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>The author never blames the readers for doing this. the author seems to know they shouldn't be blaming the reader, but the whole tone of the twitter thread ab
by notatoad 7y ago
>The author never blames the readers for doing this.
the author seems to know they shouldn't be blaming the reader, but the whole tone of the twitter thread absolutely is blaming the reader. i don't know how you can read the linked thread and come away with an impression that the author isn't frustrated at the reader who reported the issues.
- mattigames 7y agoI think blaming the reader is Ok, having easy access to the tools to do something doesn't automatically exclude you of all responsibility after using it, if that reader had asked a friend "Hey do you think this is a typo?" they would have been more likely to know it was not.
- edanm 7y agoThings the author wrote: "It’s not your fault, Amazon doesn’t exactly advertise that if you make too many notes, the system informs the author they’re pulling the book." "Proofreaders are awesome! Amazon has just found a way to punish authors with them." "That’s the problem! It weaponized people’s desire to help by having a computer go “oh, this must mean the book is Bad.” It’s not your fault!" Now there are also tweets that are more on the "exasperated" side, but the author pretty clearly doesn't blame the users so much as the system itself.