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Dec. 12th, 2006
response to feedback etiquette
Dec. 12th, 2006 12:27 pmSo ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
liviapenn is sparking an interesting thread on how to feedback. And this sparked another thought in me: how to respond to feedback.
I happen to think that it behooves an author to reply politely to every single one of the feedback comments she gets, even to those comments she may find stupid or bland. Whether long or short or gushing or terse, every single comment (I think) deserves a reply, no matter how much trouble this is for the author, especially in cases where the author has ended up posting a 'fic that ate fandom' or somesuch.
But not everybody thinks that way. So: as author, do you
1) leave responses to feedback on principle?
2) leave responses to some feedback but not to all, and if so, which kinds of feedback do you tend to comment on? Detailed? Critical? Gushing? Unusual? Feedback from Friends?
3) leave no response at all, and if so, why? Do you read the feedback and not respond? Or do you not read it, and if not, why not?
I know there is one author at least, I've now forgotten who this was, who states categorically in her userinfo that she won't respond to feedback but reads it all. I found this quite helpful because at least I didn't have to feel singled out as the only one whose feedback was ignored and at least I knew my feedback was going to be read. But I still was puzzled as to why this author had chosen this modus operandi, and I was also annoyed and resolved not to read any more of her fics.
Although, as I have pointed out elsewhere, I will sometimes continue to read an author's fics on the sly, after that author has not responded to several of my feedbacks. But then what good is reading on the sly to an author? Don't we all want the feedback?
And: as reader, do you
1) not really care one way or the other if the author responds to your feedback?
2) get upset if the author does not respond, and take it personally?
3) keep nudging the author until you do get them to respond, and (out of interest's sake) how do you go about doing that and getting your success rate in the response department up?
4) scroll through the comments page to figure out which of the feedbacks have got responses and feel paranoid and singled out because yours has been ignored?
liviapenn is sparking an interesting thread on how to feedback. And this sparked another thought in me: how to respond to feedback.I happen to think that it behooves an author to reply politely to every single one of the feedback comments she gets, even to those comments she may find stupid or bland. Whether long or short or gushing or terse, every single comment (I think) deserves a reply, no matter how much trouble this is for the author, especially in cases where the author has ended up posting a 'fic that ate fandom' or somesuch.
But not everybody thinks that way. So: as author, do you
1) leave responses to feedback on principle?
2) leave responses to some feedback but not to all, and if so, which kinds of feedback do you tend to comment on? Detailed? Critical? Gushing? Unusual? Feedback from Friends?
3) leave no response at all, and if so, why? Do you read the feedback and not respond? Or do you not read it, and if not, why not?
I know there is one author at least, I've now forgotten who this was, who states categorically in her userinfo that she won't respond to feedback but reads it all. I found this quite helpful because at least I didn't have to feel singled out as the only one whose feedback was ignored and at least I knew my feedback was going to be read. But I still was puzzled as to why this author had chosen this modus operandi, and I was also annoyed and resolved not to read any more of her fics.
Although, as I have pointed out elsewhere, I will sometimes continue to read an author's fics on the sly, after that author has not responded to several of my feedbacks. But then what good is reading on the sly to an author? Don't we all want the feedback?
And: as reader, do you
1) not really care one way or the other if the author responds to your feedback?
2) get upset if the author does not respond, and take it personally?
3) keep nudging the author until you do get them to respond, and (out of interest's sake) how do you go about doing that and getting your success rate in the response department up?
4) scroll through the comments page to figure out which of the feedbacks have got responses and feel paranoid and singled out because yours has been ignored?