First of all, thank you and all the tag wranglers and pinch hitters. You all make this exchange such a lovely experience, year in and year out.
Now, I will cop to be a person who isn't that fond of the anon period -- although I think it was shorter this year than previously? I was happy about that! I have two basic reasons for that -- one is that we're essentially writing original fic here, and ofic is a very hard sell on AO3 in the best of times. To have it anon, on top of that, makes it even harder. Because, well, I'm dying to talk about this story I just wrote. I want to tell my friends, I want to tell the world! Waiting for a week or so do it is hard, especially if your work isn't particularly popular, which, given the tininess of the fandoms, wouldn't be a surprise.
Anon periods let me brood over the perceived flaws in the story too much, and in the end, I don't enjoy sharing it as much as I would've without waiting. But that's me, and I'm aware that I'm weird and strange.
As a reader, I don't care one way or the other. I barely look at who the author is anyway -- my eyes are usually trained firmly on the fandom, summary and tags and whether they're relevant to my interests. If the story impresses me, then I look for who wrote it.
But I know anon periods will be a thing! Because democracy! And I'm honestly okay with that. But that's just my two cents.
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Date: 2015-06-11 03:56 am (UTC)Now, I will cop to be a person who isn't that fond of the anon period -- although I think it was shorter this year than previously? I was happy about that! I have two basic reasons for that -- one is that we're essentially writing original fic here, and ofic is a very hard sell on AO3 in the best of times. To have it anon, on top of that, makes it even harder. Because, well, I'm dying to talk about this story I just wrote. I want to tell my friends, I want to tell the world! Waiting for a week or so do it is hard, especially if your work isn't particularly popular, which, given the tininess of the fandoms, wouldn't be a surprise.
Anon periods let me brood over the perceived flaws in the story too much, and in the end, I don't enjoy sharing it as much as I would've without waiting. But that's me, and I'm aware that I'm weird and strange.
As a reader, I don't care one way or the other. I barely look at who the author is anyway -- my eyes are usually trained firmly on the fandom, summary and tags and whether they're relevant to my interests. If the story impresses me, then I look for who wrote it.
But I know anon periods will be a thing! Because democracy! And I'm honestly okay with that. But that's just my two cents.