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F!S Anon Meme (the Seventh, and now on DW!)

Secrets, rants, opinions, anything you want to say about your fandom or a fandom or fandom in general, do it here! Anonymously, of course. Get it all off your chest.

Some ground rules:
1. Going anon is encouraged but not absolutely required (for those who struggle with captchas and stuff).
2. No autoplaying/autolooping embeds, or embeds that cover/stretch the screen.
3. No dropping personal info or IRL contact info, etc.

That's about it, though!

I'll be linking some general/general-fandom threads I see so people don't repost new threads with the same stuff.

Unpopular Ships
Obligatory Masturbation Thread
Fandoms you wish existed
How old are you?
What series have you always meant to watch/read/play/etc. but have never?
Time and location
Female-centric works
How do you feel about Tumblr?
Pet thread
Guilty pleasure thread
Favorite old shows
First fandom?

Comments

question of etiquette

[(Anonymous)]

I've made some new friends lately and a couple of them have YouTube channels where they do a nerdy type of show - basic talk show deal. They sent me the links with general "check it out if you're interested!" type message. What's the protocol on feedback? There is definite room for improvement, but I'm not sure if I should say anything constructive since they didn't really ask for it. At the same time I don't want to just compliment them when I think they could do with some improvement. But I don't want to be rude.

Re: question of etiquette

[(Anonymous)]

well, this is up to you, but if it were me, I would tell them that if they wanted specifically constructive criticism, or just a general viewer opinion, and then just give them whichever they prefer, and then keep watching if you'd like or not; er, I don't know these friends, so they might or might not mind if you keep watching and commenting, this is really a thing you will have to gauge with your knowledge of their personalities

IMPORTANT: they might say concrit is fine even if they're not fine with it; if you get the feeling that they said "criticize away!" just out of obligation, I would do this:

soften the blow and place more emphasis on the parts you liked and just be more general about the parts that need improving; make crazy tactful pirouettes to avoid offending them

this might be a good idea in any case, even if they seem eager for feedback!

after giving this "softened feedback" wait for their response; if they're serious about improving, they will ask for specifics, and then you can give some more of those; back and forth dialogue about more specifics might ensue; in that case, feel ahead to tell them everything!

if they say "thank you, will keep this in mind", just leave it at that and don't give them more criticism, because chances are that they are not looking for that sort of feedback, whatever their reasons might be

and like I said above, how many more videos of them you watch depends on if you actually like their videos and if they would be offended/stop wanting to be your friend/raise a ruckus if you stop commenting/if you even care about them getting angry over it, lol