It's more direct because it comes to me straight from them, rather than through the medium of the AO3. It's more personal for the same reason, and obviously it's also private. I don't find comment notifications and emails to be equally personal or direct.
I guess whether or not I would feel they were hiding something would depend on what they said to me? And also perhaps the content of the fic (i.e. if I'd written really kinky porn and someone preferred to email me than leave a public comment). But honestly I think that's quite a paranoid reach. I think people who are concerned about that would tend to be people who are very concerned themselves about what people who read their comments think (maybe justified if, say, you're a BNF). But I pretty much assume nobody gives a shit about what fic I like, which I think is true for a majority of fans.
How would you feel if an author commented on their own fic and c&p your comment? Or if they logged out and c&p your comment?
I think that if you comment then you "own" that comment and can edit it/reply to it as you will, but when you e-mail the comment then your author "owns" it, and they can make it public if they so please.
I strongly disagree that things that are emailed privately are OK to be made public without permission, whether that's comments, confessions, chatty personal emails, whatever. Do not publish something that someone has emailed to you without asking them first (unless it's harassment or something that needs to be made public).
Re: Yuletide 2014 Non-Commenters - L-Z
It's more direct because it comes to me straight from them, rather than through the medium of the AO3. It's more personal for the same reason, and obviously it's also private. I don't find comment notifications and emails to be equally personal or direct.
I guess whether or not I would feel they were hiding something would depend on what they said to me? And also perhaps the content of the fic (i.e. if I'd written really kinky porn and someone preferred to email me than leave a public comment). But honestly I think that's quite a paranoid reach. I think people who are concerned about that would tend to be people who are very concerned themselves about what people who read their comments think (maybe justified if, say, you're a BNF). But I pretty much assume nobody gives a shit about what fic I like, which I think is true for a majority of fans.
How would you feel if an author commented on their own fic and c&p your comment? Or if they logged out and c&p your comment?
I think that if you comment then you "own" that comment and can edit it/reply to it as you will, but when you e-mail the comment then your author "owns" it, and they can make it public if they so please.
I strongly disagree that things that are emailed privately are OK to be made public without permission, whether that's comments, confessions, chatty personal emails, whatever. Do not publish something that someone has emailed to you without asking them first (unless it's harassment or something that needs to be made public).