[ SECRET POST #3961 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3961 ⌋

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

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(fandom: My Brother, My Brother and Me)


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[Neil Gaiman's "Good Omens"]


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(Minami, YoI)


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 28 secrets from Secret Submission Post #567.
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

Re: Transcript by OP

[fscom]

In my LJ days, I would sometimes leave comments or join a discussion on someone’s personal journal and the typical reaction, while polite, was a little weird, like they were kind of spooked that a complete stranger had wandered into their space and joined in. Occasionally, people whose journals I visited made everything friends-only not long after, and while I don’t think it was because of me, specifically, I had to wonder if maybe I was part of the wake-up call that what they were posting was public and viewable to everyone and anyone could wander in. Comms were fine, but following someone to their personal journal, even when invited to do so via a link they posted elsewhere, started to feel like I was being that random stranger inserting themselves into a conversation between a group of friends and everyone really didn’t want that and is just awkwardly trying to be polite but giving me a chilly reception in the hopes I’ll go away. All these people had to have met online somehow, but it felt like if you didn’t get into someone’s circle of LJ friends early, you were a scary stranger and would be frozen out.

Similarly, when I look at the comments on fic, it often seems like the author and a number of the commenters already know each other, and as much as I hear people complain about wanting more comments on their fic, it still feels like I’d be intruding.

This is why I’ve never bothered to get an AO3 account to comment on fic or learn how ff.net commenting works, and one of the reasons I’ve never joined tumblr.

The only place in online fandom I’ve ever felt welcomed and able to integrate myself into a pre-existing community was on message boards. There is something to be said for community space instead of personal space.

TL;DR: online fandom social media is weirdly anti-social and that's the reason I'm not commenting on or reblogging your stuff.

Re: Transcript by OP

[litalex]

Speaking as a writer, I love it when there is feedback, whether I know the person or not.