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The BSB fanfic related pet peeve thread
Teri:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on June 28, 2009, 12:39:39 PM ---I agree and disagree about the "update soon!" kind of reviews. On one hand, yes, I would LOVE it if they'd say something more, tell me what they actually thought about the update they just read. But on the other hand, at least that shows me they are reading, which is nice to know. So many people read and don't bother to say anything at all, and you don't know if that means they didn't like it, or if they're just lazy, or too shy to review (I've heard this reason before, actually LOL), or what. That's more annoying to me than the ones who leave really short reviews.
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Very true, I feel bad that I don't review much, it's not that I don't want to, but usually that I don't have time. (Working the insane schedule I've been working the past six months has been pretty bad).
And Julilly that has to be one of the worst things ever too! Plugging your own work while giving someone a review is just wrong.
Mare, totally agree. I know I try to respond to all of them, but some I miss. I should go back and see all the un-responded reviews and get those responded to. I don't think I have that many, maybe.
RokofAges75:
If you don't have time to read, that's one thing, but if you do read and don't review, the time thing isn't an excuse. Actually reading a chapter takes way longer than leaving a quick review. If you've got time to read, you've got time to review!
Teri:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on June 28, 2009, 02:17:47 PM ---If you don't have time to read, that's one thing, but if you do read and don't review, the time thing isn't an excuse. Actually reading a chapter takes way longer than leaving a quick review. If you've got time to read, you've got time to review!
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Sometimes that's not necessarily true. I read right before I go to work and alot of times I finish reading when I have to actually leave so that doesn't leave much time for reviewing. Other times, things like family or friends distract me while I'm reading so I'll get halfway through a chapter and have to leave. That's just my situation though I have no idea for anyone else.
RokofAges75:
I'm sure that's true sometimes, but I dunno, I guess a responsible reader who understands the importance of feedback will make the time to come back and review if they really don't have time when they finish reading. As we all know, it takes SO much more time to actually write a chapter than to read one, a quick review is the least a reader can do to acknowledge the time and effort the author put into writing that chapter for their entertainment.
From the writer standpoint, we write for free because we enjoy it, and we offer our stories for free because we want them to be read and enjoyed too. From the reader standpoint, we're getting free reading material from writers who do this for the fun of it; the least we can do to show our appreciation is review the work we enjoy. And AC makes it so quick and easy to do that, there's really no reason not to.
I'll get down from my soapbox now and say that I don't review every piece of writing I come across. A lot of the times, I don't because when it comes to reviewing, I try to follow the Thumper rule - if you can't say something nice, don't say nothin' at all LOL. But any story I read more than a couple chapters of, I do review, even if that means coming back to it later. I just think it's rude not to.
Chaos:
I don't really read a lot of fanfic these days, but when I do, I pretty much leave feedback for anything/everything that I manage to read through the entire chapter (exception is if it's a really long fic I might not review every chapter, but I try to at least every few and/or when I stop reading for the day I review the last chapter I read (it helps me "bookmark" where I am when I pick up the next time ;) )
(Oh, and Julie. I doubt I was the one who gave the shyness excuse, but I *totally* get that one. Seriously. I have a borderline (okay beyond borderline) social phobia that on my bad days...I don't think I'd be able to leave a review because my brain somehow convinces me that no matter what I would say (Great story!) it would somehow piss the person off or offend somehow. LOL. Not exactly "shy", but same effect. (Fortunately while I'm still battling the phobia, I'm not *that* bad all that often anymore. Just...back to normal "shy". lol)
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