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[kindkit]

I'm rather sad that only one person commented on my Torchwood fic. In fact, I don't seem to get many comments on anything in this journal anymore, and it worries me.

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[lord_dingsi]

I wonder if that happens a lot to people who've been around a few years, or if it's an effect of the sheer quantity of fic available on LJ

At first I was going to say "the former", because I think that, when you first dive into (a) fandom, it's still new and exciting and you read all you can get your greedy little hands on. At least that's what it felt like for me. But after a while you have seen enough to a) recognize all the bad sides of fandom, e.g. the Sues/Stus in a story, and b) have formed and refined your own tastes and desires when it comes to fictional stories. (Which is not to say that one doesn't have own tastes in fic from the beginning, but perhaps can't put them into words or pin them down as easily as after having read fic for two years.)

But I think perhaps the quantity does play into it, because lately I have seen many people say that they only read fic they found on rec sites or via friends. And of course that's coming back to the experience/quality issue, but it also shows that the amount of fic available is overwhelming and people are looking for ways to make it manageable.