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I love reccing. I consider every fanfic I read for reccing and I love sitting down, reading slash all afternoon and writing my recs. It takes some time, but it's not what I'd consider work, and as a reader, writing recommendations is the least I can do to give fandom back some of the joy it brings me. But yes, it takes time. For ten stories that I rec, I read appr. 70-80 stories that suck. In some fandoms less, in some fandoms LOTS more (I'm looking at you, NCIS). And that's only when I know what to look for. If I have to work my way through the archives, the ratio increases. Because of my limited time, my recs are sometimes a bit older, but that gives people the chance to read things they missed the first time around. I write my recs for everyone and I hope everyone enjoys them and finds something they like to read.
However, if I find several of the old stories of my last set of recs recced by someone else on their recs site, shortly after I posted them, I start to think. What are the chances that you have read the same five old stories, some more than a year old, at the same time I read and decided to rec them? Could it be that you read my recs? Oh yes, I think that's a given.
Of course, I'm happy you liked them. I'm even more happy you decided to rec them and spread the joy. However, since you are a person who thinks they are very special, you do not friend back normal, low-life fans like me in your exclusive reading list, and you have so far not responded to a single comment I left in your lj, things like "Thanks for your recs", which I post sometimes when people rec things I like. Or to other people's comments.
And since you are that kind of person, I'd appreciate if you left a comment next time you rec everything I rec. Just a little "Thanks for the recs." You know, normal human behaviour here in this place called fandom. No need to give credit or anything, it's not like I wrote those stories. But finding them can take time too, and reccers, like writers can be delicate flowers. Really, I wouldn't have said anything if you weren't who you are.
No, I don't feel the need to flock this post. I doubt you read it, since we are not on our respective reading lists. And if you do, all the better, then you know what I think about your behaviour.
That said, there are ten new old recs up at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
oceanas_recs, NCIS and SGA, plus two vids. Feel free to rec exactly the same stories wherever you want, the more publicity for the authors, the better. Well, don't post them in New York Times without permission. If you do and you are a nice person, you'll drop me a short "Thank you for finding these stories."
Enjoy.
However, if I find several of the old stories of my last set of recs recced by someone else on their recs site, shortly after I posted them, I start to think. What are the chances that you have read the same five old stories, some more than a year old, at the same time I read and decided to rec them? Could it be that you read my recs? Oh yes, I think that's a given.
Of course, I'm happy you liked them. I'm even more happy you decided to rec them and spread the joy. However, since you are a person who thinks they are very special, you do not friend back normal, low-life fans like me in your exclusive reading list, and you have so far not responded to a single comment I left in your lj, things like "Thanks for your recs", which I post sometimes when people rec things I like. Or to other people's comments.
And since you are that kind of person, I'd appreciate if you left a comment next time you rec everything I rec. Just a little "Thanks for the recs." You know, normal human behaviour here in this place called fandom. No need to give credit or anything, it's not like I wrote those stories. But finding them can take time too, and reccers, like writers can be delicate flowers. Really, I wouldn't have said anything if you weren't who you are.
No, I don't feel the need to flock this post. I doubt you read it, since we are not on our respective reading lists. And if you do, all the better, then you know what I think about your behaviour.
That said, there are ten new old recs up at
oceanas_recs, NCIS and SGA, plus two vids. Feel free to rec exactly the same stories wherever you want, the more publicity for the authors, the better. Well, don't post them in New York Times without permission. If you do and you are a nice person, you'll drop me a short "Thank you for finding these stories."Enjoy.
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