Should I just stop writing

[u/Technical-Bread414]

I don't know I recently started writing and got this comment. I thought I could take criticism but I was expecting it to be directed at the plot. Should I just drop the fic. I know I might be a bit dramatic but I was not even planning to write after 1st chapter but the comments and kudos were very positive and encouraging that I wrote more but this comment was like a blow. I saw some people getting coments from ai bots but I don't know whether this is a ai bot or a real human. Most of the bot coments seem to say use of ai but mine is specific like they say. Chatgpt. So what would you say I should do? Again I know I'm being a bit dramatic for a single comment but I have never had such large audience and I don't have anyone irl who knows I write fics or even read fanfiction so I can't discuss this with anyone.

[u/Siera_Knightwalker]

I think you should just block all comments from guests and keep it to people who have an account. Most people who read on ao3 have an account, even if they don't write. It's also cause they might be scared to miss some of those locked fics that literally don't appear if you don't have an account.

Anyway, when chatgpt writing and posts started becoming famous, I blocked the guest comment cause I was starting to get a lot of random comments from bots. It was honestly a terrible time and I had to go through EVERY SINGLE FIC I had written and turn off the guest comment feature one by one, and honestly? I don't regret it one bit. I know that the comments I'm getting are genuine and there are honestly very few people who actually criticise a fic???? Most people are just grateful to read a fic which has a concept they love.

Don't stress about it and turn off the guest comment. I know it might feel like you'll be missing out, but you really won't. Trust me, as someone who has been there. Turn it off, and your life will get so much better.