You make a lot of points I agree with. 1. Old story archiving would naturally get fewer hits and even fewer comments or kudos than new stuff. 2. Taste and mood have as much to do with what we read or like as quality, if not more. It's no judgment against, say, a good time shift or het or established relationship story that I don't read them. It's not my flavor of the thing is all. Like you, I've seen stories I think are poor that get a lot of good reaction, and vice versa - so it's in large part simply about taste. 3. Younger fandoms. See, that might be the real niggle. The in-passing stroke that leaves the stroker satisfied he or she has done the right thing. That's so Facebook. So modern. 4. The challenge thing. Yes. That's about a sense of community above all else, I think. If I'm involved, I try to be supportive and quash my tendency to criticize. That's a part of why I tend not to get involved in those things - I'm not actually comfortable in that role.
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1. Old story archiving would naturally get fewer hits and even fewer comments or kudos than new stuff.
2. Taste and mood have as much to do with what we read or like as quality, if not more. It's no judgment against, say, a good time shift or het or established relationship story that I don't read them. It's not my flavor of the thing is all. Like you, I've seen stories I think are poor that get a lot of good reaction, and vice versa - so it's in large part simply about taste.
3. Younger fandoms. See, that might be the real niggle. The in-passing stroke that leaves the stroker satisfied he or she has done the right thing. That's so Facebook. So modern.
4. The challenge thing. Yes. That's about a sense of community above all else, I think. If I'm involved, I try to be supportive and quash my tendency to criticize. That's a part of why I tend not to get involved in those things - I'm not actually comfortable in that role.