments. An author's journey is replete with literary blocks,distractions,and a whole lot of other things,but you should learn to have patience. You should learn to be loving towards WHATEVER you receive from your subscribers. They don't owe you anything,they are doing YOU a favour by reading your stuff and devoting THEIR time on your writing,subsequently appreciating your efforts and your skills. This is because there's a truckload of OTHER AWESOME authors out there, they can easily drift away to them so for once be humble.

I have read other authors stating stuff like this and it plain repulses me.

Of course this post is not intended towards authors who are TRULY harassed or are facing problems that truly hampers his/her writing progress or perhaps have found a new inspiration and want to try out something else. This is for those few people I have seen along the sidelines who seriously needs to walk head first into a brick wall to understand where there priorities lie.

It's incredibly saddening for me to see this beautiful culture of writing being denigrated by such corrupted thoughts and ideas. Please think before you do any of that stuff,your thoughts and ideas are already affecting newcomers and people who are introduced to the art of writing via this site.

You have a responsibility BOTH as a reader and as a writer,so for once cast aside your ego and work towards something good.