Re: Contact mods or no?

(Anonymous) 2019-12-26 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
“Hey heads up, you broke the rules by not including my characters. Someone else may be mad but I don’t care.” will likely have the mods coming to yell at *you* even if you are right. That is not normal concrit or a non-positive note on the fic, it is someone other than the mods acting like they are a mod by telling you the rules.

Re: Contact mods or no?

(Anonymous) 2019-12-26 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
Really?? Okay, I believe you. I've never done that but I've also never realized there was a rule against talking about the rules.

Re: Contact mods or no?

(Anonymous) 2019-12-26 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
I guess it never occurred to you that this discussion could occur in a way that wasn't quite that ridiculous. "Hey, I really liked my fic, and I personally have no complaints about it, but I suspect you might be new to the Yuletide and matching system, so I wanted to give you a heads-up for future years that generally you're expected to give more equal screen time to both requested characters. Once again, I loved this fic and am in no way complaining. I just wanted to save you potential headaches if you participate in the future, which I hope you do, because you're a great writer."

Re: Contact mods or no?

(Anonymous) 2019-12-26 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
I would a million times prefer to get a private nudge from the mods than a comment like this if I was the author. (Also, it's hella condescending.)

Re: Contact mods or no?

(Anonymous) 2019-12-26 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
In all seriousness, that's the kind of comment I'd be tempted to delete. I wouldn't want that on my fic. A brief heads-up from the mods would be vastly preferable.