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oxfordtweed) wrote2011-03-16 02:20 am
oxfordtweed) wrote2011-03-16 02:20 am
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On Comments left on Fanfic
This showed up on Fandom!Secrets today, which created a rather predictable wankstorm.
I dunno. When I post a fic or piece of art, I'm not entitled to any comments or faves or kudos or whatever. When I comment on something someone else posted, I'm not entitled to any replies or thanks.
That said, I do try to respond to comments to fic, more often than not. On art, not so much. I sort of fail at responding to everyone, because half the time, I don't know what to say to a comment that itself is only a sentence long. "Thanks for reading" seems the most appropriate, but every once in a while, I'll post something that gets an unexpectedly high amount of reviews, and two dozen 'thanks for reading' replies feels very impersonal.
If you ask me a question in your comment, I will answer. If you say something that sparks up a dialogue, I will respond. If you have a critique to offer (fic or art), I will respond. Every time. I may not respond right away, but it will happen.
I can see it being rather dickish to not respond to every comment on a fic when those comments amount to a grand-total of two, but I think there's a point where it becomes a bit unreasonable to expect a reply to every comment? I've seen fic posts with 3+ pages of comments. I would be AMAZED if the author responded to even half of those, honestly.
Are comments really that big of a deal?
I dunno. When I post a fic or piece of art, I'm not entitled to any comments or faves or kudos or whatever. When I comment on something someone else posted, I'm not entitled to any replies or thanks.
That said, I do try to respond to comments to fic, more often than not. On art, not so much. I sort of fail at responding to everyone, because half the time, I don't know what to say to a comment that itself is only a sentence long. "Thanks for reading" seems the most appropriate, but every once in a while, I'll post something that gets an unexpectedly high amount of reviews, and two dozen 'thanks for reading' replies feels very impersonal.
If you ask me a question in your comment, I will answer. If you say something that sparks up a dialogue, I will respond. If you have a critique to offer (fic or art), I will respond. Every time. I may not respond right away, but it will happen.
I can see it being rather dickish to not respond to every comment on a fic when those comments amount to a grand-total of two, but I think there's a point where it becomes a bit unreasonable to expect a reply to every comment? I've seen fic posts with 3+ pages of comments. I would be AMAZED if the author responded to even half of those, honestly.
Are comments really that big of a deal?