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snowflake_challenge 2022: Day 15
Jan. 28th, 2022 11:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lightbird
Challenge 15
In your own space, create your own challenge. Leave a comment to this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
This went fast, lol.
In one of the earlier challenges one of my goals was to comment more. I tend to leave kudos a lot when I read fics on AO3, but I don't always comment. Sometimes I really don't know what to say, even when I've enjoyed a story. I'll start to write a comment, think it sounds trite or stupid, and erase it, and then go away and not leave the comment. And the thing is, I know in my head that the author probably wouldn't think it's trite or stupid, and would be glad to receive the comment.
So, my challenge to myself is that going forward, every time I read a new fic, I leave some kind of comment, even if it's just something simple like 'Nice job!' And every time I re-read a fic I've already read, I leave a comment, even if it's just 'I re-read your fic again because I like it so much.'
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Date: 2022-01-29 04:52 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 06:46 pm (UTC)Yes ...
Date: 2022-01-29 06:25 am (UTC)This author would like to confirm that this type of comment is super awesome, even if it is nothing more than "I reread this for the 3rd time."
Re: Yes ...
Date: 2022-01-29 06:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 06:36 am (UTC)Anything you have to say isn't trite or stupid. 😉
Good luck with your challenge!
(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 06:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 10:46 am (UTC)And I'm going to take up your challenge and make a point of practicing what I preach. I'm guilty of hitting the kudos button and not always leaving a comment. That is going to stop. Thank you for reminding me that I should have been doing this all along.
(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 06:48 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 07:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 10:51 am (UTC)Good luck with the challenge :)
(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 06:49 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 10:59 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 06:49 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 11:17 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 06:50 pm (UTC)I love getting comments like that, but wasn't putting it into action enough with regards to other people's work, so I'm going to change that. :)
(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 01:02 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 06:51 pm (UTC)Thank you!
(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 01:25 pm (UTC)It did! When 14 went up I was like o_O we're almost done?!!!
This is a great challenge! Good luck with it!
(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 06:51 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 02:08 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 06:53 pm (UTC)I absolutely think it's worth commenting on something that was written 10 years ago, and if the author sees it they will really appreciate it, but even if they don't see it, it's out there, which is also great.
(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 04:18 pm (UTC)=^..^=~
(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 06:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 05:32 pm (UTC)(I'm just as bad, mind you. That little button is just so easy.)
(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 06:55 pm (UTC)That little button is so easy, especially for someone like me who can be a little shy. It's saying 'good job' without having to step out of my comfort zone, lol.
(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 05:33 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-29 06:55 pm (UTC)I liked your idea that you put in your post, too. :)
(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-30 03:00 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-30 08:00 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-30 07:08 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-30 08:03 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-30 03:37 pm (UTC)So, listen, I aeem to be pretty much the only author in fandom (I think) who is genuinely ambivalent about comments. I tend to have them turned off on AO3 for a low pressure, chilled out reading environment, because I don't get the endorphin hit (I think that's what it is) that others seem to from a positive comment and I don't want people to worry about it. Or I might leave them on for a little while (like for challenges and stuff) and then turn them off later.
That's context. Here's the critical bit. I have never once received a comment expressing enjoyment in the fic that I thought was trite or stupid or pointless or meaningless or any of the things that people worry about. And that didn't matter if it was a 1,500 word love letter, or a single heart emoji. "I liked this" is a lovely comment to receive, "Loved" is a lovely comment to receive, "Thank you" is a lovely comment to receive. And I say that as someone who literally isn't bothered about comments. I have no horse in this race. My readers can comment (briefly at least), lurk, kudos, do secret bookmarks, whatever they like. So, I guess what I'm saying is you're absolutely right to adopt that "hush, self, you are wrong" attitude.
Also, for the record, I'm pretty sure "I re-read your fic" is a comment that sends writers into a freaking tizz. Because, oh my god, they came back? They came back? That's possibly one of the best comments you could leave :D
(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-30 08:04 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-30 05:09 pm (UTC)This is a great challenge :D Accepted!
(no subject)
Date: 2022-01-30 08:04 pm (UTC)