Stop the GR Bullies: Stalking, Tantrums and Bullying

[sparkindarkness]

It seems a new site has been started called Stop the GR Bullies, aimed at book reviewers at Goodreads. It seems to be author driven in response to the many many trainwrecks we have see all too often; you know the kind, an author sees a less-than-shining review and unwisely decides to responds - frequently leading to cringeworthy temper tantrums and

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[sparkindarkness]

yup

[teleens_journal]

I just saw this elsewhere and it really makes me want to vomit, :(.

[sparkindarkness]

That would appear to be the appropriate response.

[meganeko_mausuu]

Yeahah, I saw something about that this morning. It's ridiculous and dangerous.

[sparkindarkness]

it's beyond the pale.

[neurotic_rat]

It's a really bad irony, when a site like that is self-proclaiming itself as 'anti-bullying,' but when they go to sheer extreme lengths at actually posting people's actual names and addresses, plus using bullying tactics to silence people...
That's where they really don't deserve that title in their title.

[sparkindarkness]

It's virulently offensive that they dared to include those anti-bullying links. They create a site expressly for bullying then include those links? Unbelievable.

[baranduyn]

A review is an opinion, full stop. We all know what opinions are. If one is desperately fond of the reviewer's work and they shit on you, begin drinking. Or, in my case, never read reviews. They're opinions. When it comes to opinions, consider the source.

This bullshit--you have besmirched a work I like and now you must die--is bullshit. Enders game.

[sparkindarkness]

Makes more sense - don't read negative reviews, if you don't like them, ignore them (oer learn from them) but throwinbg this level of virulent tnatrum is unbelievable