[ SECRET POST #1986 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1986 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 05 pages, 119 secrets from Secret Submission Post #284.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0- not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - take it to comments ], [ 1 2 - going to have to be a little more subtle than this ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

After reading fanfiction for the past 17 years on the net I come to not really care about reviews, and for that matter about getting them. Nor does it really matter whether or not your story is favourited because everyone has their own individual way of using the favourite feature on ff.net. Personally, I use Story Alert to favourite as a way to keep my favs private, jsyk.

I've read fanfiction that I've liked and not commented, and have friends that do the same. I've also read fanfiction that was so so and commented over a scene that happened to pique a comment that I wanted to share. So if you are using reviews as a basis as whether you are a good writer/story teller you might find yourself continually questioning yourself because people have their own way as to go about fanfiction, and you will never get the absolute proof from them.

[(Anonymous)]

Wooooow, you're so evolved, longtime-fandom-nonnie. So evolved and condescending. I've also been in fandom since the 90's, and I VERY much value reviews/comments because they give me the opportunity to interact with the reader. I know well that the number of comments received on a story don't accurately reflect how good it is; they're more a reflection of how much of emotional impact it had. Everybody's failed to comment on stories they've liked but don't kid yourself that it's anything other than failure.

[(Anonymous)]

I never said anything about not appreciating a review.


"Everybody's failed to comment on stories they've liked but don't kid yourself that it's anything other than failure."


You think it's failure of the reader's part that they didn't review... okay. But imo I would have better examples of failure, and that would be people's failure toward reading comprehension.

[(Anonymous)]

I come to not really care about reviews, and for that matter about getting them

That sounds to me like you don't value reviews, which is what I said--"value," not "appreciate." So, perhaps reading comprehension is indeed a lost art.

You think it's failure of the reader's part that they didn't review... okay.

If somebody enjoys a story and doesn't comment, I do see that as a failure. Not a HUGE failure, but a failure. I apply that to myself as much as anybody else. I failed a lot in that way in the past, but not anymore.

[(Anonymous)]

No, that just means that I don't depend on getting reviews or force myself into submitting a review every time I read a fanfiction. That does not mean that I don't appreciate or "value" the review - I just don't depend on them.



"That sounds to me like you don't value reviews, which is what I said--"value," not "appreciate." So, perhaps reading comprehension is indeed a lost art."

Forgive me for using a synonym of value -- the difference between the two is sooo great. And as for the reading comprehension being of a lost art I guess that would depend upon the day you are having, I guess.



"If somebody enjoys a story and doesn't comment, I do see that as a failure. Not a HUGE failure, but a failure. I apply that to myself as much as anybody else. I failed a lot in that way in the past, but not anymore."

Again, you think it's failure of the reader's part that they didn't review... okay. But that is your own decision and not all people are subject to that ideal nor will they feel its a failure on their part. But I must add, when you enjoy a publish book do you write the author for each book you enjoyed?