I reply to everything, even those that are a bit rude, not many but it's obvious some times that someone hasn't enjoyed it or understood what I was doing, but still I go in and thank them for watching.
I've scrolled down and read the part where you say you don't read much in SPN, now that's the same with me, I tend not to watch many vids at all - I have this paranoia where I'm just either seeing beautiful things I can't do, things I fall out with or worried to hell I might find exactly what I'm working on and be accused of copying. I do a search on YouTube for the song and hope there aren't already 20 versions - if there are I don't do it.
However, I think this does me harm in one sense as it keeps me out of the loop as it were, most vidders and I see the same thing with authors watch and comment on each other, building up a following as it were. As I don't watch vids, I don't comment, I'm sure they get the message "Well I left HER feedback, but she doesn't leave any, so I'm not either watching or leaving any for her" It's a pretty damning and vicious circle but one I can't break as I just don't want to spoil my own creativity by watching other's output - it's stifling for me.
I do admit that when I do leave feedback on writing it's usually because there is something in the story that lifts it beyond the mundane - cruel, I should leave something for everything I read, but honestly I don't like leaving bad reviews and I can't leave a good review on a writer that doesn't know the difference between lie and lay and I'm certainly not going to come down like some grammar witch/bitch in someone's personal journal. That in itself is a bit cowardly - they won't learn if they don't know, but not many of them WANT to know as I've found out when I've very nicely pointed out the drag/drugged thing, only to be told they couldn't be bothered to look it up or change anything.
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I've scrolled down and read the part where you say you don't read much in SPN, now that's the same with me, I tend not to watch many vids at all - I have this paranoia where I'm just either seeing beautiful things I can't do, things I fall out with or worried to hell I might find exactly what I'm working on and be accused of copying. I do a search on YouTube for the song and hope there aren't already 20 versions - if there are I don't do it.
However, I think this does me harm in one sense as it keeps me out of the loop as it were, most vidders and I see the same thing with authors watch and comment on each other, building up a following as it were. As I don't watch vids, I don't comment, I'm sure they get the message "Well I left HER feedback, but she doesn't leave any, so I'm not either watching or leaving any for her" It's a pretty damning and vicious circle but one I can't break as I just don't want to spoil my own creativity by watching other's output - it's stifling for me.
I do admit that when I do leave feedback on writing it's usually because there is something in the story that lifts it beyond the mundane - cruel, I should leave something for everything I read, but honestly I don't like leaving bad reviews and I can't leave a good review on a writer that doesn't know the difference between lie and lay and I'm certainly not going to come down like some grammar witch/bitch in someone's personal journal. That in itself is a bit cowardly - they won't learn if they don't know, but not many of them WANT to know as I've found out when I've very nicely pointed out the drag/drugged thing, only to be told they couldn't be bothered to look it up or change anything.
::sigh::