Concrit poll

[eretria]

Yes, yes, I discovered polling for me. Feel free to roll your eyes. But, due to a case of (in my opinion) blatant misuse of concrit I witnessed today, I bring you this poll.

[Poll #805269]

As always, feel free to expand in comments.

Comments

[eretria.livejournal.com]

Question, though: do you do it out of the blue, or only when you think the author is one who can handle concrit and will respond well to it?

[monanotlisa.livejournal.com]

only when you think the author is one who can handle concrit and will respond well to it?

Well, I make sure to check it's not a 13-year-old girl (or boy) -- the writers I've done this to were usually writers I'd stumbled across before and found reasonable enough.

Do I start analysing their writings, LJ posts, and other utterings in order to make sure their fragile souls can handle it? No.

But then, I think harshness that's text-based and not personal is perfectly fine, and definitely desired by yours truly. I will swallow hard, and hate the critic for a moment or two, or pout, sure, but that's just an initial reaction I overcome.

Again with the caveat of the whole exchange being PRIVATE, of course: As my responses to the debate show you, I don't for a second believe all fans are equal, and that all works are judged purely by their merit. The same crappy story and the same well-reasoned critique will get very different reactions depending on who wrote either in fandom; that's just a fact of life.