Nothing, but nothing, will kill my interest in a fic faster than those words.
As someone much more concise than me once pointed out: this nonsummary reeks of emotional manipulation. Either you don't really think it's bad, you're just waiting for me to pat you on the back and insist that no, it's good, really... or you think it's good but you're claiming otherwise because that way if anyone disagrees you have a nice, safe 'I told you so' all lined up. There's no way to read that sort of summary that doesn't boil down to "I don't want a reader, I want emotional validation from strangers at any cost".
If it was so bad that you really hated it, you'd take it down. Leaving it up with a deprecatory comment attached is just trolling for pity; and that's not a service I've volunteered to provide.
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Date: Tuesday, December 17th, 2013 04:55 (UTC)As someone much more concise than me once pointed out: this nonsummary reeks of emotional manipulation. Either you don't really think it's bad, you're just waiting for me to pat you on the back and insist that no, it's good, really... or you think it's good but you're claiming otherwise because that way if anyone disagrees you have a nice, safe 'I told you so' all lined up. There's no way to read that sort of summary that doesn't boil down to "I don't want a reader, I want emotional validation from strangers at any cost".
If it was so bad that you really hated it, you'd take it down. Leaving it up with a deprecatory comment attached is just trolling for pity; and that's not a service I've volunteered to provide.