User blog comment:BatMario753/Leaving + Fight Sale/@comment-5035900-20180814101950

I can relate to #5 especially. It's honestly affected me a lot more here than I've admitted in the past. The idea that I could put so much effort into something just to get either a two word comment or just nothing at all for months, if not years, has made me sometimes feel like all my work was for nothing.

And I know the feeling goes far beyond me: writers who put their everything into a battle, then see that epic debunks and rips on "bad battles and writers" seem to draw far more attention and traffic than their own hard work can feel downright stifling.

I have to agree with Commander Ghost that a mandatory requirement for appreciating writers and their work isn't a good idea, but I completely feel for this situation and sincerely hope an alternative can be created in the future that can alleviate this problem.

I don't know if we ever talked much here, but regardless, best wishes going forward.