[ SECRET POST #5949 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5949 ⌋

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


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Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 14 secrets from Secret Submission Post #850.
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Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[case]

Name the fandom. And repeats, etc.

(If you think something in this thread is a troll, please ignore it! Conversation is fine, but OT wank makes stuff harder to keep track of in this thread. Thanks.)

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General comments → Off-topic discussion thread

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01. https://i.imgur.com/A8d9wlM.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

I think you're massively overthinking this. Just comment or don't as you see fit and let other people do the same thing.

[(Anonymous)]

Fic comments are cursed pirate treasure.

[lumy12]

A few years ago, someone I considered a fandom friend left me long, thoughtful comments on every chapter of a fic while I was writing it -- until the very last one. She simply disappeared. She had vanished for long stretches before, so that wasn't really surprising, but... I couldn't help wondering if she hated the ending. Is she a dick for doing that? No -- she was under no obligation to comment! Hell, maybe she did hate the ending, and did me a favor by staying quiet instead of bashing it.

If you really don't want comments on your own fic I'm pretty sure there's a way you can turn them off, if you're posting on AO3.

[(Anonymous)]

I don’t think any of this makes you a dick, OP!

Hmm.

[(Anonymous)]

If you're on AO3, you can disable comments on your fic. That might be a good thing for you if it gives you that much anxiety.

As to commenting on others' fic, I don't generally post WIPs so I don't have experience with this specific context, but as a fic writer, if I found out that someone was commenting without reading, without meaning their comments, I would find that disheartening.

[pantswarrior]

I dunno, this seems like one of those cases like... when I started working in retail, they told me "treat the customer like you would like to be treated!" and mentally I was like "so leave them alone and never acknowledge their presence unless they actively approach me?"

Not everyone likes the same treatment (I love commenters who comment on every chapter, and getting to know people like that!) but you seem to be trying to find a balance in what you (and many others, I'm sure) prefer, and what people like me prefer. I don't see that there's a problem with that. It sounds like everyone comes out of it with a some moderate-but-not-intrusive interaction, which sounds all right to me.

[(Anonymous)]

That doesn't seem like a great way to interact with people who are providing you with a fic that you apparently enjoy enough to try and encourage them to finish, but honestly, very fitting with how fandom works these days. Nobody thinks they owe anyone anything to the point where even a small courtesy gesture is too much obligation.

[(Anonymous)]

I generally just ignore comments

[(Anonymous)]

As a writer, I love when regular commenters comment on every chapter. And uh, I have never made friends from an AO3 comment thread, and I've been uploading fics there from the beginning. Perhaps I'm doing it wrong, but the comment conversations seem to end pretty quickly.

[(Anonymous)]

This is an incredibly bizarre approach that sounds more like the result of several fake unwritten rules crashing together into a terrifying trainwreck.

... wouldn't say it makes you a dick per se, but it's weird.

[(Anonymous)]

That... doesn't make you a dick, OP?

Pro Tip: If you find it difficult to answer comments, put a note at the start of the fic saying something, "I like and appreciate feedback, but don't have time to answer them." It manages expectations for comment-happy people.

Or, just disable commenting - some people do that, too.

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[(Anonymous)]

I would say "shitheads" rather than "neckbeards", because some neckbeards can be quite nice.

But I 100% agree about WH and 40K fandom, because they're really interesting fictional worlds but the fandoms... the fandoms.... oh, boy, the fandoms.

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03. https://i.imgur.com/eMpsTbE.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, why would you be into groups who sing if it weren't for the music!

I can be in it for the music and still want to sleep with all (that remains) of NEWS okay.

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04. https://i.imgur.com/VZpzJV3.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

You're not wrong.

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05. https://i.imgur.com/LT0koVV.png

[(Anonymous)]

*sigh* The hobbit movies. They will always be a source of disappointment to me.

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06. https://i.imgur.com/pt7cX2k.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

As someone with the problematic and rare pair of Martha/Master (Simms), I totally agree he would be into himself.

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[(Anonymous)]

Ooh.

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08. https://i.imgur.com/2q5I3Ye.png

[(Anonymous)]

Same, OP. I wrote a long OT3 fic for a very small fandom and every time it gets a kudo (or a comment!!!) I am blown away with happiness 💜

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NS, NF, etc.

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[(Anonymous)]

Also, NSFW but that isn't as relevant here.

So, what is a good alternative image hosting site for here? And is there any way to scrape as many of the secrets from imgur as possible? Or will all those secrets soon be gone forever? *like tears in the rain*

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Games thread!