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Surprise comments on old work
17 years ago
There's that old adage that if someone is happy they won't bother telling anyone, but if you piss them off they'll tell everyone they know.
I find myself baffled as one of my old stories has been getting comments over the last few weeks. No watch, no+fav, never commented when it was new, but now they just wonder where it went. The reality is, it didn't get copied over in my server move. I'm gonna copy it over at some point, but I'm actually kinda glad it got lost temporarily.
I guess I'm weird because I'd rather talk to the creator about their work than leave a "NICE PIC" comment or just fave it. That said I don't fave or comment a whole lot, so it'd be kinda hypocritical for me to get upset that I'm not getting them. But I have been introduced to some cool people because of my writing. Some of them were short term encounters and some are long term friendships.
So apparently I have an audience, but they're mute. It's sad that people would be intimidated, but I guess it's a stigma in the fandom. I've been on the receiving end of a few snubs, so I try to respect anyone who takes the time to validate my work.
With that out of the way, I will have a new story up in the near future. And I'm still putting out a podcast every week, so check out http://www.method1show.com/ :)
I find myself baffled as one of my old stories has been getting comments over the last few weeks. No watch, no+fav, never commented when it was new, but now they just wonder where it went. The reality is, it didn't get copied over in my server move. I'm gonna copy it over at some point, but I'm actually kinda glad it got lost temporarily.
I guess I'm weird because I'd rather talk to the creator about their work than leave a "NICE PIC" comment or just fave it. That said I don't fave or comment a whole lot, so it'd be kinda hypocritical for me to get upset that I'm not getting them. But I have been introduced to some cool people because of my writing. Some of them were short term encounters and some are long term friendships.
So apparently I have an audience, but they're mute. It's sad that people would be intimidated, but I guess it's a stigma in the fandom. I've been on the receiving end of a few snubs, so I try to respect anyone who takes the time to validate my work.
With that out of the way, I will have a new story up in the near future. And I'm still putting out a podcast every week, so check out http://www.method1show.com/ :)
And yeah, it would be nice if people would both stop snubbing people automatically for one reason or another, and contrawise be more open to talking to people about whatever.
They can also be annoying as shit.
As a classically trained artist and art teacher I am naturally inclined to critique someone's work, be it good or bad. Usually I attempt to share this tactfully and sometimes fail. There are just some furries out there that cannot handle critique and criticism, then the favorite button is great.
Of course this really only applies to visual work, I would not be a great judge of the written word, as much as I love it, I am not copy editor. :D
Most of the ones I have met, the less effort the better.
Do not let the fact of people being morons that need to be spoon fed stop you from writing.
Look at it this way, you have a cultured selective audience.