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fandomsecrets2012-06-02 03:47 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2012-06-02 03:47 pm
[ SECRET POST #1978 ]
⌈ Secret Post #1978 ⌋
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If I read a story, and like it, I put it on my favourites list. That's exactly the same as posting 'I like it' as a review, except it doesn't give me anxiety about 'oh god, what if they wanted a longer review, does this sound stupid, why did I post that when there's a dozen other people saying the exact same thing, this is dumb.' And in the rare cases where I feel compelled to post a longer review, I go into even more anxiety, of the 'what if they knew this already, what if I'm repeating what other people said, do I quote things I liked or just refer to them, ahhhhh.'
So yeah, me reviewing is a rare thing as it causes my brain to do the equivalent of running rapidly around in circles and then slamming into a wall. I can't imagine I'm the only one like this. Plus I read a ton of stories, if I felt obligated to review every single one like some authors want? Then my brain would be doing this a lot and that would make me read less to avoid it and I love reading, so yeah, that's...not about to happen.
Not that I think just favouriting/alerting is 'rude' either. I much prefer it for the (few) stories I have up, as I'm compelled to somehow respond (with that same anxiety kicking in!) to reviews, whereas them favouriting is just an 'oh, cool, they liked it' and I can go on my merry way. 'I liked it' is, after all, an empty response, you can tap it out in a second too and it doesn't mean anything more than favouriting does.
I can accept that some people might prefer the 'I liked it' comments to favourites even, but some of the reviewers prefer the favourites button to 'I liked it' comments and really, both mean pretty much the same thing, so does it matter?
P.S. Never go over to a fanfic comm, particularly FFR, and complain about lack of reviews. You'll have a hundred people calling you entitled in a hot second.
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I usually comment if I really (and I mean really) loved a story, or if I liked a story with few reviews, because I feel like a good story deserves to get comments saying so, even if all I can come up with is "great story" or something along those lines.
Other than that I favorite/follow and so on.