https://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/1437636/1/why-am-i-blocked

I can't post a comment to this on the story so here goes nothing. 

This "answer", this so-called "harsh truth" is such bull, I don't think I've ever read anything more entitled and more victimizing. I'm surprised it has so many upvotes as is, but I suppose people just like to hear "the tea" without really thinking.

1) Every person is entitled to whoever they want as readers - that's true. You can block whoever you want for whatever reason you want. But people who are blocked are just as entitled to question the blocking as you are to block them.

2) Readers who subscribe but don't upvote or comment are not bad people and they aren't selfish and leeches. It's simply disgusting to think of other people this way. There can be plenty reasons as to a subscription but no comment or upvote. Look, your story might not deserve an upvote and so ing what? Subscribing is a way of finding a story again and a way to follow it. You might subscribe to a story you intend of reading and then get busy for a while. For whatever reason, a subscription but no comments/upvotes is not a way to make people bad.

3) Nobody gets to come after other people's language skills on this damn website. That is simply disgusting. Many young people (writers or readers) are not native English speakers and many are reading to learn. You might feel embarrassed by your skills (newsflash: many people who learn second or third languages actually feel very self-conscious when speaking with native members as they don't want to be butchering the language.) 

4) You can be supportive of your favorite authors and/or stories in many ways. That's it. There are many ways to be supportive and hey, subscribing and then recommending the story is one way to be extremely supportive. 

5) Just because I spent a week or two writing a story does not mean you have to be somehow eternally grateful I did that either - gratitude goes both ways. I owe you nothing but you owe me nothing in return. I'm the one uploading the story to AFF. I'm not charging you money to read this story. This is MY pleasure and I WANT to share it with you. Am I happy with feedback? Absolutely! But the time I spent on my hobbies does not grant me the rights to gratitude from a person on the other side of the world who also shares my love for a particularly boy band or girl group. If I spent a month knitting myself a sweater, I am not entitled to a compliment from every person I meet. Writing and posting to AFF is a HOBBY, it is MY hobby and YOU are not forced to like it or compliment it. 

6) Authors who subscribe, but don't have the time or energy to comment/upvote or read immediately are not worse than any other person on this website. They're human like the rest of us. Stop measuring your or other's worth in words written on a website. 

Everybody is entitled to the use of the blocking function. Readers are entitled to block authors they find rude. Authors are entitled to block readers they find rude. 

But everybody is also entitled to question the blocking. 

Grow up. Move on. It goes both ways. Your hobby is yours. It's not your readers. 

Lastly, a tip of advice: If you only want 10 kind-hearted readers who are specifically selected to read your story, you can unsubscribe people without blocking them or use the invite-only function. You can be selective with your readers without the use of the blocking function.