Timeline of Concrit & Feedback Meta

This page lists meta and other written discussion about feedback, arranged in chronological order. Includes discussions on comment culture and feedback culture as it has evolved.
Feedback is a general term used to describe messages sent to the creators of fanworks in response to their works.
Also see concrit. 
===Unknown Date===
* How To Give Feedback and Critiques by James (1999 or early 2000s)
===1977===
* I (and Sharon) have been backed into a corner defending a single position over quality controls. Frankly, I rather resent this. by Paula Smith (February 1977)
* So what do you want, good material or good friends?? by Paula Block (April 1977)
===1982===
* Why Review by Paula Smith (June 1982)
* What and Whom to Review by Paula Smith (October 1982)
===1992===
* Back-Talk: Reacting to Reviews and LoCs by Susan M. Garrett (1992)
 
===1994===
* And now, be prepared for something I've never done in print: BLOWN MY STACK! by Trisha Kehoe (June 1994)
* "I don't care" can be asbestos shielding -- and a simple statement of fact. (November 1994)
===1996===
* The Terranova Situation Review Debate (October 1996)
===1997===
* The Mannerly Art of Critique, by Peg Robinson (1997)
* Summer Review by Sheare Bliss (September 1997)
* Lack Of Feedback, conversation begun by CiCi Lean at alt.tv.x-files.creative (September 1997)
===1998===
* (1998?)
* A Caution About Public Criticism by Nascent (July 1998)
* by The Divine Adoratrice (January 1998)
* If You Can't Say Something Nice, Just Shut The Hell Up. by The Divine Adoratrice (February 1998)
* Peeve #12: The Feedback Feedbag (1998)
===1999===
* Apology for Criticism by Lucy Gillam (1999)
* The Secret to Handling Criticism by Flamingo (September 1999)
* Criticism and the Lost Art of the LOC by Lorelei Jones (1999)
* What's so bad about being bad? by The Divine Adoratrice (May 1999)
* "This was good, but I thought it could use some work..." by Arduinna (May 1999)
* Should There Be More Criticism of Fanfiction? by Janet (1999)
===2000===
* Convoluted Writing Thoughts by Flamingo (2000)
* Huggy Bear's Guide to Getting More Feedback by rebelcat and Elizabeth Helena (mid-2000s)
* Why I took my stories off of Fanfiction.net by The Brat Queen (2000?)
* The Darkness Within: Feature Article by cmakintosh (early 2000s)
* Raves and Flames: The Art of Feedback by Queen of Cups (early 2000s)
* The Unbearable Triteness of Agreeing by Ryp (January 2000)
* Good Netfic Through Better Feedback by Marla R. Reed (August 2000)
* (December 2000)
* Begging for Feedback by Jane (December 2000)
* Encouraging Feedback for Your Story by Jane (December 2000)
===2001===
* The Art of Fanfic Critique: who and what it is for by Flamingo (2001)
* Check Your Head by Jane (2001)
*Blood and Feedback; archive link by Thamiris (2001)
===2002===
* What's In a Name? Solving The Mysteries of Feedback; archive link by Thamiris (January 2002)
* (March 2002)
*Stories on the Auction Block; archive link; archive link by thamiris (July 2002)
*On feedback and quality and judgement by julad (July 2002)
*On the issue of Feedback, post at ASC (August 2002)
*24 Reasons Readers Don't Send Feedback by Destina Fortunato (August 2002)
* Feedback by Jenavira at Fanfiction.net (October 2002)
===2003===
* Semantic noodling...the word "gift" makes people -- or rather specifically me -- uncomfortable by Seema (January 2003)
*Notes on feedback (including feedback for vidders; archive link; archive link by heresluck (January 2003)
*Feedback Pie; archive link; archive link by mtgat (April 2003)
* Feedback musings by Roseveare (Apr 23, 2003)
* Daydreamer's Thoughts on Writing, Reading, Editing, and Feedback by Daydramer (written February 2003, posted June 2004)
* Dance with Them What Brung You by Hope (July 2003)
 
