rpfer · 12mo
As an author who is receiving anonymous hate—Is there any way for the community to help? If not to me personally, simply to spread the word that this is happening to some authors in the fandom. I've even wondered if I should abandon and delete my fics.
I wanted to DM you but I feel a little insecure.
answering this on a personal level, i’m sorry you’re going through this. we have renounced such behaviour officially as a base and do not stand for harassment. unfortunately, anonymous forms of communication will always be a slippery slope in the sense that people can easily hide behind anonymity to be unnecessarily cruel and there isn’t a lot that can be done about it. there are two routes i’d suggest here really: 1) stepping back and turning off anon, as another layer of protection 2) blocking by ip address — the second i find is especially effective as you’ll find a lot of anon hate often comes from the same few people with too much time to spare
