Well, I'd hope if people are taking the trouble to both read something and then to review it that they're getting something out of it.
I've never said reviewing per se is Bad or Wrong or Stunts People's Creative Flow (all of which I've seen as comments around fandom as a whole).
Does the site in question initiate a dialogue between reviewer and writer (or other members of fandom)? Dunno. I haven't really been engaged enough by it to try and trawl through to see.
Should there be more reviewing of fic? Probably, though there seems to be a conspiracy of niceness in a lot of fandoms that means it's unlikely to happen. The whole 'if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all' approach, which means cheerleading and feedback get confused, as do criticism and flames.
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carisma_sensei
Re: Getting your jollies...
Date: 2002-08-14 07:19 am (UTC)I've never said reviewing per se is Bad or Wrong or Stunts People's Creative Flow (all of which I've seen as comments around fandom as a whole).
Does the site in question initiate a dialogue between reviewer and writer (or other members of fandom)? Dunno. I haven't really been engaged enough by it to try and trawl through to see.
Should there be more reviewing of fic? Probably, though there seems to be a conspiracy of niceness in a lot of fandoms that means it's unlikely to happen. The whole 'if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all' approach, which means cheerleading and feedback get confused, as do criticism and flames.
Different strokes for different folks, I suppose.