* Public Critique and Fan Fiction Writers: one writer's blunt opinion by Destina Fortunato (August 2003)
* by ladyelaine (September 2003)
* Now, I have always felt that it is wrong to fail to acknowledge feedback with a thank-you, but I have never thought that feedback requires this sort of reciprocity by isiscolo (November 2003)
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===2004===
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* On Feedback; archive link page 1; page 2 
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*Maeg´s guide to leaving feedback; archive link; archive link (January 2004)
*On Feedback; archive link; archive link by prillalar (February 2004)
*Why feedback is bad for me but I still want it.; archive link; archive link by janedavitt (March 2004) 
*Because everyone's talking about feedback. Well, they were, anyway. I'm kinda slow on these things; archive link; archive link by amanuensis1 (May 2004)
* "How does that help me?"; archive link page one; archive link page two by cereta (May 13, 2004)
* Expect the Inquisition, and Get the Flying Circus by Rana Eros (2004)
* Sit Down and Shut Up: Authors and Criticism by Emily Brunson (2004)
* interrogating the text from the wrong perspective by Anne Rice (September 2004)
===2005===
* feedback, getting replies to; archive link page 1; archive link page 2 
* and the response (January 2005)
* Oh goody. round 3.45 billion of "the writer is god and every word is sacred" by Mary the Fan (January 2005)
*; (February 2005)
* , discussion at Fanthropology (June 2005)
* No comment by azdak (September 2005)
* Fanfic Discussion is for the Readers. Deal. by Arduinna (written July 6, 2003, posted September 2005)
* Social Construct Theory Applied to Fandom: Why Both Negative and Positive Criticism of Fanfic is Vital to Our Community, by viciouswishes (a response to discussion at thecuttingboard) (August 2005)
* by kattahj (a response to discussion at thecuttingboard) (August 2005)
* Feedback, Critique, and That Entitlement Thing by MTGAT (August 2005)
*My thoughts on feedback; archive link; archive link (a response to discussion at thecuttingboard) by marag (September 2005)
* Fan fiction and public critique (aka, deja vu) by Destina (September 2005)
* The practical side of feedback by Gwyneth Rhys (September 2005)
* Social Darwinism in Fandom by nnaylime at Fanthropology (October 2005)
===2006===
* Those were the days by Gwyneth Rhys (January 2006)
* Lacking Critical Feedback, discussion at Fanthropology (February 4, 2006)
* , post by painless j (April 2006)
* And like magic... feedback!; archive link page 1; archive link page 2, post by bethbethbeth (September 2006)
* Ruminations on good manners; archive link page 1; archive link page 2, Diana Williams (November 17, 2006)
* Dear Negative Reader by Laurell K. Hamilton (December 2006)
===2007===
* Inventing a Universe: Reading and Writing Internet Fan Fiction by Juli J. Parrish
* by Mal (April 2007)
* Things I've Learned About Reviewing: archive link by hector_rashbaum (April 2007)
* On feedback response.; archive link page 1; archive link page 2, by thete1 (March 2007)
* , by painless j (March 2007)
* by gaudinight (April 2007)
* Examining jdsampson's comments about newbies, criticicism and encouraging writers ; archive link by liviapenn (June 24, 2007)
===2009===
* , post by thefourthvine (April 2009)
* Well, I Was Gonna Read Your Fic, But..., essay by Flash (October 2009)
===2010===
* , post by partly bouncy, (January 2010)
* Feedback Reminder and Meta on amplificathon, post by paraka (January 2010)
* podfic feedback: how (when, why) do you do it? on podficmeta, post by lomedet (January 2010)
===2011===
* by Ratcreature, about DeviantArt (January 2011)
* Podfic Feedback Toolbox: 5 ways to give great podfic feedback on amplificathon, post by klb (June 2011)
===2012===
* Pod-Aware meta: story love, body love, performance love by greedy_dancer (November 2012) (AO3 repost)
* Fanfickers, futuros escritores (via Wayback Apr 23/24) by Hessefan (March 2012) (Spanish language) - "Popularity: “No one reads me and I write well.”
===2013===
* by Charlotte Frost (July 2013)
 
===2014===
* by Charlotte Frost on feedback on her Starsky & Hutch zines (April 2014)
* Podfic Stats 4: Feedback distributions for Podfics on AO3 on audiosnippers (November 2014)
* Commenting on Podfic: vocabulary on podfic-tips, post by yue_ix (November 2014)
* by wordstrings (August 2014)
* by Nenia Campbell (October 2014)
===2015===
* Protecting What You Love: On the Difference Between Criticism, Rage and Vilification by Emily Asher-Perrin (March 2015)
* Auralphonic 004: Feedback podcast episode by paraka and dodificus with guests yue_ix and greedy_dancer (March 2015)
* (April 2015)
* (2015)
===2016===
* (May 2016)
===2017===
* Passively devouring content is killing fandom. (January 2017)
* (April 2017)
* by Dresupi (May 2017)
* (September 2017)
* Feedback culture is dead, long live feedback culture! (December 2017)
===2018===
* by porcupine-girl (January 2018)
* by GingerTodgers (June 2018)
* by tarysande (June 2018)
* by starknjarvis27 (July 2018)
* , general discussion (August 2018)
* by shinelikethunder (August 2018)
* , discussion (September 2018)
* reasons why people don’t comment on fics, ao3commentoftheday (September 2018)
*On Comment Culture (fandom/fanfic/AO3/I’m an old), by demyrie (December 2018)
===2019===
* What Fan Fiction Teaches That the Classroom Doesn’t by Julie Beck (October 2019)
===2020===
* Why Are people more verbally abusive on FanFiction.Net in comparison to Archive of our own?, a multi-user discussion from /r/fanfiction (September 2020)
=== 2024 ===
* "English speaking users who comment on accounts that speak non-English should stop using the 'Please kill urself aren't u ashamed ugh' 'I am mentally ill' etc when trying to express love/fangirling/fanboying on a post" (January 2024)
* What do you guys think of people reviewing fics like books?
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