Why some authors are really rude with their followers?

[VermillionWorks]

I may be blunt with answers sometimes but I've been making webcomics for far too long to still get REALLY angry about comments about updates, or questions with an obvious answer in the comic itself, or people seeing things in your comic in a different way than you see it.

It's exhausting and pointless to try and steer people away from making such comments, because even if you get a few people off of that habit, new ones will show up and say much the same thing. Instead I choose to really take in the commentary that makes me more giddy, and go in with the mindset that even the people who complain about my update rate are at least getting into the comic. XP Half of the time they don't mean to be rude, anyway.

Outright mean or trollish comments I just delete 'cause hell no I'm too old for that shit.

Shipping I actually really don't care about. They could ship my character with a minor character that only appeared for half a second or ship two enemies who would absolutely never get together for all I care. They can even hate a canon ship! This is just called having fun with a fictional tale, why let it bother me? XD ...as long as they don't leave revolting, tasteless commentary or be ridiculously pushy with me about said couple idea, of course. Ship whoever you want but don't expect me to make it legit.

One creator made a story based on an actual abusive relationship she experienced, and then her fans shipped those characters together. I don't think it's helpful to crack down and tell those people to stop, but I know it must be hard to take it with grace when people refuse to see what you're trying to say.

...and obviously things like this would make shipping a LOT harder to deal with, so I definitely get that person's frustration. ^^;

[Marvin]

Also, one big thing some authors tend to forget is that most readers don't read all the others' comments and think they're the first to make a particular joke/theory/comparison etc. What can feel like "harassment" is just an accumulation of similar individual comments.

I remember this author who got mad one day and decided to abort an entire arc of their story because people kept comparing it to a particular anime.
Except that they had never said anything about it before and just punished everyone even though most of those who made the comparison didn't know they weren't the only ones.

Personally, whenever I get a "if you do this, I'll stop reading" (mind you, that's rare, I'm lucky) I just remember that they may be joking and leave it at that (or I joke back and discover that they were indeed joking...)

[Marvin]

This is just called having fun with a fictional tale, why let it bother me?

Also THIS. If your story is good enough that it became a playground for your readers' imagination, then it's time to celebrate, not get mad (yes, I'm talking to you Robin Hobb !)

[BubooSenchan]

She is not a child, in fact, her comic is BL xD

[BubooSenchan]

Right like, I've seen people commented on her comic little things like: I thing you are doing this character changing a lot.
And she comes and almost attack the people like they are really wrong.
And latelly, at the end of each page in her descriptions she is being really rude.
I undestand that sometines can be tired when people don't see the same thing as you do in yorur comic, but I think you don't have to ttack them when they are not attaking you.

[BubooSenchan]

I always see that when somebody comments something kind of rude in my comic, the other readers came as angry lions. And I think the same works for that person because she is like more, much more big than me.

[BubooSenchan]

Probably, however, I know that I'm doing the wrong comparison, but I have friends that are youtubers with almost one million subscribers, and they never get as angry as her. However, probably I'm doing the wrong comparation.

[WakaXO]

I can't imagine why a creator would be rude to their readers, even in circumstances where the fans are being unruly. Just because others are acting poorly doesn't give you the right to. Though I think @Aspie_Gamer hit the nail it on the head with their comment, its not easy to deal with a rabid fan but conducting yourself in a professional way, being reasonable and kind will go a long way. And if all that fails there is nothing wrong with ignoring difficult people, why waste time and energy on them?
As a reader and creator I try to follow the golden rule, its an easy way to keep the peace.

It became clear that there wasn't ANY room for interpretation of the story at all. The creator had a crystal clear vision in their head and anyone who interpreted it differently had hell come down on them in biblical proportion

I've seen this attitude before and it always baffles me, like if someone enjoyed my story enough to spend time making theories or observations on it, I would take that as a compliment that my story is making people think. You would think fan engagement like that would be a good thing, as long as the fans are being respectful to the creator and not pushing their ideas onto the creator or demanding they be incorporated into the story. When its just a creator barking at their fans for being intrigued by the comic then that's really just sad.

