As an entirely inconsequential sometime writer, I won't invest the time to upload anything to AO3. But as a periodically prolific reader of the sort that reads to alleviate stress when work gets completely mad, I LOVE AO3. The Kudos button is worth its amouny of pixels and code in gold to me.
There are periods where I'll read fanfic as my main non-work activity (questionable, I know, but nevertheless ...), and during those periods my mind is often too frazzled to produce any in-depth commentary. And while I realise that a thought-through comment is infinitely more worth than a kudos ping, I figure a kudos ping is worth infinitely more than a page hit without comment. So while I feel bad about my abysmal comment rates at times, I hugely appreciate the easy appreciation option. I COULD comment with a short "liked this", but that's more ambiguous, IME. (Why is the comment so short? Is it meant as sarcasm? If they really like it, why didn't they specify what bits they liked? Is my fic mediocre, to only warrant a short comment, or is it so complex they couldn't manage anything else but still wanted to show appreciation? Are they taking the piss? Does this IP feature multiple times? Is it a sock? WHY NO MORE WORDS? Am I going mad? IS ANYBODY OUT THERE?)
I'm only a guest user at AO3, if you happen to have any spare invite codes I'd be very interested. :)
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Date: 2012-03-06 10:42 pm (UTC)As an entirely inconsequential sometime writer, I won't invest the time to upload anything to AO3. But as a periodically prolific reader of the sort that reads to alleviate stress when work gets completely mad, I LOVE AO3. The Kudos button is worth its amouny of pixels and code in gold to me.
There are periods where I'll read fanfic as my main non-work activity (questionable, I know, but nevertheless ...), and during those periods my mind is often too frazzled to produce any in-depth commentary. And while I realise that a thought-through comment is infinitely more worth than a kudos ping, I figure a kudos ping is worth infinitely more than a page hit without comment. So while I feel bad about my abysmal comment rates at times, I hugely appreciate the easy appreciation option. I COULD comment with a short "liked this", but that's more ambiguous, IME. (Why is the comment so short? Is it meant as sarcasm? If they really like it, why didn't they specify what bits they liked? Is my fic mediocre, to only warrant a short comment, or is it so complex they couldn't manage anything else but still wanted to show appreciation? Are they taking the piss? Does this IP feature multiple times? Is it a sock? WHY NO MORE WORDS? Am I going mad? IS ANYBODY OUT THERE?)
I'm only a guest user at AO3, if you happen to have any spare invite codes I'd be very interested. :)