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Ao3 bookmark sorter5/6/2023 Graphs = boring angry rants = awesome.Some people are angry/indignant if authors feel entitled to feedback, or if fandom treats leaving feedback like an obligation.Some folks will try to guilt/harangue others into leaving more feedback. Some people are angry/indignant if readers don’t leave feedback for authors – it’s seen by some as the reader’s role in a gift economy.Some readers bestow kudos very liberally, on most things they read and don’t actively dislike.(Nobody said exactly that I’m inferring, perhaps incorrectly.) Some readers only want to leave kudos or comments works that they find particularly outstanding… Some of them seem to feel their kudos is an endorsement with a lot of weight, and that they don’t want to water it down/make it less special by giving feedback on things they don’t really love.But a bunch of these folks still find feedback encouraging. Some authors are writing mostly for themselves and will post with or without feedback.Some authors don’t update their fics unless they get a bunch of comments/reviews – they don’t see the point if there isn’t any demand.Some authors feel entitled to feedback – to them it’s fair and expected compensation for their work.Some commenters get anxiety about leaving comments or don’t have anything to say and love the kudos button.Some authors don’t like big numbers of hits without any feedback they mostly value high kudos/hits or comments/hits ratios.Some authors value high hit counts even when few people leave feedback.Some authors value recommendations made outside of AO3 – sometimes even more than feedback directly to them.
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