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[follypersist]

if we all took one thing away from cohost let it be—for the love of god let us all comment more. tell people what you think or that you like their work more. don't be weird but do be sincere and err on the side of information. actually talking to one another, in little asynchronous ways, is the only way out of an automated algorithmic future. each time you express something to another human being, you make a foothold against the tide.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

A lot of creators basically run on comments. Feedback is candy! Feedback is also fuel.

It's especially fun when fans get to talking about something and it creates a runaway reaction. :D

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[rep_resent]

I've not yet had the privilege of the promptless AU fork but boy does it make me jealous when I see it happen (and also cause one myself)

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[ysabetwordsmith]

It often happens in my Poetry Fishbowl. Today's theme is "Cryptids."

dialecticdreamer does Magpie Monday (rotating themes) and Feathering the Nest (fluff & comfor), which also sometimes wind up with a lot of audience crosstalk.

The same is very prone to happen in comments under the poems and stories that we post.