2) Authors make no money for their work. Zilch. None. You are not reviewing a product that you have bought and paid for. You are reviewing someone’s labor of love that they gave to you for FREE to enjoy without any strings attached. There’s no algorithm, no commissions. It’s a gift from one fan to another. If the gift is not your cup of tea, you still haven’t lost anything. This wasn’t an investment of your hard earned cash, and other readers who might not enjoy it also stand to lose nothing

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3) Authors SHARE their labor of love for free all for your enjoyment, but they do not WRITE for your enjoyment alone. Leaving bad reviews is an implication that it wasn’t up to your personal expectations, but the fic wasn’t written just for you. Authors also write for themselves. It’s like if a baker loved their strawberry cheesecake, posted their recipe online for others to try, and then someone — on a review of cheesecake — said it was terrible because they hate cheesecake. Like.

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1) Commercialized books only have a small paragraph summary to give readers an idea for the story, and will MAYBE say trigger warnings. Maybe. So if someone wants a better idea if the tropes and plot is something they’re interested in before they spend their money, they are reliant on word of mouth and public reviews. Ao3 is different because of the extensive tagging system. Not only can you literally look and see all the tropes above the summary, but you can SORT for them

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I NEED MORE PEOPLE TO SEE THISSS

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At this point I’m willing to make it a not so gentle reminder. I got a bat and a will baybeee. Don’t bite the hand that’s feeds you.

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