I usually send thank yous when people comment (although not when they just score. If it's a friend, I may mention it to them and thank them, but if not, I see scoring only as a more discreet thing, if that makes sense?)
I'm usually pretty good at thanking them in the first month or two, but after that I'm less so)
If I leave a comment, I don't expect the author to thank me, although it's nice if they do. I figure they've already spent hours writing, editing, proof reading and what not.
I also read for my own pleasure. I don't expect a "reward" for doing it, other than the enjoyment of reading...
That last post is such a huge block of text that it puts me off reading it...
I see you've not actually published anything on lush yet, I'd suggest you give that a try, if it's feedback you're looking for and the post on of yours here thread is probably a better forum for these kinds of poems...
Certainly the last one really needs to be formatted into reader friendly paragraphs (it's not really the sort of thing I'm looking to read on lush... Maybe you'd consider the sister site, storiesspace, for that kind of thing?)
I think that as long as they log in within two weeks, they will get the message as soon as they do...
You guys are awesome!
Thank you!
Xxxxx
You know, some of the old timers will remember this, but lush used to go down every day for about an hour (it was the only time of day I'd get anything done! Lol). Then there was that one time when it was down for 48 hours while they changed servers or something... Loads of people joined the blue site over that period, just so they could stay in touch with their pals!!
It's funny, I'm in touch with most of my closest lush buddies outwith this place now and I can keep in touch whether lush is up or not...
The site did seem a little wobbly today, but generally speaking, it's really stable, which is testament to the hard work that gav has put in and the investment in flashy new thingy nubbins that the site runs on...
You youngsters don't know you've got it good bwahaha ha!!
(I know, I sound like an old sod!)
My kids are home, it's a holiday weekend, and I made someone dear to me happy!!! That makes me happy!!