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The Reading Thread
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on January 15, 2021, 11:29:57 PM ---I also appreciate star reviews for products, hotels, etc. Maybe if we were charging money for our stories, it would make more sense. But reading through that thread, I understand why we were all frustrated. It wasn't that we all expected to get a perfect 5-star rating. It was that we wanted to know why we were getting less than 5 stars - and that they were being lowered for a legitimate reason and not as a flame.
As for AO3, having posted both old stories and current stories there in the last 9 months or so, I can tell you I've gotten a lot more reviews on the new stories. But most of those have come from people who have read my stories here or on my own site. I haven't gotten many from AO3 users I don't know on any of my stories. I'm not sure if it's because it just takes time to establish a reputation on a new site, or if what I write isn't popular there, or if the feedback culture is just different there (kudos instead of comments). But it makes me appreciate the people here even more.
Personally, I would prefer a generic "Great chapter!" or "Update soon!" over nothing. I at least like to know who's reading.
Mare knew then, but I'm not sure if she'll remember now LOL. Mare?
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Big surprise, but no. I don’t remember. Although I think it was someone we had to ban for it and other things like writing bad reviews of things with an alternate username because she wanted to seem like she had more stars than anyone else? I vaguely remember someone doing that. Lol back I’m the day there used to be so much drama here
mare:
The stuff I chose to post over on AO3 have very few reviews but a few kudos. I think there’s so much being posted on that site and so many fandoms, unless you already have a loyal following there you kind of get lost in the shuffle. I think at this point, we are considered the oldies so most have read them or the newer people might just skip right past because our pen names aren’t as familiar. At least mine. I had been nice getting a few random reviews for things out of the blue.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on January 16, 2021, 05:06:03 AM ---Big surprise, but no. I don’t remember. Although I think it was someone we had to ban for it and other things like writing bad reviews of things with an alternate username because she wanted to seem like she had more stars than anyone else? I vaguely remember someone doing that. Lol back I’m the day there used to be so much drama here
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Surfing through old threads has reminded me of all the drama there used to be around here! So many conversations about Nick romance vs. everything else. I do miss the debates though; a little drama can be entertaining, especially when it's frivolous fanfic drama, not the "Brian is a racist"/"Nick is a rapist" drama we've been dealing with for the last few years. A part of me would love for Tanja to pop back up and start plagiarizing people again. That kind of stuff always worked to unite the fandom.
As for AO3, I know I've said this before, but I think the culture there is just different from here. It seems like the most popular genre is angsty slash, so if that's not what you write, you're probably not going to get as much attention. I've had trouble finding the kind of stories I really like to read there. But that's exactly why we should keep posting ours there, so there's more variety.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: mare on January 16, 2021, 05:06:03 AM ---Big surprise, but no. I don’t remember. Although I think it was someone we had to ban for it and other things like writing bad reviews of things with an alternate username because she wanted to seem like she had more stars than anyone else? I vaguely remember someone doing that. Lol back I’m the day there used to be so much drama here
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*slips Mare some ginko biloba* Does that help?
See that's a perfect reason to remove the stars. People can't just go around creating fake usernames to make themselves look better. What a crazy thing to do for something we all do out of the love of fandom and the joy of writing!
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: mare on January 16, 2021, 05:06:03 AM ---back I’m the day there used to be so much drama here
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--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on January 16, 2021, 10:04:35 AM ---Surfing through old threads has reminded me of all the drama there used to be around here! So many conversations about Nick romance vs. everything else. I do miss the debates though; a little drama can be entertaining, especially when it's frivolous fanfic drama, not the "Brian is a racist"/"Nick is a rapist" drama we've been dealing with for the last few years. A part of me would love for Tanja to pop back up and start plagiarizing people again. That kind of stuff always worked to unite the fandom.
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I think part of it had to do with the fact that we finally had a forum to speak our piece (pun absolutely intended) and know that the people who had registered accounts here were generally well written, thoughtful people who could have a discussion with us without it devolving into hate shouting.
There was also drama within the Nick romance department. I always enjoyed when authors who mainly wrote Nick romances had grievances because I always felt like it brought us all together in the "everyone has problems" sector. I would take frivolous fanfic drama any day, because it started some good debates and we were still all talking about something we loved: writing and reading.
Drama about the Boys is hard because it's something that connects us, but I think our opinions on the matters vary a lot more based on outside factors. That and this is a fanfic forum. In the right atmosphere, it should mostly be conversations about writing and reading.
It seems like Tanja realized that we fight back and will do so dirtily if needed. We're dangerous collectively, haha.
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