Yeah, lack of feedback isn't going to stop me writing, but it will probably stop me posting it in a place where there's either no visible audience, or an audience that doesn't bother to comment.
I think you hit it right on the head with the performance anxiety. I actually find it harder to comment on other people's writings than to create my own, and it never feels good to leave a generic "I liked it" or whatnot (even anonymously). I've never been worried about angering the writer, though. It actually never crossed my mind that it might happen, since I always appreciate what I get...
and this is where I completely ruin the joke by not just posting "I like this post" and not going into specifics
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Date: 2011-04-16 12:44 am (UTC)From:I think you hit it right on the head with the performance anxiety. I actually find it harder to comment on other people's writings than to create my own, and it never feels good to leave a generic "I liked it" or whatnot (even anonymously). I've never been worried about angering the writer, though. It actually never crossed my mind that it might happen, since I always appreciate what I get...
and this is where I completely ruin the joke by not just posting "I like this post" and not going into specifics