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metafandom about commenting or lack thereof on AO3, and a while ago there was meta somewhere speculating about what the Next Big Transition would be for fandom in terms of hosting and whatnot. So of course, I had thoughts, and couldn't be bothered to read all the comments in the original posts to enter the conversation at an appropriate place.
I don't think AO3 is NBT from journal sites, message boards, and existing archives. (I don't think it's intended to be?) It's a (hopefully) better implementation of the existing things we have and love/hate. It's possible that AO3 could be in the NBT borderlands though, depending on how they choose to implement hosting of non-text fanworks.
I've got twitter filed in my facebook/news box, but Tumblr seems to have more potential to be a fandomy communication tool. The problem for me is that it feels like it's all propagation and no feedback. It is entirely possible that I am wrong about this. I have a Tumblr, because I have pretty much an everything, but I don't follow any Tumblr accounts, and I don't really know how the whole thing works when you're in it.
Anyway, comments:
Personally, I am equally as likely to comment on a story in a journal or on an archive with a comment feature (including Walking the Plank, fanfiction.net, or More Than That, back when I was reading The Office fic) but I don't think I've ever used an email link to send someone a comment from their webpage or an archive. (I'm also equally as likely to rec without having commented as I am to comment without reccing, or to throw bookmarking into the mix there somewhere, depending on whether I'm feeling socially lazy or publication lazy that day.)
I think my commenting behavior is an artifact of the fact that my first fandoms were active on LiveJournal, but it's also an extension of my blogging behavior. If I have a thought of my own that I want a response about, I will pick up the phone and call someone, or for fandom people, e-mail/private message. If I want to just throw something out there, so that I remember it, or for it to be appreciated (or not), it goes to Facebook or to an entry here.
Most of the time, my commenting on fic is in that second "throw something out there" mode. Even if someone has specifically included an e-mail address to send comments to, I think sending one would feel almost transgressive to me, unless it was someone I interacted with frequently. Because I skip fandoms so often, that's not very many people. Hrm.
Yeah, on reflection, my mental e-mail boxes are definitely "spam" "notifications of things I care about" and "important personal conversations"
The other thing that I hadn't considered until today is how much people are accustomed to the use of icons in commenting on LJ. For the most part, I'll use a fandom-appropriate icon on fic comments, if I have one, but I also have generic "I like this" type icons.
Most of my journal icons have been chosen for use with things I create (whether that's a bunch of links, a complaint, or a creative work) rather than for things I respond to. I don't miss having icons at all when I'm commenting on an archive.
Also, another thought. Has anyone ever gotten one of the keymash/capslock/OMGILOVETHIS type comments in a non-journal environment? I don't think I have, and I wonder whether that's a factor of the venue itself, or just of my sample (size) so far.
(Have just realized that I am now one of those people who reads a metafandom entry and then makes my own entry with my two-cent contribution to the topic. At least it's not about Mary Sues.)
metafandom about commenting or lack thereof on AO3, and a while ago there was meta somewhere speculating about what the Next Big Transition would be for fandom in terms of hosting and whatnot. So of course, I had thoughts, and couldn't be bothered to read all the comments in the original posts to enter the conversation at an appropriate place.I don't think AO3 is NBT from journal sites, message boards, and existing archives. (I don't think it's intended to be?) It's a (hopefully) better implementation of the existing things we have and love/hate. It's possible that AO3 could be in the NBT borderlands though, depending on how they choose to implement hosting of non-text fanworks.
I've got twitter filed in my facebook/news box, but Tumblr seems to have more potential to be a fandomy communication tool. The problem for me is that it feels like it's all propagation and no feedback. It is entirely possible that I am wrong about this. I have a Tumblr, because I have pretty much an everything, but I don't follow any Tumblr accounts, and I don't really know how the whole thing works when you're in it.
Anyway, comments:
Personally, I am equally as likely to comment on a story in a journal or on an archive with a comment feature (including Walking the Plank, fanfiction.net, or More Than That, back when I was reading The Office fic) but I don't think I've ever used an email link to send someone a comment from their webpage or an archive. (I'm also equally as likely to rec without having commented as I am to comment without reccing, or to throw bookmarking into the mix there somewhere, depending on whether I'm feeling socially lazy or publication lazy that day.)
I think my commenting behavior is an artifact of the fact that my first fandoms were active on LiveJournal, but it's also an extension of my blogging behavior. If I have a thought of my own that I want a response about, I will pick up the phone and call someone, or for fandom people, e-mail/private message. If I want to just throw something out there, so that I remember it, or for it to be appreciated (or not), it goes to Facebook or to an entry here.
Most of the time, my commenting on fic is in that second "throw something out there" mode. Even if someone has specifically included an e-mail address to send comments to, I think sending one would feel almost transgressive to me, unless it was someone I interacted with frequently. Because I skip fandoms so often, that's not very many people. Hrm.
Yeah, on reflection, my mental e-mail boxes are definitely "spam" "notifications of things I care about" and "important personal conversations"
The other thing that I hadn't considered until today is how much people are accustomed to the use of icons in commenting on LJ. For the most part, I'll use a fandom-appropriate icon on fic comments, if I have one, but I also have generic "I like this" type icons.
Most of my journal icons have been chosen for use with things I create (whether that's a bunch of links, a complaint, or a creative work) rather than for things I respond to. I don't miss having icons at all when I'm commenting on an archive.
Also, another thought. Has anyone ever gotten one of the keymash/capslock/OMGILOVETHIS type comments in a non-journal environment? I don't think I have, and I wonder whether that's a factor of the venue itself, or just of my sample (size) so far.
(Have just realized that I am now one of those people who reads a metafandom entry and then makes my own entry with my two-cent contribution to the topic. At least it's not about Mary Sues.)
