[ SECRET POST #2476 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2476 ⌋

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

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Comments

[lynx]

I used to meet nice people on FF.net and then make friends with them at LJ. Good times. But that started to go to hell on 2008, I think? Whenever was that Warriors For Innocence wank and the selling out to the Russian Mafia Overlords. /is old

Whatever. I still don't like Tumblr. And I do like AO3, though the current trends in fics right now make me roll my eyes so very hard. The layout is nice and readable. What I'm not so hot on, is the "kudos" button. It's the same as a "like" in Tumblr: Rarely means anything and as a fan-writer one wants to have some feedback besides "I liked it", which could mean anything from "Meh, cool fic sis" to "OMFG IT'S AMAZING AND I LOVED IT AND I LOVE YOU".

The ad? Very poorly thought out. I had to check you meant it REALLY came from the creators/mantainers of AO3, because it reads like sanctimonious holier-than-thou propaganda written by a Tumblrite. I guess they're trying to appeal to young people in what is now the largest fandom platform (to my enormous grief), but it's still not classy. I can only excuse it with the idea they really might need donations and tag wranglers right now.

[(Anonymous)]

And as a reader, sometimes I don't actually have anything to say. On ff.net, I used to say, "I liked this, it was funny!" on stories just so the story would stay in my review section and I could find it again. I didn't want to favorite it because it may not have been great, but it gave me certain feels. Then PinBoard came along and I didn't have to do that anymore.

If I really really liked something, I'll leave a kudos AND a comment on AO3. But most of the time, I honestly have nothing to say. You can't give critique anymore because you don't know who is going to jump down your throat, so I'm left with, "I liked this, it was good."

[lynx]

Oh, but I get that. It happens to me too! I don't always have a lot to say besides "I liked it because of X" and leave it at that. But... I don't know if I can explain it, but there's a certain warmth in the gesture of bothering to type out even a single three-word sentence stating that you liked it. Pressing a button is so... cold :(

IDK about the critique, because I'm always up for concrit. If someone jumps at your throat for leaving concrit, it's not someone you'd want to associate with anyway. (Which is different from a polite "I appreciate your concrit, but I'd rather do this my way.")

[(Anonymous)]

You can't give critique anymore because you don't know who is going to jump down your throat, I thought this was just me! the comments on AO3 are frankly weird to me. There are a few people who septic about concrit, not even the actual writers, just fandom sunshine-ers I guess. And a whole lot of bullying over grammar in the weirdest places.

I will leave a comment if there is something in particular that grabbed me, or a line I liked, so if I read ten fics then I guess I leave a comment on two. Most aren't that unique but I have literally thousands of fanfics over the years. The read I just hit the kudos button if I get to the end. For me it means thanks for posting really.

I used to type that as feedback all the time, I think it was on my old work computer and up would pop "I really enjoyed this! Thanks for posting!" I imagine people though that I wrote that specially for them every time, but it was pretty much the kudos button.

[(Anonymous)]

oops that last part should read "I would hit the f14 button and up would pop..." it had to be far away from the actual work things I needed it for :)

[(Anonymous)]

I'm in complete agreement about the critique. I used to leave tons of comments but people began to get so hurt (it wasn't this way years ago, in my experience) by telling them what you liked and disliked about their fics that I limit myself to kudos.

[(Anonymous)]

It is written by a Tumblrite. OP obviously didn't check their source or they were intentionally trying to stir up wank. The original and full post is here: http://elementals-ao3.tumblr.com/post/62832469592/reblog-far-and-wide-peeps-d-my-challenge-to