How do you deal with hate comments?

[infectedbloodcomics]

@ArtistHan

others would twist what i said and that's when i'd answer back, ask them
to ask again without being anon, then block when they failed to answer.

Now, that is really bad. I also tend to nail them as you do, but I also had to learn that at some point you have to let go. That or risk an ulcer.

[ArtistHan]

Haha I've only had to do it a few times. Once you do it a few times, the others don't dare do it~ Learning from example hehe I don't like hate, and I feel that I don't have to be the patient one when I never consented to it. If they're gonna come at me, then they're going to have to deal with the consequences. People usually flame because they feel like they can get away without consequence. Well, maybe they can do it to others, but I don't want to deal with that. It's my blog so they have to play by my rules. If they don't like it, then they shouldn't be such shitty people initially. :/

[epiale]

Honestly hate is an interesting thing to me. One of the most genuinely helpful critiques I ever got was one of the most harshly worded messages I ever got about my comic. (They tore the comic a new asshole and straight up said it was trash, it's stil technically hate at that point, haha I mean their points were valid where stated but still) Most hate really is just the pointless blathering of some enraged moron on the internet, tho.

In general though I tend to just laugh hate off, or even respond very kindly to it. I had one person even message me back apologizing because I was so friendly in response to their weird rant about how my art sucked it made them feel bad, haha. Either way it really isn't something to get worked up about, people are dumb, and can be cruel, and ultimately you'll just have to learn to live and either deal with it or ignore it.

[AnnaLandin]

If they're being actively insulting - using foul language and clearly just commenting to be mean and disruptive ("This is shit", "Why do you suck so much", etc., etc.) - then I delete the comment if I can, and never respond. There is no response that would make them, or me, happy, so ignoring it is the only way to go. The same goes for people who are being actively creepy, though luckily, I haven't had any of those.

If it's just a negative comment, I let it stand - not everyone is going to love my comic, and they have as much right to express that as anyone else. As long as they aren't being disruptive or trollish, I leave them be.

And if I get a harshly worded critique, I respond to it and ask for further detail; if someone has gone through the trouble of typing up something long enough to qualify as a proper critique, the least I can do is respond and try to analyze what they've written; they might have spotted genuine flaws in my work that I can improve upon.

But the general rule of thumb is to not engage with hateful comments; delete and ignore, because there is no fight there that you can possibly win. They just want to spew hate.

[Doubtcent]

Either ignore them or report them.

However if someone does give a genuine opinion as to why they might dislike your comic, give it an honest read and wonder why they might not have enjoyed it.

Sadly, and I mean SADLY, I have yet to receive any hate. But I know it's coming. I know it's on the horizon.

[kotaotan]

I haven't gotten much hate in the last few years since I ended up on my current hosts, but I have a policy of letting them stand unless it's a personal attack on me or my readers. I'm usually more than happy to have someone find and hate my stuff. It means the number or people seeing my stuff is increasing.

[JigokuNeko]

I dunno, to me it's really funny, imagining some poor sod getting his knickers in such a bunch over a free comic that he absolutely has to write me some elementary kid comment. Life advice: trolls really do implode if you laugh at them. That said, I very rarely get outright hate. I do get some passive-aggressive stuff occasionally and the once I had a dude complain about the website design (of a hosting site!!!) quite vocally. He seemed to be truly offended by having to scroll down to read each page because it did not fit all in one piece. I kept that because it was hella amusing. The only things I delete are slurs against people groups and stuff.

[infectedbloodcomics]

Why sadly? Would you actually welcome that?

[AnnaLandin]

@infectedbloodcomics Getting hate does mean you're getting enough attention that someone is bothering to hate you, so, uh, I guess it's a sign you've made it somewhere? Kind of like an internet scout-badge.

I personally can do without hate; it's just a big drain on energy, even if you manage to shrug it off.

