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dragonlady7via http://bomberqueen17.tumblr.com/post/153037947069:deputychairman replied to your post “Oh my god I would definitely really ask questions about Found Cat….”
Relatedly, can I just add that I always enjoy reading your answers and thoughts here but then all I do is click ‘like’ like a lurker and contribute absolutely nothing. Sorry about that.
Oh, but that was the point I was awkwardly trying to make, a bit– for many people, that’s the level of interaction they can muster. And I surely don’t mind that, I love that there are so many types of social media that encourage that level of commitment– that “i read it, I hear you, I support you, I have nothing in particular to add” level, you know? And actually when I look at my Activity page, as I frequently do because otherwise you miss shit like crazy on this damn site, you’re often in my top 4 interaction-people, and it means a lot, because you’re super-cool and then I feel like maybe I’m cool too.
So there’s nothing wrong with that level of interaction, at all, and that’s usually just about as much as I can muster in return (and by the way I lovingly reread your Oscar-And-Domhnall RPF fic and of course tried to kudos it again the other day, which did nothing, and was thinking of leaving a comment but there were exactly 69 comments on it already and while I was sniggering about that, and trying to remember if I’d already left one, my browser crashed because it does that like, thrice daily, so like, pot, kettle, and so much for that hits-to-kudos ratio y’know?). Especially if I’m stuck on my phone, where replies aren’t available to me and messaging is prohibitively difficult and asks are like, I’m sure I can do it but I don’t know how, I refuse to use the goddamn app.
So my point was, doing something (like taking prompts or soliciting asks etc) that requires one’s audience to engage at a higher level than likes or kudos is kind of– I don’t know how to phrase it, it’s not exactly as trite as setting yourself up for disappointment or that kind of thing, it’s just kind of– putting yourself out there, I suppose, and even if you have the best readers in the world (ahem, y’all), there’s still a pretty significant chance that you’ll fall short on the amount of a response that you’d really need to make yourself feel good about such an endeavor, y’know?
So I’m wasting a lot of thought and blather on whether/how to structure such a thing to make it easy for people to engage at the level they’d need to. You know? Being like “hey who wants more of this AU!” is going to get you maybe a lot of “yay” responses, but that’s not a good hook to hang anything on unless you already had stuff ready in your head. Being like “ok ask me incredibly specific questions” is kind of taxing your readers a lot more than is warranted. And being like “I’m going to tell you what I want to tell you regardless” is just attention-fishing, then; go ahead and tell people shit without requiring them to ask you, you knob. There’s a fine line here, and other people who are better at interaction seem to have no problem with it.
Relatedly, can I just add that I always enjoy reading your answers and thoughts here but then all I do is click ‘like’ like a lurker and contribute absolutely nothing. Sorry about that.
Oh, but that was the point I was awkwardly trying to make, a bit– for many people, that’s the level of interaction they can muster. And I surely don’t mind that, I love that there are so many types of social media that encourage that level of commitment– that “i read it, I hear you, I support you, I have nothing in particular to add” level, you know? And actually when I look at my Activity page, as I frequently do because otherwise you miss shit like crazy on this damn site, you’re often in my top 4 interaction-people, and it means a lot, because you’re super-cool and then I feel like maybe I’m cool too.
So there’s nothing wrong with that level of interaction, at all, and that’s usually just about as much as I can muster in return (and by the way I lovingly reread your Oscar-And-Domhnall RPF fic and of course tried to kudos it again the other day, which did nothing, and was thinking of leaving a comment but there were exactly 69 comments on it already and while I was sniggering about that, and trying to remember if I’d already left one, my browser crashed because it does that like, thrice daily, so like, pot, kettle, and so much for that hits-to-kudos ratio y’know?). Especially if I’m stuck on my phone, where replies aren’t available to me and messaging is prohibitively difficult and asks are like, I’m sure I can do it but I don’t know how, I refuse to use the goddamn app.
So my point was, doing something (like taking prompts or soliciting asks etc) that requires one’s audience to engage at a higher level than likes or kudos is kind of– I don’t know how to phrase it, it’s not exactly as trite as setting yourself up for disappointment or that kind of thing, it’s just kind of– putting yourself out there, I suppose, and even if you have the best readers in the world (ahem, y’all), there’s still a pretty significant chance that you’ll fall short on the amount of a response that you’d really need to make yourself feel good about such an endeavor, y’know?
So I’m wasting a lot of thought and blather on whether/how to structure such a thing to make it easy for people to engage at the level they’d need to. You know? Being like “hey who wants more of this AU!” is going to get you maybe a lot of “yay” responses, but that’s not a good hook to hang anything on unless you already had stuff ready in your head. Being like “ok ask me incredibly specific questions” is kind of taxing your readers a lot more than is warranted. And being like “I’m going to tell you what I want to tell you regardless” is just attention-fishing, then; go ahead and tell people shit without requiring them to ask you, you knob. There’s a fine line here, and other people who are better at interaction seem to have no problem with it.
