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  1. zapsion Fri 12 Jun 2026 02:57AM UTC

    First of all, it's amazing that you volunteer, I think tag wrangling (and the tagging system itself) is really cool even if it probably isnt something I'd end up doing, and thanks for all your work!!

    I tend to write more than I read (and I'm not sure how much I read) so to me being able to read that much is really cool!! Especially when you comment a lot, leaving comments makes me anxious even if I know that the author appreciates literally anything and I can never think of anything... but Ik i definitely appreciate when people do as an author!!

    Another thing is I never thought of the whole writing a comment somewhere else then putting it in the comment box... ill have to try that, cause I'd like to do live reactions type comments but don't wanna accidentally spoil myself or anything

    You seem really cool, and again, thanks for all you do! ;]

    Last Edited Fri 12 Jun 2026 03:00AM UTC

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    1. OTW_Communications (Official) Sat 13 Jun 2026 11:57PM UTC

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      Thanks!

      I can definitely understand being anxious about leaving comments. When I started more consistently commenting chapter by chapter on completed works (instead of just at the end) I got a bit worried that I'd annoy authors by flooding their inboxes, but since then I've had plenty of authors tell me they loved seeing my thoughts and reactions as I read through. And similarly I got a bit nervous when I first started doing more "live react" style comments w/ lots of block quotes but so far responses have been positive. It definitely helps that I've been leaving comments for pretty much as long as I've been reading. So I've had well over 20 years of authors responding positively to my comments to help get my anxiety to shut up. (And for many years I had some standard comment formulas I'd fall back on if I was tired or having trouble thinking of anything specific.)

      Writing the comment elsewhere is definitely a game changer for being able to comment as you go. I know some folks use fancy extensions, but swapping back and forth between the notes app and the browser tab works well enough for me.

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