[ SECRET POST #4133 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4133 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It doesn't make you look thirsty. No one cares, no one is paying that close attention to whether another author replies to comments or not- the only person who cares is someone who has either commented already or is thinking of doing so.

And the comments on various recent studies of fannish comments and feedback (see Ao3commentoftheday or longlivefeedback on Tumblr) have shown that readers who see that an author doesn't reply, are less likely to leave a comment.

Responding politely because someone spoke to you, is not a sign that you're thirsty.

And it strikes me as so weird that so many authors believe that avoiding artificial inflating their comment count (and thus looking like they're "cheating") or looking "thirsty" is so important that it's better to look like a rude asshole than do either of those things.

[(Anonymous)]

It strikes me as weird that you don't seem to realize that what's considered rude in fandom is something that's constantly changing.

Right now, people have a bug up their ass about the authors they comment to not paying enough attention to them. Two years ago, they had a bug up their ass about authors artificially inflating their comment count by replying to comments. Two years from now, they'll probably have a bug up their ass about people commenting in anything other than socially acceptable emoticons, or not using the right gifs, or some other stupid fucking thing.

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DA

It strikes me as weird that you're replying so defensively.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

I don't think it's that defensive. No more so than A AYRT RT's comment.

[(Anonymous)]

THIS everything changes in fandom, all the rules change..the only thing that doesn't is the WANK.

[killertofuuu]

And it strikes me as so weird that so many authors believe that avoiding artificial inflating their comment count

I'm gonna take a shot in the dark and guess that FF.net might be the source, or at least a source of this mentality. A high review count used to be one of the only indication (besides the title and summary) of a potentially decent fic on that site short of actually clicking on it and reading it for yourself. That could be why it might seem sketchy to 'inflate' the review count on AO3 by replying to comments.

However, AO3 is not FF.net. AO3 has Kudos, Hits, Bookmarks, and Tags so there are a lot more clues to gauge quality, and less need to let the review count grow without any 'help'. This is just a guess, but there might be something to it.

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DA

I post on both AO3 and FFN. I wish FFN would do away with being able to sort by review #. It makes me have to go check and make sure my current fic is rising up the ranks... even though it REALLY DOESN'T MATTER. Like someone else said, there's no trophy. No #1 "Best Author Ever" award. There are lots of talented writers out there who don't get a lot of reviews, and other less-talented ones who get lots of reviews, for whatever reason *cough*excessive smut*cough* But I can't seem to stop focusing on the numbers. Anyway... someone might not have the best title or summary or tag use and still write a decent fic, too -- I think you just have to read a little to get a feel for the story and see if it grabs you.

I'd rather have my numbers obsessing problem than the anxiety over replying to comments that others here have described, though. I get anxious about receiving comments, but am very comfortable replying to them.