Srs Bsn Poll: Linking vs Commenting

[trouble]

So, let's say you've created the Platonic Ideal of Internet Something. You've made the most awesome vid ever, your artwork is so awesome it's making grown Annas weep, you've written the most awesome blog post ever on an important subject, your fic is the best thing since sliced bread and maybe even before... You know, the sort of stuff that people link, comment on, and discuss.

Noting, of course, that every Awesome Thing is going to get negative as well as positive commentary, what do you think about people who just link with 'Go see this, it's awesome' (or even lengthy additional commentary) versus people who comment to say "This was awesome, thank you!". Or do you prefer people to do both? And what about people who think what you've created is awful and you should feel awful? Comment? Link? Both? Neither?

I'm genuinely curious what people think and feel about it in regards to themselves.

Poll #4287 SRS BSN

Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 44

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Assuming Positive: Linking vs Commenting: Fight!

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Linking is awesomer than Commenting!
6 (13.6%)

Commenting is better than Linking!
1 (2.3%)

Link AND Comment! Two great tastes that taste great together
34 (77.3%)

I am deep in Not Caring Country and I'm not coming back
3 (6.8%)

Assuming Negative: Linking vs Commenting

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Linking is better.
10 (23.3%)

Commenting is better.
12 (27.9%)

Link & Comment.
15 (34.9%)

Keep your negative commentary to yourself, thank you.
6 (14.0%)

Obligatory Melle question

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Maple
9 (22.5%)

Vanilla Bean
16 (40.0%)

Cinnamon Kiss
16 (40.0%)

It's like deja vu all over again....
9 (22.5%)

Other
8 (20.0%)

Turnabout being fair play, I sometimes feel woeful when something I worked really hard on gets very few comments, even if it ends up getting a lot of hits that seem to be from "positive" responses (like a recent post I did that I can see doing the rounds of twitter links, but has garnered all of three comments). And yet, I rarely comment anywhere anymore, I mostly link, and I'm not sure that all spaces are generating discussion so much as they are generating back-patting. I don't know. It's very fraught, isn't it?

In more positive news, school starts soon and I am so excited I could dance. Late night openings at the library!!!!!

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

Hmmm.

My answers are based on my own behaviors. In a perfect world, I would immediately comment on the author's platform, then link-with-explanation at my locale – for positive values. For negative values (sometimes abbreviated "point & laugh" or "link & moan" I very rarely comment at the author's because I'm rarely interested in debating on the net. (No, really).

Yeah, but in this imperfect world, I leave positive comments at the author's, and do link spams every 8 weeks or so at my place.

[trouble]

I'm really anxious about commenting when I'm logged in as Anna-from-FWD as opposed to trouble, because we're a medium-name blog and it just seems like I'm speaking For The Blog at that point, and it makes me feel uncomfortable. :(

In an ideal world, I would always tell people their posts were awesome, though.

[ironed_orchid]

This is very close to my strategy