[ SECRET POST #2700 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2700 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 099 secrets from Secret Submission Post #386.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - posted twice ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[crunchysunrises]

And, what seven letters ("Good job!" or "Nice fic") now counts as a "long review"? Riiight.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

Exactly. All the people who are like "But I don't know what to say!" are overthinking it. Sure, it's hard to come up with a review if you're trying to be devastatingly brilliant or write an epic review. But just telling someone that you enjoyed their fic and hope they'll continue or keep writing is too hard now?

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT

But just telling someone that you enjoyed their fic and hope they'll continue or keep writing is too hard now?

See, I thought that's what the Kudos clicks say. Then again, it's so easy to stoke my ego that a Kudos is more than enough for me.

[(Anonymous)]

I thought the same thing before this thread, actually. But now, looking at all the people who've said they leave kudos as a "pat on the head" for fics that they didn't like but want to acknowledge the effort, I'm not so sure. :(

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

I'll take that as well. Seriously, I'm not picky.

AYRT

[(Anonymous)]

I'd feel a bit bad, though, if all I'm doing is providing "consistently mediocre" content to the fandom. I'm with the others who like comments.

Re: AYRT

[(Anonymous)]

See, while I would like comments, I know enough about fandom and audiences to know that most people won't know what to make of my work. I tend toward lengthy non-erotic work that often includes taboo themes (e.g. non-religious homophobia, abortion, childfree choices). Also, as an original fiction writer, I'm accustomed to not always hearing from my readers. A kudos lets me know I've elicited some sort of emotional response. In fact, if the person has an issue with a thematic element I employ, I'd rather gets kudos over comments.

Re: AYRT

[(Anonymous)]

Obviously this is a case of different strokes for different folks.

*looks down 150+ comments the secret has inspired*

VERY different strokes for different folks.

[raaj]

A boilerplate "Good job!" comment could mean the exact same thing, though, wanting to acknowledge the effort even if they didn't particularly like it. As a writer, I don't care if I get a kudos or a "good job!" comment. They're both indicators that someone took a few seconds to say they like it, and they're both bland enough that if I decided to drive myself neurotic over the hidden meanings of one, I could do it over the other, too. I just take them at face value.

[(Anonymous)]

This sounds perfectly reasonable to me. :)

[crunchysunrises]

I can see both sides of the argument and my personal preferences lie somewhere in between. But that said, when OP implies that comments like "Good fic!" or "Nice job!" would make OP's day, then it's ridiculous for anyone to claim it's the length of a potential comment holding them back.

As someone said down (or possibly up) thread, I'd be happier (and let it go) if they just said, "I didn't want to leave a comment. Sure, it's rude/unkind/whatever, but I'm owning that and moving on."

Yes it is

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry, but too many writers have reacted negatively to a 'Loved it' comment for me to keep leaving comments.

So it's a kudo or nothing.

I admit I also like the star system AFF uses so you can grade the fic (5 stars if you loved it, but 4 or 3 if there are too many problems with the writing or story but you'd like to encourage the writer anyway? And I avoid leaving less than 3 stars because I feel that would be unnecessarily demoralizing to the writer).