| Nov. 30th, 2011 @ 06:26 am That annoying, but necessary proclamation from the Ministry |
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For those who already know about our "no concrit during the exchange" rule, scroll down to the last three paragraphs.
This is the explanation for this rule for any who are new to this exchange or new to holiday exchanges in general:
![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) snapelyholidays is like a great big, happy, pot luck party. That's what makes such exchanges fun. All are welcome to come sample the goodies. BUT -- going through the buffet line and picking and choosing from all the lovely free food and drink and then telling everyone how crappy you thought some of the food was and how you suspect certain drinks were watered down can ruin the party for the other people attending it. It has an especially disheartening effect on those who made all that free food and drink. That is what concrit (comments criticising a fic or art) can do in an exchange.
The entries in an exchange are also not necessarily representative of the writers' or artists' skills or preferences, given that they are constrained (sometimes a great deal) by their recipient's requested prompts. So at worst, concrit can make it seem as if you are being critical of the recipient's kinks which are, after all, entirely subjective. What is one person's kinky fantasy is another person's squicky nightmare and that is part of the beauty of fandom. At best, concrit is simply not helpful nor appropriate while an exchange is running.
If you truly feel the need to criticise that free goodie you decided to try and didn't care for or feel it needs improvement, do not post your critique to the community. Send it to the moddies (snapelyholidays@gmail.com) and title your subject line "Concrit for [title of piece]". At the end of the exchange, any authors/artists receiving concrit on their work will get it, on request.
When and if the moddies spot/catch any concrit posted to the exchange, it will be screened and locked. In the case of trollish behaviour, it will be deleted, no exceptions.
Since the moddies cannot monitor the exchange 24/7 and not everyone that happens across the exchange will have read this or be aware of the policy, we are thankful to those of you eagle-eyed readers who spot concrit before we do. Please feel free to respond with the link to this post. One of the moddies will step in as soon as they are able.
To sum up: when in doubt about feedback, please err on the side of holiday generosity.
Now... *takes off moddy hat* ... get your engines revved, because posting starts tomorrow! :) |
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