[ SECRET POST #3042 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3042 ⌋

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 071 secrets from Secret Submission Post #435.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

Re: Replying to reviews

[(Anonymous)]

I think it depends on the platform?

A long, long time ago when I first started posting on FanFiction net, I don't even think there was any kind of PM system or means to reply there, so unless someone listed their email or linked their LJ etc. it wasn't always possible to reply. In my circle at least, we'd email if we had anything specific to say.

Later on, posting on LJ and other journal sites was different, because that really was your space and it lent itself much easier to conversations. Replies felt more engaging and interactive.

And now I find AO3 is an amalgam of both, so I guess it depends on how you view it? Someone upthread mentioned that they considered the comments on AO3 as their 'space' (I don't, for the record; I think archive sites and personal pages -- LJs, Tumblrs etc. -- are different spaces in that regard) so if you view it as an extension of posting on LJ/DW or Tumblr, then you're going to see AO3 comments in the same way you'd see journal comments. If you see AO3 and sites like FanFiction net more like public archives, then you're not necessarily going to feel the same way, and the review is going to feel more distant and replying is going to feel more spammy.

(Add to that the experience of anon kinkmemes that specifically tell you NOT to reply or start conversations because it uses up comment space. How does one anon reply to another anon in that situation?)

I reply to everything on my DW or Tumblr, but only on AO3 if there's something to actually address that I feel could benefit from an immediate public reply, e.g. a question that, if I don't answer, will prompt a lot of similar questions. If I reply, then other readers can see that if they go to comment. I automatically thank readers within the actual A/N itself, so doing it over and over again in the comments seems redundant at best, and like I'm just paying impersonal lip service at worst.