Wanted feature: concrit comments
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ao3someI've been considering what AO3 could do that's unique & different from other archives, rather than just "improve searches" and "more display options" which are indeed nifty goals, but I was trying to think of something different.
And I realized one of the reasons I sometimes don't leave comments is that I want to leave concrit/corrections, which some authors welcome, but it feels really really *weird* to say, "there's an obscene typo in paragraph 3, and also the dog's name was Indiana, not Illinois," and have that left in the comment stream for all future readers who would otherwise never know the author had a facepalm moment before fixing things.
I think I'd like something like screened comments, where the commenter could say "screen this thread." Mark it as "concrit" rather than normal-story-comment so it doesn't clutter the comment-stream, and so the purpose is obvious. I know I'd be more likely to leave critical comments for those authors who welcome them if it didn't feel like I was calling them out in front of all the other readers.
I could see there'd be options for abuse; people could leave hate speech in screened comments. But authors would have the normal option to report those; they're not much different from what people could do now.
I don't know if it's really feasible, or if there's some other way to implement it. I'd like features that encourage more feedback, of any sort; a section for "concrit goes here" for those authors who'd actively like it could be part of that. Because even with authors who avidly seek concrit and proofreading and some level of after-publication beta, it's hard to say "honey, your ESL is showing" in public, especially to a friend.
Does it sound interesting? Nifty? A feature we want next week? A horrible opportunity for vicious wank that I've somehow overlooked? This is in the "idle thoughts/brainstorm" stage, not an "I want to propose an official change" situation.
(FWIW, I'm not thinking of any particular stories or authors at the moment; I was going over some past entries in metafandom about concrit.)
And I realized one of the reasons I sometimes don't leave comments is that I want to leave concrit/corrections, which some authors welcome, but it feels really really *weird* to say, "there's an obscene typo in paragraph 3, and also the dog's name was Indiana, not Illinois," and have that left in the comment stream for all future readers who would otherwise never know the author had a facepalm moment before fixing things.
I think I'd like something like screened comments, where the commenter could say "screen this thread." Mark it as "concrit" rather than normal-story-comment so it doesn't clutter the comment-stream, and so the purpose is obvious. I know I'd be more likely to leave critical comments for those authors who welcome them if it didn't feel like I was calling them out in front of all the other readers.
I could see there'd be options for abuse; people could leave hate speech in screened comments. But authors would have the normal option to report those; they're not much different from what people could do now.
I don't know if it's really feasible, or if there's some other way to implement it. I'd like features that encourage more feedback, of any sort; a section for "concrit goes here" for those authors who'd actively like it could be part of that. Because even with authors who avidly seek concrit and proofreading and some level of after-publication beta, it's hard to say "honey, your ESL is showing" in public, especially to a friend.
Does it sound interesting? Nifty? A feature we want next week? A horrible opportunity for vicious wank that I've somehow overlooked? This is in the "idle thoughts/brainstorm" stage, not an "I want to propose an official change" situation.
(FWIW, I'm not thinking of any particular stories or authors at the moment; I was going over some past entries in metafandom about concrit.)
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Date: 2011-04-13 11:00 pm (UTC)I like this idea a lot.