It's nice to hear that someone else is running at around the 25% I apparently do. I wonder how much of this is influenced by type of feedback - most of what I leave tends to be fairly short and not what you'd call in-depth, and it's quite possible that this does not, to many people, seem to call for much by way of reply. :)
I've never been entirely certain of the lj-comment thing, either. *G*
As someone who got on the WRONG side of the issue... man. Personally? I'm with you. I just don't pay *attention* to whether or not I get a responseto my fb, unless it's some new-to-me writer who I want to stalk take under my wing
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I support the whole not getting into a flamefest thing. *g* I'm not sure that, for me, blanking on what I've sent to whom is a function of how much fb I send, because I'm sadly lazy in that area as in so many others; I think it's just an effect of the mental important/not important filtering system. Having been moved to send fb can be important, but remembering exactly to whom, when, and whether they answered, is apparently not, so much. :)
I tend to reply to all the feedback I get (which isn't much, but yeah, feedback!), just saying thank you or more, depending on the feedback and/or my mood. Sometimes I notice, sometimes I don't when it comes to replies to feedback I wrote. Some people do stand out when they don't reply to feedback. I don't know why I notice, but I tend to expect some kind of a reply when my feedback is more than just a "great story" kind of thing.
I do get the impression that people care more about the issue when they've put together something more lengthy than "hey, nice story" which does seem kind of natural. *g* And maybe my minimalist approach to fb is related to how I perceive this - when I tell peole I liked their story, I'm not usually doing it in a way that calls for communication, I'm not really trying to open up a dialogue, I'm just expressing (very briefly) enjoyment or some other form of emotional engagement. So it's really enough for me to have said that (although obviously I don't *mind* getting replies *g*).
Philosophise less, write more? Particularly you know... (cue winsome smile, I'm handing them out free tonight to avoid launching into Tarrant-league snark after the idiots at work nfhuhjjhjjh today!!!)
I kind of have evil work this week, too, so not so much with the writing. (except the random meta, I guess...) So I will continue to say that story is with beta readers for a while longer. *g*
I don't expect replies to feedback I send, tho I'm always happy when I get it. Mostly this is because my email address is deeply loathed by many spam filters, for reasons unknown to me, so I'm never actually sure the writer *got* the email. Also, since it takes me (on average) two to three weeks (or more) to reply to email, I never feel weird if I get latent replies, since I know how it feels to be on the other end.
If I like a story enough to actually send an email about it, it really never crosses my mind whether or not the writer responded to previous emails. Because it's all about me and my needs, and my need is to gush about the story. *g*
Hee! yeah, I think that's what it comes down to for me: I want to say "this moved me in some way." I wonder if it's also a function of degree of involvement in fandom? I mean... okay, I hope this doesn't come out as sounding freakish, evil, or asocial, but most of the time when I send fb, I'm just expressing myself, rather than trying to open up lines of communication. Not that I have anything against meeting new people *g* but my goal in sending fb is not so much to connect with the writer as just to let her know that someone read and enjoyed the story. So I'm not invested in whether I hear back or not.
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I've never been entirely certain of the lj-comment thing, either. *G*
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someone's always got their back up about something
See, that's the fandom I know and love. Know, anyway. :)
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As someone who got on the WRONG side of the issue... man. Personally? I'm with you. I just don't pay *attention* to whether or not I get a responseto my fb, unless it's some new-to-me writer who I want to stalk take under my wing ( ... )
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If I like a story enough to actually send an email about it, it really never crosses my mind whether or not the writer responded to previous emails. Because it's all about me and my needs, and my need is to gush about the story. *g*
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