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Oct. 28th, 2007 03:30 pmI was over at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
metafandom today, just to find out what is going on. It was largely depressing, and it seems fandom has had an ugly week. Not the Buffy!Verse as such, but it has effected people in the verse. I do not want to stir up the shark invested waters. If you want to know what is going on, I suggest you go over to that community, where others have made posts about the subject far better than I can.
While I was there, I did find an interesting post concerning feedback, and why do fanfic writers and artists post what they have created by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sidewalk_doctor (who is not on my friends list), entitled "moar fandom meta, bitches", the link is here.
I was quite interested in the post. Yes, I adore feedback, I admit it. I will always respond to it, because it has made me happy.....but am I therefore an attention whore?
I would never complain if I don't get feedback, in fact I have often posted knowing full well I would be lucky to get a comment to the story. It is an unusual pairing, or deals with a subject that most people don't want to read. It doesn't stop me from posting. I post so that I might have an archive for the work. If someone else enjoys it, and lets me know, wonderful, and gives me a glow, Would I run away crying because I didn't get the feedback I thought the work deserved. No!
The majority of people in all fandoms are lurkers, so even if you have a flist of several hundreds, you would be very lucky to get even 30 comments.....and even then, quite a few could be someone having a chat with you in comments.
Others have an OTP, and will not read anything that is outside that. I will not force you to read, if you do not force me to write. If my muse wants to try other pairings, or other genres then I will. If you don't want to read, that is great. I got the story off my chest.
So I really don't think I am writing for the feedback. I have no intention of becoming an author, and sending my work off to be published. Writing fanfic is a hobby, and if I only want to write a couple of 100 word drabbles for a while, then that is what I will do. So no pressure on me to write, no pressure on anyone to read, or leave comments.
Guess that was all I wanted to add to the original post.
metafandom today, just to find out what is going on. It was largely depressing, and it seems fandom has had an ugly week. Not the Buffy!Verse as such, but it has effected people in the verse. I do not want to stir up the shark invested waters. If you want to know what is going on, I suggest you go over to that community, where others have made posts about the subject far better than I can.While I was there, I did find an interesting post concerning feedback, and why do fanfic writers and artists post what they have created by
sidewalk_doctor (who is not on my friends list), entitled "moar fandom meta, bitches", the link is here.I was quite interested in the post. Yes, I adore feedback, I admit it. I will always respond to it, because it has made me happy.....but am I therefore an attention whore?
I would never complain if I don't get feedback, in fact I have often posted knowing full well I would be lucky to get a comment to the story. It is an unusual pairing, or deals with a subject that most people don't want to read. It doesn't stop me from posting. I post so that I might have an archive for the work. If someone else enjoys it, and lets me know, wonderful, and gives me a glow, Would I run away crying because I didn't get the feedback I thought the work deserved. No!
The majority of people in all fandoms are lurkers, so even if you have a flist of several hundreds, you would be very lucky to get even 30 comments.....and even then, quite a few could be someone having a chat with you in comments.
Others have an OTP, and will not read anything that is outside that. I will not force you to read, if you do not force me to write. If my muse wants to try other pairings, or other genres then I will. If you don't want to read, that is great. I got the story off my chest.
So I really don't think I am writing for the feedback. I have no intention of becoming an author, and sending my work off to be published. Writing fanfic is a hobby, and if I only want to write a couple of 100 word drabbles for a while, then that is what I will do. So no pressure on me to write, no pressure on anyone to read, or leave comments.
Guess that was all I wanted to add to the original post.
