Misc thoughts about comments etc on fanworks

(Based on recent discussions and also being inundated with them recently. Don't know if anyone cares but it was good to get them all down)

I love comments, but I am totally cool with people reading/looking at my stuff and not commenting if they don't feel inspired to. "I liked this" or indepth thinky, it's all good. I am also ok with people bookmarking/favoriting/reccing etc without commenting (it means even more people might see it!), though if you rec me somewhere I might not see would like to be told because it's a chance to feel more special (..probably don't tell me if you write a rant about how much my stuff sucks)

I am not very good at leaving comments myself, especially on vids since there's that gap between downloading and watching.

Thinking about what gets the most response, quality helps (as much as I can judge it), but fandom and type of work, plus of course where it gets linked etc, can make the difference between 50 hits and 1000. Challenges like yuletart get WAY more responses.
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