This whole conversation is super intriguing. I totally relate to what you said about AO3 and LJ. Back in the LJ days, literally everything I wrote lived on my blog. I didn't start using AO3 until LJ fizzled out, but I can't see posting my fic on DW. Maybe that's because I don't feel the same sense of community here that I did on LJ. Which sounds odd because they're so similar, but most of my community migrated to tumblr and not to DW. So now it feels like tumblr occupies the space that LJ once did (at least in my fic reading and writing realm), but the problem is that tumblr is nowhere near as interactive or community-based as LJ was.
IDK, I have no answers, I'm just rambling, lol. I try to always comment on AO3 because it's the type of engagement that I'm after and that I always appreciate on my own fics. To me, it just feels expected that you would comment on a fic on AO3 because that's how the ecosystem works? I know that's not how everyone feels, though.
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Date: 2023-03-22 02:02 am (UTC)IDK, I have no answers, I'm just rambling, lol. I try to always comment on AO3 because it's the type of engagement that I'm after and that I always appreciate on my own fics. To me, it just feels expected that you would comment on a fic on AO3 because that's how the ecosystem works? I know that's not how everyone feels, though.