For any given work, there is a correlation between the quality of the writing and the quality of the comments

This isn't something you should take too seriously, but it can be a good shortcut for curating your own feed.<br><br>In the popular chambers for creative writing, like r/ChatGPT, r/writing, and r/nosleep, there is a correlation between the quality of the work and the quality of the comments.<br><br>The reason for this is that trolls don't want to spend time reading a 2000 word story before shitposting in the comments, so they are drawn to low quality work which is short, easy to read, or which they can shitpost on without reading anything.<br><br>The upvote algorithm is also heavily biased towards works with more comments, which makes it harder to get a foothold on the front page (which is where most of the eyeballs are) without them, so a lot of writers, especially new ones, are tempted to pander to trolls in order to harvest their comments.<br><br>So if you want to keep your feed curated to your own tastes, the quality of the comments is a good proxy to curate by.<br><br>When reading, ignore comments that are overly positive, as this is often a way for trolls to keep their cover intact.