[ SECRET POST #2272 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2272 ⌋

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

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Comments

[fscom]

16. http://i.imgur.com/AEGASYa.jpg

[dreemyweird]

...now you actually care for your fandom reputation, perhaps?

[(Anonymous)]

mte. tbh there was a time when i'd log out while reading so i could leave anon kudos on the porn i was reading. but i got over it because worrying about fandom rep is silly for someone as obscure as me, or in general.

[(Anonymous)]

Would that really matter? I mean who the fuck even goes through the list of people who've left kudos? It's not like a log gets put into your profile of the things you've kudos'd.

And if you have a stalker who does go into every fic looking for your UN I think you have bigger problems.

[dreemyweird]

No, but I personally do think less of people who leave kudos on shitty stuff.

[diet_poison]

Why tho?

[dreemyweird]

Because people who like bad fiction tend to write bad fiction and be overall immature. Not a rule, of course; but it works in general.

[diet_poison]

Or maybe they just have a different opinion from you, or a different definition of what is bad, or enjoy something even though they know it's bad according to a lot of people, or really like what they believe to be troll fic, or...lots of reasons. That's such a small piece of information to be judging people over imo.

Also, immaturity isn't automatically a reason to think less of people, either. If someone is, say, 14 years old, I don't expect them to be mature, and I don't judge them for being immature because, well, they're 14. They're not supposed to be mature yet. A 24-year-old acting the way a 14-year-old does would be a whole 'nother story. But since you don't know someone's age just by looking at their username, "being immature" seems like a pretty iffy thing to look down on someone for.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't go through the list, but it's pretty small text and names I know tend to pop out at me...

[diet_poison]

this...but then I don't go on Ao3 that much.

[(Anonymous)]

You know you can still leave kudos anon, right?

[(Anonymous)]

I found the same thing. I feel more guilty about not commenting I think.

[(Anonymous)]

It's because we're all judging you now. You know why.

[(Anonymous)]

I think you know why but want to be vindicated or something.

OP

[(Anonymous)]

I have a pretty good guess of why, that's true. I'm self-conscious about admitting I like certain fics, fandoms, genres, etc. I feel that I shouldn't be.

[cloud_riven]

At least AO3 doesn't actually keep track of what you've kudos'd in a handy and easy to browse list. So if you have any creepers trying to pore over what you admit to liking, it's kind of hard :U

I think being tentative to admit to liking something is also why I still put off updating my pinboard account despite freely leaving kudos.

[(Anonymous)]

Log out. Seriously.

I read most of my fic anonymously, comment under different pseudonyms and only post fic under my A03 account. Not sure why. I just like anonymity, I guess.

[littletown]

I can't even remember the fics I leave kudos for. I think bookmarks matter more.

[cadremage]

My thoughts? When you're expressing yourself under an account name, you're cultivating and establishing an identity. Through that, over time, people can form opinions about you, and develop judgments specific to who you appear to be. They can also follow you and/or track you down if they feel so inclined. If you care about all of this, then what you think really starts to matter. You don't want to be judged unfavorably, and you also don't want to let down those who've begun to see you in a particular way. So, you're stunned into inaction.

My feeling is: don't go back to being anonymous as others are suggesting. Force yourself to do what you'd normally do under your account. It'll feel better, in the long run. And it'll help you to just be you.

[(Anonymous)]

That last bit is pretty good advice, but it can be difficult to get there for some people.

[(Anonymous)]

Are you me? I think this is partly because I was more willing to leave kudos on WIP stories anonymously, but the problem with leaving them on a WIP under your name is that it can all go to shit and you still have your name to it, reccing the story (and while this isn't so much a problem in big fandoms, it can be really embarrassing when there's only five signed in names and a dozen anonymous kudos on a story that started out good and then went to shit).