podfic feedback: how (when, why) do you do it?

[lomedet]

Amplirecathon is making me think about podfic, feedback, and me. Or, more accurately, about how much I love podfic and how that love is in no way represented by the amount of feedback (read: very, very little) I have left for podfic readers or the authors of stories I have discovered through podfic.

My process for listening to podfic goes something like this: I download a story from the archive or from a link on a podfic community. I close the download tab. I load the story on to my ipod. Then, hours or days later, I listen to the story as I'm riding on or waiting for a bus. Or maybe doing dishes or folding laundry. In any event, I listen to the story when I am far away from my computer, and even if I'm not physically so far away from my computer, I've already clicked away from or closed the page which tells me where I can leave feedback for the author or the reader. And I am lazy, so I don't usually think about going back to look for it when I have the opportunity.

I am contrasting this process with that of reading fanfic, where if I am moved by a story when I finish it, I can click a button and let the author know how I feel right then and there.

So, I want to know: what do y'all do? Have you come up with a successful strategy for leaving feedback that doesn't feel unduly labor-intensive? Have you given up on direct feedback in favor of recs? If you do go back and leave podfic feedback, does it feel strange to do so at a remove from your immediate response? Am I missing something totally obvious that will make my feedback-leaving life ten times easier?

Comments

[luzula]

I actually often go back to leave feedback, especially on stories in my fandom (due South). I think it's partly a factor of not listening to huge amounts of podfic, since I'm not into any of the large podfic fandoms like SGA, J2, or SPN. If I listen to fewer stories, it's easier to remember to go back and leave feedback. I also have more of an incentive to leave feedback within my own fandom, because then it's within my local fannish community, where I might already know the person who did the recording. And if I don't know them and they're just starting out, I want to encourage them to do more. Also, it might be easier for me to leave feedback since I'm a podficcer and I know what I'd want to hear feedback about.

[lomedet]

I listen to a lot of podfic (~8 hours of bus commuting every week) in more fandoms than I actively read or consider myself a part of (right now, Steph the iPod contains stories in J2, SGA, bandom, The Breakfast Club, AI8, AI7, Merlin, Leverage, and at least a couple more that I'm forgetting) so encouraging readers in my fandom doesn't work as a motivation for me. The idea of encouraging readers whose readings I like, though, especially if they're just starting out, seems like a good and important thing to keep in mind.