Now, Ami, don't you realize that you're not taking the proper tone (apologetic groveling)? After all, you get lots of comments on your fic, which is obviously unfair to... uh... other people. Who don't. Then again, I wouldn't expect you to understand, since you just belong to the consumer economy of SGA fandom. Come the revolution, ALL stories will receive the proper amount of comments!
Come the revolution, ALL stories will receive the proper amount of comments!
Define "proper."
Yeah, I get the sarcasm, Madame Pi. Really I do, but isn't that the crux of the biscuit?
The first time I participated in sga_santa, the person that wrote my story got one comment, and that was mine. The story wasn't that great, although she did come up with an interesting crossover premise based on casting. English wasn't her first language, and I doubt a beta reader was ever involved.
Oher people have said it in more scholarly and earnest fashions, but quality does count. OTOH, my ego says I'm a quality writer, but my comment count isn't that high, in part because I limit my social life on LJ. In fact, I think my highest comment count was that anonymous first sga_santa story, which I find interesting. People don't "know" me that much, but that's not why I'm here. My internal primate status markers come from other sources than LJ popularity, and I don't give a damn if (the generic) you like me
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Oh, I don't disagree. Socializing (good choice of words) is another form of promotion, too, along with cross-posting to comms and carrying on conversations and friendships on LJ. People can't read what they don't know about. You limit your time on LJ; so do I. (Though, frankly, not that much - my job is slow again, so I spend plenty of time here.) Therefore, we are more likely to see and click on stories by people we know. Sometimes I filter out comms; I definitely skim over them more often than I do over people's personal LJs. Yet another reason I am likely to read and possibly comment on the stories of people I know. (I think prolificness - Christ, that's not a word, is it? - is another factor. An author who writes one good, interesting story might get lots of attention for it; if she writes 15 she's much more likely to, even if the quality varies a bit
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Girlfriend, why didn't I think to ask for glittery lipgloss instead of thoughtful commentary!
In some ways, the economic model isn't far wrong. There's such a thing as social capital, difficult to quantify, but definitely something that can be accrued or squandered. Maybe the OP is a fandom Maoist.
Other points, agreed, particularly on the prolific issue, since I've seen lines of squee on a prolific author's weakest stories. How many comments do I want? More interested in quality than quantity.
4. Lack of reading comprehension, because once again, someone agrees with that post and how it talks about those evil people who get lots of comments and oppress everyone else by their mere presence.
Clearly those of you who are good writers and popular and gets lots of comments have a duty to disable commenting on your posts to stop the rest of us getting an inferiority complex. *nods*
Except in fandoms with large populations you could be considered prolific, or you were when I first found you. So people could have been pointing at you behind your back! *koff*
Ah, but I didn't get involved in the fandom. That's the difference. I just write the fic and enjoy doing it. I didn't read fic or really get pulled into debates or flamewars and all that kind of thing, due to all my time being in fic. Apparently I missed some spectacular wanks in my time :)
Actually what really bothered me is that was TWO people who expressed the idea that the love memes were really there just to kiss BNF ass. It tainted the whole idea in my head and that pissed me off
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Define "proper."
Yeah, I get the sarcasm, Madame Pi. Really I do, but isn't that the crux of the biscuit?
The first time I participated in sga_santa, the person that wrote my story got one comment, and that was mine. The story wasn't that great, although she did come up with an interesting crossover premise based on casting. English wasn't her first language, and I doubt a beta reader was ever involved.
Oher people have said it in more scholarly and earnest fashions, but quality does count. OTOH, my ego says I'm a quality writer, but my comment count isn't that high, in part because I limit my social life on LJ. In fact, I think my highest comment count was that anonymous first sga_santa story, which I find interesting. People don't "know" me that much, but that's not why I'm here. My internal primate status markers come from other sources than LJ popularity, and I don't give a damn if (the generic) you like me ( ... )
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In some ways, the economic model isn't far wrong. There's such a thing as social capital, difficult to quantify, but definitely something that can be accrued or squandered. Maybe the OP is a fandom Maoist.
Other points, agreed, particularly on the prolific issue, since I've seen lines of squee on a prolific author's weakest stories. How many comments do I want? More interested in quality than quantity.
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Clearly those of you who are good writers and popular and gets lots of comments have a duty to disable commenting on your posts to stop the rest of us getting an inferiority complex. *nods*
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That is true. It's probably the Vicodin talking. Or the cane. If I had a House icon, I'd use it, but Rodney can easily be his stand-in
Question: when someone calls you a BNF, do you feel insulted, or do you laugh and say, "You betcha!"?
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*dies* This made me laugh for about five minutes, so clearly you are oppressing me!
I find you wonderful as well. *gleefully oppresses right back!*
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