Constructive criticism good or bad
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FunnyBuns I'm not exactly arguing the other parts, but you can't have it both ways.
Actually, under the law it is two different things. It is called harassment. If someone hangs up on you, but you insist on calling her over and over and over again, she can report you for harassment or stalking. Reposting over and over again is tantamount to harassment/stalker behavior.
Also, LostInFictions was referring to another reader who literally went and copy/pasted his reposted "review" in the comment section of all 100+ chapters of a story whose writer deleted his review because he complained about the writer promoting "toxic/abusive" behavior. That was what she meant by spamming, and the other threads she saw here where readers were "bummed out" and resorted to such extreme measures. No matter how frustrated you are, spamming your review in the comment sections over a hundred times is basically harassment.
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FunnyBuns Honestly if deleting such a thing is under their right than reposting it is under the readers right to do so. You can't say the reader has no right to repost the review and that the writer has every right to delete it.
Honestly the way webnovel made the system means someone has every right to repost it if the author has every right to delete as it can be reposted.
I'm not exactly arguing the other parts, but you can't have it both ways.
When did I say that reposting does not come under readers' rights? Please read my response one more time and quote me where I said that because I can't honestly find where I said that.
Sure, you can spam someone with the "reviews that you think are constructive". I mean I can't even say anything there because I see the same mentality there that people use for bullying and harassing people under the name of "freedom of speech".
No, I don't think you understood what I said. My point is - you read a story, you didn't like it, you wrote a review with the intention of being helpful for the writer to improve (I hope). You did your job right. Now it's on the writer if he/she is willing to learn from the criticism or not. You can't force "your suggestions" on him multiple times until the toxicity consumes him. I mean you can but what's the point?
Do you consider that the writer you are continuously spamming can be in depression? Can be dealing with something really bad at that moment? And when he saw your review, he felt more down so "for his peace of mind" he chose to delete it? Can happen, right? In this virtual world, we don't know what the person behind the screen is dealing with.
Why should we pull people down if we can't lift them up?
Write reviews. Even bad ones. Ugly ones. But then...stop there. Don't force the writer to look at them every day if he doesn't want to. That's all I said. That's all I meant.
There's 3 types of writers
1. Those who get thousand comments and review a day and will likely not notice the one with constructive criticism. Reader will complain then about author not interacting with them
Those who are overly sensitive/due to childhood trauma and low self-esteem associate criticism with attack and aggresion. Will delete the review. Reader will complain about authors deleting rewievs and not wanting to improve.
Unnoticed flops that check their chapters 4 times before posting it and would die for a honest feedback from the reader. Readers won't complain.
They instead will be too busy messing with author 1 and 2 and ignore author 3 like everybody does.
Some of you gonna be really mad at me but it has to be said
LostInFictions Sigh, I am not going to argue one of those points as I have no clue how someone can be delusional enough to think one human has the right to silence another for any reason.
Secondly I already corrected the point and said the app was at fault for me not being able to reference your comment.
Third I already proved both sides are at fault, I mean even if a person is depressed or has some other mental health issues that is no reason to delete a valid review, rather an excuse. If you are depressed or some other reason don't read it, if you read it and it affects your mental state, well that is your own fault. Just like how a mentally ill person who stops taking their meds and commits a crime is at fault, so is the author for reading it(hell if you can't handle it you should not being doing something like this in the first place).
Constructive Criticism is good for writers. It lets them know which part of their writing needs improvement. No one is perfect. Even Stephen King or JK Rowling needs someone to critique their drafts.
What's bad is how "some" critics execute and give it. Emphasis on "some" because not everyone is like that. My point is, there's a difference between being a good critic and being a rude commenter just for the sake of being rude.
You can give a critique without sounding a total douche by doing the sandwich method. Start with what you like about the story, followed by things you don't like and need improvement, and lastly, encourage them to keep doing what they like while staying open to suggestions, because at the end of the day, everyone has their own preference and taste. They can either follow it or not. :)
FunnyBuns I would rather refrain myself from replying because our viewpoints are poles apart to come to anything mutual. I said what I feel is right and I still stand by it.
FunnyBuns or has some other mental health issues that is no reason to delete a valid review, rather an excuse
Who decides what review is valid though?
FunnyBuns If you are depressed or some other reason don't read it, if you read it and it affects your mental state, well that is your own fault. Just like how a mentally ill person who stops taking their meds and commits a crime is at fault, so is the author for reading
Wow. I am not even amused. No wonder why this world is of the kind what it is.
Dear compassion and empathy, I know you are resting in peace but could you two please end your resting time and come back here? This world is so terribly lacking you two.
A sincere request. 
