[ SECRET POST #5116 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5116 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

True enough, but a lot of authors don't see it as 'a little kindness', they see it as their just rewards or 'payment' for deigning to share their work. It kind of stops being an act of kindness by default once the author starts demanding it as something that is theirs by right.

[(Anonymous)]

I keep seeing people saying this, but I've never seen it. What fandoms are people in where there are so many writers demanding a certain level of feedback as their right?

[(Anonymous)]

NA - I get quite a few reblogs coming across my dash complaining about how people's posts don't get enough reblogs and engagement, and blaming people who only like and don't reblog for why fandom isn't thriving and why creators are leaving.

What's funny is that in my experience it's usually the bigger names who post/reblog these complaints. I guess they're upset because their posts are only getting 300 notes instead of 3000. Meanwhile, someone like me who agonizes over every little tidbit (anxiety is a bitch) and feels proud (but also terribly inadequate) about my tiny little pile of original posts is honestly thrilled for every single like I get. My long-ass meta that I slaved over even though who fucking even likes meta these days? It got forty freaking notes! It even got 12 reblogs! That's awesome! Enough people liked it that I don't have to feel actively embarrassed for writing it! Win!

[(Anonymous)]

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I rotate fandoms and a lot of them are bigger fandoms. while I can't recall explicit "give me reviews/kudos or I'll give you no chapters" (actually, there was one once where the auth was like if you guys don't review, I'm not going to post) but for the most part it's the little "reviews are life" "feed me reviews = updates" things of that nature. Which I always overlook because... I'll review if I'm really inclined to do so. I'll leave a kudos if I liked it enough. But that kind of attitude grates on me/ leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

People write fic for different reasons,I write fic too! But I rarely leave A/N, much less to ask for reviews because I find them annoying and my way of fandom isn't a shit ton of interaction. It's cool if you like my fic. I'm writing it because I want to and because I know there must be some lurker out there who also likes what I like but won't say it or write themselves. I don't have the same expectation of everyone else however.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, I have seen the "I won't post the next chapter until I get x number of comments/kudos/likes/etc!" in the past. I don't read much fanfic now, though, so I don't know if it's any better or worse.

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[(Anonymous)]

This. And it's gotten worse in the fact that people only produce what they think other people will like and then get insulted when people don't. There's that podcast ficwriter who gets /thousands/ of comments a chapter, and sees every click-count that doesn't kudo (/especially review) as people who are talking them for granted. They're threatening not to update until everyone who looks at their fic basically gets on their knees and praises it. It's sucks.