The thing about LJ and fanfic

[superbadgirl]

I just realized a major reason I don't like LJ as a medium for fanfiction: feedback. It's usually impossible to leave constructive criticism on a fic put out on LJ without looking like a complete jerk. How do you tell someone they've fucked up lose/loose (again, for the millionth time), typed empathize instead of emphasize and ask them what the hell an "emasculated hand" is supposed to be, anyway and hint that they might have meant revelled, not revealed? I've thought aobut doing it anonymously, but it's still out there for everyone to see...and even if the corrections are well-intentioned, it still looks mean.

It's very awkward, and there doesn't seem to be a way to send feedback privately, unless you go to the author's user info page and dig around for an email or something.

Another reason I don't like LJ - it's cumbersome. If you read anything of length, it has to be broken up into parts and you can't really go on to part whatever - you have to read, then go back and find part whatever. It's annoying.

So there.

Comments

[captain-tiv.livejournal.com]

I still can't figure out how to find fanfic on LJ. I'm not a very knowledgeable user on LJ. :(

[superbadgirl]

I can figure it out, but I find it wholly annoying. And even LJ communities have a disjointed feel to them, to me.