Mamelunka Unnoticed flops that check their chapters 4 times before posting it and would die for a honest feedback from the reader. Readers won't complain.
They instead will be too busy messing with author 1 and 2 and ignore author 3 like everybody does.
Sigh. Truth has been spoken.
DaoistfedHmm WN has no DM/private message system
LostInFictions That is the issue here, your words are based on your feelings and are not logical. I hate to break it to you but the world doesn't care about your feelings, it operates on logic. It would be great if the world cared about your feelings I agree with you there, but it doesn't so you need to adapt. I will stop here because while I don't mind debating opinions, I don't want to discuss this with someone who thinks their emotions are valid reasoning.
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FunnyBuns To me, your reasoning is invalid. To you, mine is. It's just the way one thinks I guess and you are right, it's more about emotions when I am talking but I don't think hurting people is logical either. Well, anyways, it was good to hear your perspective. : )
Logic and feelings are derived from the same source - a sense of ethics. Though that may differ a bit from place to place, often both come hand in hand.
And just because you say that the world works based on logic, it doesn't mean that you automatically have the higher morale ground as you have implied.
And logic here seems to question how you have come to the conclusion that LostinFictions was trying to silence you. All that was said was that 'one should not continue to escalate the situation by spamming'. Because, no matter how valid you make yourself out to be, the act of escalating a situation will likely lead to your loss in a court.
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kazesenken When did I ever say she was trying to silence me? I just said I don't understand people like her who think they have a right to silence people and I hope I never do.
Also the one who escalated it is the one who decided to delete it. If it is deleted and someone reposts it just ignore it. Reposting something you feel was deleted and for an unjustified reason is a reasonable act and deleting it a second time is just provoking the person to repost it a third time and beyond. So if that is the case the author would lose because they provoked the reaction, unless of course the person is a troll.
I will tell something. Review doesn't matter that much. Why? See this book, "Genius System Without Equal". See the overall rating, around 2-3 stars right? Now look closely, not at the powerstone, but at the number of people that supporting that book. That tab is showing how many people actually paying for that book. 1k something paying for a book that is rated 2 stars?
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"I just said I don't understand people like her who think they have a right to silence people and I hope I never do."
THIS^
This statement from you just flat out says that you think that she is trying to silence people (like you). You might have interpreted the "you" as you personally, but I mean "you all, in general". But when did she say that she wanted to silence you?
Her original statement:
"That's your right but do not post them again and again if he deletes it because the way commenting is your right, deleting comes under his."
- which means, you both have the right to post, but posting it over and over when someone is allowed to delete is not right.
Why do you think that the author deleting the comment a 2nd time is the escalator? The author owns the work. He/She has the right to have whatever displayed on their own work, regardless of what a reader thinks. If it violates WN's guidelines then they will do something about it.
Taking your logic, then it would be ok to:
- Write whatever slander you feel like on a person's house, just because "you" feel that it's justified.
In reality:
- "You" would be arrested for vandalism and sued in court. It does not matter how "true" you think the statement is, because "you" are the escalator. The question of the poster being a troll does not even need to come up.
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FunnyBuns LostInFictions does NOT think she has a right to silence people. Stop putting words in her mouth. Or do you have a problem with your reading comprehension?
If you continually repost despite the author deleting your comment or review, you are harassing the author. You are committing stalker-ish behavior. This is illegal. I already explained it to you above, but you seem to have ignored me so that you can cherry-pick and interpret LostInFiction's post however you want. It doesn't matter if you think it's unjustified, you do not have the right to harass people. You are not being silenced, and if you are "provoked" into reposting, you are stalking someone online and harassing him/her. Period.
What, if a girl hangs up on you because you called her, are you going to keep calling her a second time, a third time, and more? Because she has no right to "silence" you? Because by hanging up, she "provoked" you into calling her again and again? What kind of logic is that? You'll get arrested for stalking and harassing her. Or at the very least, she will receive a protection order from you. Don't misunderstand "freedom of speech" - it doesn't mean nobody can silence you or you can say whatever you want. If you say whatever you want, you have to face the consequences - freedom of speech doesn't save you from getting punched if you slander somebody in public. It certainly doesn't protect you from getting your comment or review deleted if the author is unhappy with what you said. It doesn't matter if you think it's unjustified, the fact of the matter is that you do not harass people just to...I don't know, because you are under some delusion that you have every right to free speech and you shouldn't be "silenced."
Authors have the right to be protected from harassment. If it comes at the expense of "silencing," then so be it. Except that you are not being silenced. You already said your piece. You let the author know how you felt. So why are you so adamant on reposting your opinion over and over again? What are you trying to achieve through harassing the author?