I just think it's great that at least you reply! These days (and yes that does make me feel like an old lady, I'm just in my 30s but I've around fandom and fanfic since my teens!) it's bad enough that there is such a drop off in people leaving comments on stories, but I've also seen a disturbing trend in authors either not bothering to reply to comments, or when they do reply it's with snotty or snarky (or downright arrogant/dismissive) retorts, sometimes even lording it over the readers and it makes me so sad, because it even further curtails the whole beautiful back and forth community-building dialog that I love(d) so much about online fanfic *sighs 'kids these days!' sighs of woe!*
I do know what you mean though about how do you reply to the generic "loved this!" but I always tell myself, hey, at least they did more than click a like button (or not even that!) and so I'll try to sweeten the generic-ness of my reply with a "<3" or a fluff term of endearment like "thanks hon!" :D
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Date: 2015-08-11 07:57 pm (UTC)I do know what you mean though about how do you reply to the generic "loved this!" but I always tell myself, hey, at least they did more than click a like button (or not even that!) and so I'll try to sweeten the generic-ness of my reply with a "<3" or a fluff term of endearment like "thanks hon!" :D