User blog comment:Cchen3/Results and my thoughts/@comment-5019333-20150421000545/@comment-8248793-20150421004526

I will respond to this bit by bit.

It's fine you didn't participate, personally I don't care who participates. I usually like people who will actually take part in the contest instead of having a load of people join and get about five comments commited to the contest. Though I'm sure you would have done a decent amount given you do comment.

I'm not saying you should automatically be able to constructively comment on everything you read. Obviously I see things as "omg that was a brilliant story" but I also know exactly what I want to comment on. For example, when I read We Can't Stay by Brighty, I thought about how I would comment on how much I loved the way she developed her characters. Perhaps it's a habit, but I'll be honest, I felt as though you were critisizing me in this part of your comment.

And I don't comment with ease, I'll be honest. I just rant about what I liked and attempt to make a good comment. But I know that I'm trying and that I'm beginning to be able to pick up things as I read so I can comment well.

Yes I know not everyone will comment, that much seems obvious considering there aren't many comments going on around here anyways. No I'm not saying everyone should comment on everything that they read. I'm saying that it helps the author so you should take the time to comment.

The list was long because I put about six stories that I wanted people to read. They were stories who got almost no recognization that they deserved. They're freaking good stories and are ignored. It got longer because other stories wanted their stories to be read too. That's why I made the list mandatory.

Yeah, I know it wasn't a total flop but I was fairly disappointed and I've been in a bad mood for quite a bit, so you can imagine why I thought it was a "flop".

(also, I'll be very honest right here because I'm not in the mood to pretend anymore. Yes, I can tell this comment is here to perhaps improve and help me make a contest that will be more successful, but i just felt as though you were critisizing what I've done and perhaps pointing out more obvious things than necessary and just telling me things like I didn't know those facts.

idk, I'm probably just in a bad mood, yeah?)

But thank you anyways.