[ 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]



















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Comments

[ketita]

I do think though that comments are especially meaningful in chaptered fics. Because you know who the usual commenters are, you get to see how they respond to each chapter, and it opens room for interaction.
More than that, kudos can only be left once per fic - with comments, you can get an idea for how many people are still reading and still interested.
I would also argue that most commenters don't just write "I like it". I've had lots of detailed comments talking about what they liked the most, or how the fic affected them, etc. But even if it's simple, if I'm rereading comments I'll reread those too - whereas I won't look back and recall who left kudos on a fic.

I agree though that there's validity to all forms of feedback, and I do appreciate all of them. But it's the personal relationships I develop with people who read+comment that make fandom exciting for me.

[hwc]

That's a very good point about chaptered fics. I hadn't considered it because I only post finished fics (I almost never finish WIPs :/), but you're right that comments are really the only way of communicating with authors in a chaptered stories.

I suppose it's just a difference on how we look back at fics. The first thing I do when I look back at the feedback a fic got is to take a look at the kudos. I get a huge kick if I see the name of an author I like in the list. And only then do I reread the comments.

Do you develop relationships with readers on AO3? I feel like that was mostly a LJ-era sort of thing that got lost when authors started posting on AO3, but maybe that's just me.

[ketita]

I've actually had a whole bunch of people that I've gotten friendly with through fic comments. Generally if people leave me chatty comments, I try to chat back, and sometimes this has led to exchanging tumblrs and then skype etc.
The lack of community is part of the reason I fled tumblr, though. So it's not completely lost, but I think that you need to be open to it as an author and be lucky with your reviewers.
It's only really happened with multiparters or people who went through commenting on ALL my fics, though.