Okay... I would lie if I said I don't like to receive comments when I post stuff (I'm strictly speaking of stories now - although of course I like comments on personal stuff, too, but that's a different thing altogether). But I'm not gonna ask for them. If people like my stories, it's nice of them to let me know. If I don't get any comments at all, I wonder if it was really that bad (mostly because I never, ever comment on stories I don't like or even hate, I mean, who am I to discourage anyone, so I happily assume other people follow that policy as well which is silly because maybe that's not the case at all). When people get in my face too much with their asking for comments (and this seems to be happening more & more), I don't even read their stories, because I don't want to comment because someone asks for it, just when I feel moved to do so. Fandom should be fun (yeah!) and I don't want to feel forced or obliged or anything to leave comments. As for WIP's, some of my very favourite stories are or were WIP's, but usually have or had fairly longish chapters, and I did/do comment on them because I love them, they make me smile, so why not let the author know so? I'm not sure that the comment whores increase the amount of bad fic - is there more bad fic now then before, I'm not really sure. You could have a point there, though. And also, it's not the quantity of comments that count, but what they say. "Good story" is a bit... it's not saying much. Why is it a good story? Is it happy, sad, in character, funny, uplifting, hot?

I was going to make a point, but I'm not really doing it, am I? This is just a bunch of random thoughts. Sorry... And yaoi = love!