[infectedbloodcomics]

But if it's a one-time- hate comment, that's not much of an attention. Anyway, I get it. I can also do without hate.

[Doubtcent]

In some ways, yes. Lets say you make something, and everyone on the planet likes it or is indifferent to it.

Would you ever have the desire to improve? Maybe, maybe not.

But lets say there is someone out there that doesn't like your content because of "reasons". This could drive you to research what they might like or what other people enjoy, which then might develop into desire to improve your work, which can allow you to reach greater heights.

I may not have hate, but I don't have a ton of followers. That is my motivation to keep moving forward. So if haters do start to trickle in, I welcome them, since their negativity can be like hammers to steel, which can eventually slice through them once forged into something greater.

[Aspie_Gamer]

Over the years, I've found that its just better to ignore haters rather than engage in endless shit flinging with them even if you are in the right about something. Taking screen caps of some of the things they say (particularly anything that would out them as a hypocrite) should also be considered in the event they become a dedicated troll and keep showing up on every one of your videos/threads/posts just to harass you.

[infectedbloodcomics]

But you see, hate is by definition something negative and destructing. I think of it more as a blatant aggression toward the author for no reason other than being jerks, than as being anything constructive expressed in a negative manner. Perhaps we're just talking about different interpretations of the word "hate".

At any rate, I think I see your point, now. I guess you welcome any and all comments, as long as you can use them to your personal growth and to the improvement of your art and comics. Correct? If so, great. That's not me I deal with hate constantly (admittedly, not around my comics, so far, except for that one incident I mentioned above), so the less, the better.

[jessiepolfliet]

I think I have gotten lucky that I only received constructive feedback, though some people said I should stop drawing anime. But those people think all cartoons are animes so anyway. If it isn't constructive than I should ignore it. Even so who cares if your character has two different color eyes. I have one of those characters too, and so what? It can be something that makes your character recognizable.

[Menbung]

David Bowei must be the king of trope then ! (will someone get this one, if not this is goin' to be a pretty random comment)

"And when I get excited
My little China Girl says
Oh baby just you shut your mouth
She says... sh-sh-shhh"

[blop]

He just said something like "different coloured eyes trope trope tropes" and you call it "hate"?
I think you calling that person a poor bastard is more violent that his comment.
It sounds more like a bad joke that really "hate", it may be a bit childish but it's not really mean.
If someone say "This is shit ! you should kill yourself or stop drawing forever!" this would be a hate comment for sure (I see tones of comment like that on youtube every day).
I think you should learn to be cooler with comment that are not compliments, even if it's not said in a very nice way, as long as they don't insult you.

[Marvin]

The first thing I thought when I saw the eyes of your character was "Ahah, does he see in 3D ?" and I almost posted a comment under the episode, because yeah, I thought it was funny for you to choose these colors and it wouldn't have been judgmental or hateful in ANY way.
But I came back to the forum thread first and boy I'm glad I didn't post anything =D

Serious question though : if I had posted this comment, would you have considered it mean or hateful ?

As @blop said, aren't you being a bit hasty ? If you make your work public, you have to be ready to accept criticism and friendly banter and I think the best way to deal with it is to answer in a friendly way.
You could even win that person over =)
If you delete every negative comments, it feels like you're not comfortable with your work and take it too personnally... Your readers might feel like they have to walk on eggshells with you and you might not get any honest feedback... So be the better man and don't delete them ! (except if they're the "go die !" kind)
Who knows, your readers might even defend your work for you !

[purrlpankras]

Well I am a bit blunt/harsh anyway, poor bastard where I come is slang for sad kid or something like that.
In the end I just deleted it anyway, either way I don't want people calling it trope, because I don't think you can call it that after 7 pages?
well idk I deleted it.

[purrlpankras]

Uh 3D eyes, I probably would of made a joke back I guess?

[Marvin]

Phew ! Good then ! =D
Hard to tell how people mean what they say when it's just text, you could have felt like I was making fun of you or something =)