[Shanny8]

I'm grateful for each & every one of my readers- especially those who comment. If they want to assume something about the story and run away with it- fine, whatever. That's what I want my readers to do..!

I want them to enjoy reading the comic as much as I enjoy making it. If they ask a question I feel I can answer, I do. If I cant answer the question(and usually it's on account of spoiling something), I'll politely sidestep the answer. I'm thankful at this point that I havent encountered a rude commenter; I can usually get the impression when someone is joking- and even if not , I'll drop a joking answer and leave it at that.

That type of behavior towards your readers is uncalled for. Part of the fun of reading comics is trying to figure out where the creator is going with the story and characters; I want my readers to have that joy of doing so.

[Mari]

I used to be 'rude' to my fans in the past if I was on a break (I have severe anxiety & depression topped with other physical illnesses like rheumatism of the joints etc that make it hard for me to update regularly) and people would start commenting "oh this comic is dead" or otherwise pressure me to update. But even then I tried to not attack anyone and just explain why comments like that are not cool. I've never felt the need to attack anyone for their shipping or opinions etc, I love seeing stuff like that. I think it's one of the coolest ways to show you really care about the comic you're reading you know? You're spening your freetime thinking up theories and overanalyzing everything, I think that deserves the authors respect, no matter if it's canon or if it's not to the authors taste.

[indagold]

I dunno I had someone ship a 12 year old character with a character that's an adult and their mentor and I didn't try to tell them to fuck off, I just said "that is sick, it's pedophilia and the person is practically their father". I don't care about head canons until people start policing others or me, I might block them. I don't have a big fanbase on here but on deviantart I did and I got bizarre comments on there only maybe 2 out of the hundreds I legitimately blocked. I don't snap at fans but posting weird sexual stuff in the comment section might get a block? I'm super lenient about sex stuff, even post comics parodying joke comments but honest to god talking about ukes and semes and they're serious and not joking is ehh... I don't blame an author getting pissed over something like that. I don't blame authors for getting snappy but I also don't think they should be so snappy on innocent things.

[BubooSenchan]

her manga is YAOI, BL, and her characters are old, when did I say she was a kid or her manga was not yaoi? Read the topic carefully first, I think you just read the title xd

[indagold]

You never mentioned she made BL so I assumed it was a random commenter and I'm just saying personally I don't like those comments.

[BubooSenchan]

I can understand that an non-BL author don't like it, but I cannot understand why a BL author will not like it.
So yeah, it's kind of weird.

[indagold]

Idk some authors are assholes and some get caught up in popularity or have a short fuse.

[BubooSenchan]

Right, and I think that is very sad

[heraclus]

Don't insult others beliefs with your comments and noone will be mad , I personally find almost everything ok , if someone comments any kind of comment in my work that maybe be sick i'll still laugh and enjoy it.

[Lindsette]

I like when people theorize about my work, it's when they become assholes that I start to get annoyed. But I don't call them out or mention it at all, I just ignore them. The only time I would snap at someone is if they are being really gross (like sexualizing minors or actually harassing me)

On here you can get 'famous' and you have followers that looks up to you in a way. And just like anyone with a following, people can either use it for good or for bad. If I saw a creator acting that way I would unsubscribe and never go to their page again. :/ Because I don't want to support them or their behavior. I just don't want that negativity in my life. And if they see a drop in views/revenue hopefully they'll take it as a sign to grow the heck up.

[kyupol]

Its about the big EGO friend... thats all it boils down to. lol

[KoreanTacos]

I haven't met any content creators who have been particularly rude to their followerers so far. I mean you also have to consider that sometimes there's a difference between reading a thought and actually hearing them out. I know I have made comments on the interweb that people thought I was being an arse when I was just being silly/or supporting.