[ SECRET POST #2988 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2988 ⌋

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Comments

Re: I'll just be honest

[(Anonymous)]

I guess...this is going to sound very cynical but it's honestly what I think:

I don't understand why anyone posts their feelings online because 99% of the time, I don't think anyone really CARES.

Like, if an author gets upset, sure her fans will come to her defense and reassure her. But I don't really think that that's because they actually care about the author -- they just don't want her to get so upset that she stops writing fic or contributing to fandom.

Like, go ahead and get upset about bad reviews or how difficult your day was and all that. But I just think it's so pointless because you're just going to be feeding the trolls who are harassing you in the hopes of getting a reaction (which they've now accomplished) while the positive feedback you get from your followers is generally out of self-interest.

I guess I just don't believe that anyone legitimately cares and I find it odd that people post in the hopes of getting sympathy when all they'll do is amuse the trolls/haters and get ass kissing from their followers (not because they care but because they don't want the fic to dry up).

I don't know. My experience in fandom has been that no one cares about YOU. Fandom and followers care about what you PRODUCE -- the art, the gifs, the fic, the meta -- and they'll placate you so that they can keep getting it. But if you're part of the fandom and not really contributing anything? No one will give a shit.

Re: I'll just be honest

[(Anonymous)]

I will sit in the cynical corner with you.

I'll also note that anyone who complains about a bad review generally gets not only sympathetic responses from friends but also an uptick in positive reviews.

Re: I'll just be honest

[solticisekf]

Posting about personal things, including emotions - love and rage that the poster feels - forges a personal connection between the poster and the readers. So readers (or visitors) start to care about this person. They feel like they know them. They might strike a conversation, comment on some stuff with congratulations or condolences... This is in response to your last paragraph as well. Did you notice that some people don't create any fanworks or meta but still have a lot of friends, because they talk with people, comment on their stuff and, basically, network?

Even when it's just an A/N in a fic, many readers will feel for an author as long as they don't have a consumerist attitude, you know the one, the one when a reader tells "update soon, where's update, you should write about my fave char, write moar!".

BNFs are in a category of their own. Tons of people will defend them. Even when they're in the wrong. In my native tongue we call these defenders "hamsters". Hamsters agree with every word a BNF speaks, praise everything they do and run to their defence. I've seen this a lot in fandom, it's pretty funny.

About caring... Take me. I don't know how to connect to people on a personal level, so no on curr about my personal life just because - as long as it doesn't correspond with anything in their life, like, I don't know, a post about hating exams on a Finals week. But I know people who's personality shines in their online presence, people who are willing to share about themselves. Some people even write largely about their IRL, and people read them. >_> It's especially handy for multifandom folk who fandom hop a lot. People stay with them because they are interested in their life, their style and their personality.

And lastly to put something optimistic here, fans help other fans with their money. Often just because the person in need is in the same fandom/ship or some of your online friends know this person. I think it's awesome.

Re: I'll just be honest

[(Anonymous)]

Thing is, if you never post stuff about yourself or how you feel, then people may consume your stuff, but you'll never actually connect with them. People like making friends in fandom, whether those friends are fair-weather or not. And it's a lot harder to make friends if you're standing off to the side, clutching all your cards to your chest and acting aloof.