Q: Does negative feedback ever help or hurt an author?
A: It would depend on the negative feedback. You have the obvious “Troll” that is out there who simply leaves negative comments just for the sake of being rude or mean. These comments should simply not be taken seriously either by the author or reader. Most you can tell when you read the comment itself.
Some negative feedback gives the author an idea as to why the person hadn’t liked something and in some cases they simply did not understand/ comprehend what they were reading, wasn’t their taste or style or in some cases there might be something that actually needs to be corrected either in the editing, explanation of a situation or another area of the book. When it is constructive it can actually help and when written and left this way any future reader will be able to discern this.
It’s why it helps to be accurate or be descriptive when leaving a comment because what might be a problem to one reader won’t be to another.
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