don't give a damn about my bad reputation

[mad_maudlin]

Things to Do, in no particular order of precedence:

--get ahead in Anthro reading
--get ahead in L&M summaries
--study Chinese
--call home and ask parents to send up blanket and work gloves for NO trip
--finish Remixathon fic so I can get it betaed--am so nervous about this!
--get cracking on HPRWFQF fic, now that linnet_melody has vetted the bunny

Comments

[reposoir]

All of your hypotheses are correct. For me, anyway. To some degree. :)

[marginaliana]

I do think people are less likely to rec anon fic/art, but I think a lot of times people recognize each other's style if they are friends, so recs do happen that way (side note: I'm terrible at recognizing style and being able to pick authors/artists in things like anon exchanges - but I think many of the well known people in fandom are good at that sort of thing and they all recognize each other).

Perhaps some people give strangers more honest feedback, but I think they're the minority (at least in terms of thoughtful feedback - if we're talking "slash sucks!" as feedback, then that's a whole other kettle of fish). I think the majority of people who give thoughtful feedback these days are fully aware of the "to concrit or not to concrit" controversy, and thus are less lively to be honest with strangers (at least in public reviews).

I do think people feel obligated to feedback their friends and expect the same, but it's not necessarily always positive gushing feedback.

[prillalar]

Your options are all so reasonable, I can't rule any of them out!

I do think people feel a certain amount of obligation in reading and sending fb to friends. I know I do. (Not that I would say I liked something if I really didn't.) And I admit that there are people I do expect a certain amount of fb from as well. LJ is such a web of relationships, it's not surprising it would be this was.

As well, giving fb and responding to fb is really a way to connect with someone. With an anon fic, there isn't the same connection.

With anon exchanges, I think it's really down to the popularity of the exchange. With Yuletide, a lot of people want to make sure they get their recs done before the reveal. And people rec a *lot*. It's like a winter sport.

[mad_maudlin]

Hee, is competative reccing the breakout sport of the Fandom Olympics?

I hadn't thought of feedback-as-connection; I guess it can be more intimidating to fling a review at a blank wall, essentially, versus sending it to a "face," even a stranger's. Hmm.