I'm not sure how many people took part who wouldn't have commented anyway. Just looking at the people who completed the table last time, it's all (bar 1?) people whose names I recognise from seeing their comments out and about. Well, that's part of the point. Since it would be pretty impossible to make them all cake, the least I can do is making them banners. And having people sign up and keep track of the comments themselves makes it easier for me to do that. :P
It'll be interesting to see how much FF affects my commenting habits when I don't have the be-a-good-mod-comment-on-everything expectation spurring me on. I wonder if the reverse will be true for me, because I haven't done much in terms of modly duties besides trying to beta-match thus far.
I never felt the comments on the fic I wrote were artificial and I didn't mind my fic being used that way. I think it helps that the challenge runs while the fic is anonymous, so it doesn't have that circle jerk effect of people only commenting on their friends' fics to make up the quota. I think this is true, too. And while some people probably went straight for the characters/pairings they like best, I think to fill out the table completely some had to be forced a little out of their comfort zone, and many people were pleasantly surprised by what else was being offered.
On a somewhat related note, I loved everyone's comments, and the diversity of fics people ended up commenting on. I think I got more reviews on my Sylar/Daphne fic than I've gotten for just about any other Heroes fic I've ever written, and I really only know of one or two shippers, so that was unexpected and exciting.
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Well, that's part of the point. Since it would be pretty impossible to make them all cake, the least I can do is making them banners. And having people sign up and keep track of the comments themselves makes it easier for me to do that. :P
It'll be interesting to see how much FF affects my commenting habits when I don't have the be-a-good-mod-comment-on-everything expectation spurring me on.
I wonder if the reverse will be true for me, because I haven't done much in terms of modly duties besides trying to beta-match thus far.
I never felt the comments on the fic I wrote were artificial and I didn't mind my fic being used that way. I think it helps that the challenge runs while the fic is anonymous, so it doesn't have that circle jerk effect of people only commenting on their friends' fics to make up the quota.
I think this is true, too. And while some people probably went straight for the characters/pairings they like best, I think to fill out the table completely some had to be forced a little out of their comfort zone, and many people were pleasantly surprised by what else was being offered.
On a somewhat related note, I loved everyone's comments, and the diversity of fics people ended up commenting on. I think I got more reviews on my Sylar/Daphne fic than I've gotten for just about any other Heroes fic I've ever written, and I really only know of one or two shippers, so that was unexpected and exciting.