Feedback etiquette

[superbadgirl]

Out of curiosity, to any writers, vidders, icon makers, etc - do you respond to all feedback comments you get?

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I'm curious, because I really strive to give a quick thanks...but have often in the past not received the same courtesy from others. I know, really, there's no obligation (especially on those stupid ff.net stories which garner a ridiculous amount of "reviews"), but I also find it kind of rude when an author/vidder/icon maker doesn't respond at all. It rankles, too, when the author begs for feedback, and then doesn't thank people for stroking her ego, often without merit doing so.

Comments

[kaleecat]

I respond should I get feedback, but occasionally one slips through the cracks--that happens more with list fb than on LJ. I think I've only gotten feedback on an archived story once.

I admit, I'm not as good about leaving feedback as I used to be. If a story really hits me I will write an off-list feedback letter. The archives I visit that have instant review I'm hit or miss. I get really really cranky with the 'review or I won't update' & other such demands related to review counts, especially when there is no acknowledgment or response to those. But then I get aggravated by FFnet, for example, & how author's spend half a chapter responding to reviews so I'm apparently hard to please. ;-)

[superbadgirl]

It's really hard to get motivated to leave feedback when there's no response, isn't it? I suppose it doesn't mean I'm right in withholding - that doesn't stop the vicious cycle.

I could go on and on about the feedback blackmail phenomenon. Sure, I'd LOVE to get more feedback than I do, but begging for it is so degrading to everyone involved.