Do you hate-read?

[Kann]

I might check out something that's considered awfully bad by people, but I don't really feel like hate-reading stuff. I'd rather avoid it and not give it views, lol.

Anyway I find it really hard to hate a creative work based on the author's skill, unless it's offensive or harmful.

[phoenixrenaissance]

If I suspect I'm going to dislike something I go ahead and avoid it.
The most I'll do when glancing at popular works I'm not interested in is say "I know I can do better than this" and use it as fuel to work harder.
If you dislike something, especially from a moral stand point, doesn't reading it and giving it views defeat the whole purpose? I don't know, it personally seems really rude.

[gusconstantine]

I don't really hate read, I try to give everything a chance at the very least. Sometimes the art or the story don't click for me, and that's ok. I think we're all trying to do our best, so what's there to hate?

[DarJodo]

"People of Tapas, do you regularly do something you hate, for no other reason except that you hate it?"

[Kelheor]

If everything was only about things I like, I would lay in bed 24/7 and eat only chocolate

[DarJodo]

Yes, but why do things simply because we dislike them? This one does not understand.

[vothnthorvaldson]

I don't think I ever hate-read.
I sometimes read things I don't like 'for research purposes' (but, really ), and I also sometimes read 'so bad it's good' things (I especially like the type where the author has grand ideas and high quality expectations, fail miserably, but their story is very pleasant to read on a simple, down to earth level. A bit sad though, as I always feel these kind of authors could do superb things if only they dropped the high expectations...)

[indagold]

If you mean schadenfreude, then yes, I do like taking joy in reading a trash fire. Though comics are a pain to trudge through, i'd rather just watch a shitty movie like The Room.

[Random_Guy]

I will never understand the point of hate-reading.
You don't like it, so why don't you just f#ck off and leave the creator alone?

[kip]

that's not quite what hate-reading is for, though! to repeat my previous comment: hate-reading and plain hating something are very different. hate-reading is reading something with the intent to understand what you dislike out of it as a vessel for self-growth in a context you (as a content creator who's too close to your Own stuff) can't always do without a safe-space context (which would be talking about what you dont like about someone Else). it's a form of discovery and exploration of your own thoughts, morals and preferences in regards to how people act as creators and in a less philosophical sense if youre not into that, what tropes, stylization, and devices you might be using without noticing they're not that great
that said there is absolutely a point to be made about moral viewership and giving views to something you deem morally wrong, which is it's own thing and has work-arounds and theres a lot of debate to be made (which id love to do, but my comment is plenty long already)

@darjodo and @Enigma_the_Slimy_Boi this response is also for u buds

[Random_Guy]

Oh! I misunderstood, forgive me.
I thought hate-reading was in the context of "subscribing and reading this with the express purpose of hating on it in the comments".

[phoenixrenaissance]

Eh, personally I don't get it and I don't know that "hate-reading" is an accurate term for what you just described, but, if you're not hurting anyone then feel free to do what you want.

[DarJodo]

Jodo usually has a good grasp of why he likes or dislikes things though. He has probably spent enough time examining this aspect of himself.

[kip]

self examination is a great alternative, not everyone has to reach things in the same way, i just wanted to explain that it's Not doing something because "we dislike it" it has a pretty useful end result if youre willing to self-criticize

[DarJodo]

This one would probably call it "self-examination in the context of a particular reading experience." Hate-reading sounds too much like hate-sexing, which is its own bag of worms.

[unknown_user]

I did. When Tapas made "free comics Saturday", I read not only those premium comics, which cause me interest and good attitude, but also those ones, which piss me off (namely, the most cliched ones with especially sweety-glossy art). I read them and got angry at each cliche again and again.
But I haven't done it for last two months or so, because it started to bother me at some point.
Maybe when I'll see new especially irritating comics, I'll start to do it again.

[kip]

i dunno man that sounds like a you-problem

[DarJodo]

This one is saying that "hate-reading" as a term is rather confusing.

[DiegoPalacios]

Hate reading sounds like a pretty tsundere thing to do XD

"it`s not like i enjoy your comic you baka"

The closer thing i do it would be to read a "so bad it`s good" kind of thing, but only because its enjoyable in an unintentional kind of way.

[Iris-Grimoire]

Unless it's unintentional comedy from its quality, nope, life's too short to hate-read. There's enough good stuff out there to take up that slot.