Now that I'm done (possibly) getting replies and back and forth arguments (nothing says you're enjoying an argument and totally not upset like blocking the other person ^_^), I realize that I've actually been getting some really weird replies.
Well, for one thing, people are more willing to use review-reply now, and PMs (god, but I hate those), but that's just expected, because it's been around longer and everyone's had time to get familiar with it. For another, though, I think I'm approaching a fifty/fifty split between people who respond favorably and those who don't (it still has no connection to how nice/mean I am, interestingly). Which is pretty bizarre because it's normally somewhere below one out of ten favorable.
Perhaps an anomaly? I'll have to see next week.
Edit: Although I'm disappointed to say that the tactic of responding to a review by making shit up about what you intended the story to be about and the direction you're planning to take it is alive and well.
Well, for one thing, people are more willing to use review-reply now, and PMs (god, but I hate those), but that's just expected, because it's been around longer and everyone's had time to get familiar with it. For another, though, I think I'm approaching a fifty/fifty split between people who respond favorably and those who don't (it still has no connection to how nice/mean I am, interestingly). Which is pretty bizarre because it's normally somewhere below one out of ten favorable.
Perhaps an anomaly? I'll have to see next week.
Edit: Although I'm disappointed to say that the tactic of responding to a review by making shit up about what you intended the story to be about and the direction you're planning to take it is alive and well.