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 {{http://i.imgur.com/fF9qclH.jpg|Kudos Anxiety}}Feedback on fic — whether kudos, comments, bookmarks, or recs — is a perennial source of wank (as well as useful discussion) on meme. Writers complain about readers who never leave any feedback, readers who do nothing but press the "Kudos" button on AO3, readers who leave only short comments, and readers who leave unasked-for constructive criticism (concrit). Readers complain about writers who declare their entitlement to comments but who never respond to comments or, worse, respond to them in ways that make the commenters uncomfortable. {{http://i.imgur.com/fF9qclH.jpg|Kudos Anxiety}}Feedback on fic — whether kudos, comments, bookmarks, or recs — is a perennial source of wank (as well as useful discussion) on meme. Writers complain about readers who never leave any feedback, readers who do nothing but press the "Kudos" button on AO3, readers who leave only short comments, and readers who leave unasked-for constructive criticism (concrit). Readers complain about writers who declare their entitlement to comments but who never respond to comments or, worse, respond to them in ways that make the commenters uncomfortable.
  
-In late June 2011, the OP of a subthread titled //[[fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/16264.html?thread=70057864#t70057864|"A Blow-by-Blow Account of How Much I Hated Your Story"]]// reported some random anonymous person reviewing each chapter of one of their old fics. //"Their reviews were getting increasingly hostile. They started out lukewarm toward the story, but now each review is several paragraphs of things they didn't like and backhanded compliments (Usually when people write X, they make the mistake of doing Y. But yours doesn't do that ALL the time, so I guess that's a bit better.) "// The nonny turned off anon reviews, then //"decided I didn't want the bother and [temporarily] locked the fic."// The got a passive-aggressive PM from the reviewer claiming to like the fic and asking why it was locked.+In late June 2011, the OP of a subthread titled //[[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/16264.html?thread=70057864#t70057864|"A Blow-by-Blow Account of How Much I Hated Your Story"]]// reported some random anonymous person reviewing each chapter of one of their old fics. //"Their reviews were getting increasingly hostile. They started out lukewarm toward the story, but now each review is several paragraphs of things they didn't like and backhanded compliments (Usually when people write X, they make the mistake of doing Y. But yours doesn't do that ALL the time, so I guess that's a bit better.) "// The nonny turned off anon reviews, then //"decided I didn't want the bother and [temporarily] locked the fic."// The got a passive-aggressive PM from the reviewer claiming to like the fic and asking why it was locked.
  
-This anecdote set off a long wank about whether unsolicited concrit is good or bad. On the very same page, [[fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/16264.html?thread=70075528#t70075528|a thread titled //"Do you want concrit on your fanfiction? Honestly?"//]] was equally wanky.+This anecdote set off a long wank about whether unsolicited concrit is good or bad. On the very same page, a thread titled //[[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/16264.html?thread=70075528#t70075528|"Do you want concrit on your fanfiction? Honestly?"]]// was equally wanky.
  
 In January 2012, one nonny [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/26728.html?thread=118001000#t118001000|wrote]] that In January 2012, one nonny [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/26728.html?thread=118001000#t118001000|wrote]] that
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 Late in the same month came [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/54697.html?thread=256090537#t256090537|this thread]], "concrit tips," in which the OP wondered about the etiquette of telling the author of //"a longfic I really enjoy that [it has] developed a disturbingly sexist streak."// There were quite a few constructive suggestions, but the thread also broke out into extended wank. As [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/54697.html?thread=256140713#t256140713|one nonny]] put it, //"I think the problem is that this concerns -isms. There is no polite way to point out that someone is sexist. Hense avoiding accusations."// Late in the same month came [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/54697.html?thread=256090537#t256090537|this thread]], "concrit tips," in which the OP wondered about the etiquette of telling the author of //"a longfic I really enjoy that [it has] developed a disturbingly sexist streak."// There were quite a few constructive suggestions, but the thread also broke out into extended wank. As [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/54697.html?thread=256140713#t256140713|one nonny]] put it, //"I think the problem is that this concerns -isms. There is no polite way to point out that someone is sexist. Hense avoiding accusations."//
  
-In early December 2014, a nonny graced the [[Common%20Threads|Fandom Venting]] thread with [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/113946.html?thread=579568410#cmt579568410|the following gem]]:+In early December 2014, a nonny graced the [[common-threads|Fandom Venting]] thread with [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/113946.html?thread=579568410#cmt579568410|the following gem]]:
  
 //There's something going around tumblr about how writing is hard and how dare people give unsolicitized criticism on fics and tell them "writing is easy and you deserve to be criticized even though it's a hobby" etc etc// //There's something going around tumblr about how writing is hard and how dare people give unsolicitized criticism on fics and tell them "writing is easy and you deserve to be criticized even though it's a hobby" etc etc//
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 Shockingly, this caused wank. Shockingly, this caused wank.
  
-No discussion of fic feedback wank is complete without a link to [[w/page/64446123/Kudos%20Wank|Kudos Wank]], which is not just any old wank over kudos.+No discussion of fic feedback wank is complete without a link to [[kudos-wank|Kudos Wank]], which is not just any old wank over kudos.
  
  
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