I love fandom, I do.

[fightingthecage]

I don't think I like the stats thingy on journals now. I've only just realised they exist. Checking out the loads of people that have visited my fic journal, and not left comments = me going, 'do I suck, or what?'

But then I remember that loads of people read and don't comment, and I've been guilty of it myself in the past. These days, I seriously try to leave a comment if I like something, or even if I've just read it, unless there are things about it that I'm trying to get my head around. I guess it's just an instance of me wishing everyone did the same. But! Never mind. Onwards and upwards. I imagine the key is to write better, and that's always the goal, right?

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[ceitfianna]

Yes, this so much. I recently posted a fic and so far I know people are looking at it on Archive of our Own and probably my own journal but no comments. It's making me antsy.

[mmexlibris]

This is an age old problem in fandom, I suppose because the bulk of content-consumers are also content-creators, which gives us a unique platform to complain from. In truth, in any online community, only 10% of the overall population ever becomes content- contributors and only 1% ever participates. (Lurkers are the norm, not the exeption.) So if you're getting 100 hits for every 1 comment, you're in the "acceptable" range.

I know, it still sucks. We're fandom; we can do better, right? Cue the cycle up again.