[ SECRET POST #3317 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3317 ⌋

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

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[D.Gray-man - Miranda Lotto]


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[The Thick of It]


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[Golden Kamui]


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(The Lost Boys)


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[Marble Hornets/troyhasacamera]


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[@midnight with Chris Hardwick]



















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 037 secrets from Secret Submission Post #474.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I don't go back and read if the author replied to my braindead 2 word comments. The only time I even care if the author replied to me is if I left a long, thoughtful comment with questions. When the author has to thank every damn comment regardless of content then I just assume they want higher comment count.

[(Anonymous)]

Or, as noted above, they might just want to genuinely thank all the commenters.

Yeah, some people might think it pointless for an author to reply to a review that simply said something like, "Great story" or "This was cool!", but I've also heard people who leave reviews like that say they do so because they're not very good at reviewing, or properly explaining why they like a story, or they only have a short window to leave a quick comment, or whatever. It feels weird to me to think they deserve a "thank you" reply simply because they didn't go into paragraphs of detailed explanation about why they liked (or didn't like) this or that about the story the way other reviewers did.

[(Anonymous)]

*"to think they don't deserve a reply", that should say.

[(Anonymous)]

Or you just might think it's polite. Which I do, which is why I always try to thank everyone who took the time to leave a comment. (I don't always succeed at this, but it's my goal.)

I don't subscribe to this "inflated comment count" bullshit. I look at comment counts and mentally divide them in half because I figure half of that's the author responding, like they should.

[fingalsanteater]

Please. Why does everyone expect fan authors to be such dicks? If someone took the fucking time to comment on your fic, even if it's just "Wow, I liked this!" then it's polite to say something like "I'm glad. Thank you for commenting." There is no secret agenda to inflate comment count from likely 99% of authors because most readers look at kudos when searching for fics.

The current discourse regarding commenting on fics amounts to "LEAVE A COMMENT. FIC AUTHORS LOVE COMMENTS. Even if it's 'I liked this,' then say it." If fan authors are asking for comments, then it's perfectly reasonable to expect that a lot of authors are going to thank their commenters. I thank all my commenters because it's so easy to kudos (i know, because I'm bad about just leaving kudos too), yet they took the time to write something out, even if it was just a small "I liked this" type comment.

[(Anonymous)]

Okay, but that's quite ungenerous of you. I reply to all my reviews on FFnet (where replies don't inflate the overall count), even the short ones because if people took the time to leave a review, I think they deserve a response. I'd likely do the same on AO3.