Re: What a piece of work is recip

(Anonymous) 2019-12-27 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I've had one person come back after leaving a placeholder comment, so I don't find them all that useful. I'm fine with short comments, but if the options are placeholder and potentially nothing else or several days, or even a week or two, with no comment and then a good comment, I'll take the second.

People don't always have time to comment in the first 48 hours, especially when exchanges open mid-week, around the holidays, or especially both. It's no skin off my nose to realize they might have life things going on and not get mad at them (or whatever emotion goes with calling them a piece of work). I know that doesn't work for everyone.

Re: What a piece of work is recip

(Anonymous) 2019-12-27 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Seriously. I wasn't able to comment on my gifts until this morning, but my writer was already complaining on tumblr about it. Like...sorry I had to work and then go do family stuff and was too tired to read and comment when I finally had a moment to myself?

Re: What a piece of work is recip

(Anonymous) 2019-12-27 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Complaining on Tumblr -- so they not only were complaining 48 hours in, but also de-anon'd themselves to do so?

Re: What a piece of work is recip

(Anonymous) 2019-12-27 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah and there was only one fic in the fandom for Yuletide so it was obviously theirs.

Re: What a piece of work is recip

(Anonymous) 2019-12-27 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
It's the difference between being the writer who thinks you'll only get a placeholder then nothing and being the recip leaving the placeholder who does come back with a second or even a third or fourth comment later should I fill up the comment box. (I do, even with the update.) In this case, we're talking about recips in this thread who wait until later to comment. Pro tip: if that's you, don't spend a lot of time in namespace on Discord saying the same thing. I've had recips I could see dicking around on Discord for days before finally commenting late in the anon period, and not one of those left a comment at the end which was worth waiting for. The best commenters seem to show up between 24 and 48 hours after reveals.