Okay, I'm going to amend the above to include one other feedback option:
Feedback?: Tell me you love me (puppy dog eyes) :>
I think this is legitimate. You're asking for positive reinforcement, and, to me at least, is fairly clear that you're excluding concrit. I think that's fine. Like Mahaliem said, fanfic writers do what they do for a variety of reasons. Some want concrit, some don't, and again, that is just fine. My point is fairly simple; if writers would think about the 'feedback' section and be honest when they fill in that box, then readers know what's okay and what's not, and if they're civil will respect that request. Again, flamers are just outside the range of civil, and mod or comm intervention is probably needed for that. But if you knew the writer didn't want feedback at all, or at least no concrit/critique/review in particular, then choosing the appropriate option for the feedback segment would have given you all the information you needed to make the right choice and *not* receive a mod scolding.
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on 2008-12-21 08:15 pm (UTC)Feedback?: Tell me you love me (puppy dog eyes) :>
I think this is legitimate. You're asking for positive reinforcement, and, to me at least, is fairly clear that you're excluding concrit. I think that's fine. Like Mahaliem said, fanfic writers do what they do for a variety of reasons. Some want concrit, some don't, and again, that is just fine. My point is fairly simple; if writers would think about the 'feedback' section and be honest when they fill in that box, then readers know what's okay and what's not, and if they're civil will respect that request. Again, flamers are just outside the range of civil, and mod or comm intervention is probably needed for that. But if you knew the writer didn't want feedback at all, or at least no concrit/critique/review in particular, then choosing the appropriate option for the feedback segment would have given you all the information you needed to make the right choice and *not* receive a mod scolding.