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lomedet ([personal profile] lomedet) wrote in [community profile] podficmeta2010-01-21 12:23 pm
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podfic feedback: how (when, why) do you do it?

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?
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[personal profile] winkingstar 2010-01-21 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Any feedback is valuable! As a reader, I know that most people don't come back to leave feedback because of all the reasons mentioned above--podfic is portable, so by its nature it's listened to away from an easy means of leaving feedback. So when someone does come back to leave a comment after listening, I treasure it, even if it's just "Thanks, I loved this!" I know it takes extra effort to leave feedback for a podfic, so I'm pleased whenever someone takes that effort. :)