Newbie question about feedback

[aycheb.livejournal.com]

I notice there’s been quite a lot of vid feedback discussion going around lately but one thing I haven’t seen come up is timing. Being new to the fandom I’ll often come across a vid that was made months or even years ago and be uncertain whether any feedback more detailed than “That was amazing” would be felt appropriate. The vidder may have moved on and not thought about the vid in a while and with the more well known vids it seems probable that there’s nothing that some-one won’t have already said.

So my question is whether people feel there’s any kind of time limit on the all feedback = good feedback rule.

Comments

viddidng feedback

[recycledmedia.livejournal.com]

I've only been vidding for about 4 years, but any feedback is great at any time. Just my $.02 worth.

vidding feedback

[recycledmedia.livejournal.com]

I've only been vidding for about 4 years, but any feedback is great at any time. Just my $.02 worth.

[luminosity]

[jumping in] If I get the feedback before I'm dead, it's not too late. :) I can't begin to tell you how a note about a vid I made makes me feel--whether I made it was last week or four years ago. Just knowing that someone's watching them is great. Or, to make it NOT all about me, I don't think there's a statute of limitations on vid feedback.

[ender24]

when I give feedback , it does not matter when the vid is 2 weeks old or 2 years old, normally the reaction by the vidder is positive.

[yunafire.livejournal.com]

As a vidder, I always appreciate feedback, the time limit notwithstanding. A lot of my vids take a week or more to do, so all feedback regarding the creation really makes it seem all worthwhile. The worst feedback is no feedback, I say, as it means one's effort is ignored.

[sarahtheboring.livejournal.com]

I'm a newb, and on a very very low plane, but 0.00002c:

The only time that feedback on old stuff has irked me is when the reviewer doesn't notice that it's old and/or doesn't acknowledge that I may have improved since then. And that pertains more to technical aspects ("your timing was sloppy here") than to how it affects you personally. That doesn't get old, IMO. It doesn't sound like you're going to do that - but that's the only instance I know of where an editor is justified in getting pissed off about it.

And hey, if you happen to hit on a secret favorite of the editor's, you may well make their day. I just about run around the room squealing in glee whenever anyone bothers to notice one of my bad old Projects That Time Forgot, because it has sentimental value to me.

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

No time limit whatsoever! I'm always grateful to receive feedback, whether it's on a new vid or an old one. Hell, I still like getting feedback for my fiction, and I haven't written anything for almost two years.

[beloved4always.livejournal.com]

as a vidder, I say feedback is wonderful any time. I really get a kick out of feedback for older vids - makes me watch them again and feel good - either coz I liked what I did or coz I know I'm better at something now.
And it probably goes without saying but positive comments are always, always, always welcomed ;)))))

[skybound2]

As a vidder: Feed me feedback whenever you like! It comes too rarely and too far between, and is always appreciated (as long as it isn't an out an out flame, of course :-P)

[diannelamerc.livejournal.com]

Just to add to the chorus: Feedback is *always* appreciated. Feedback out of the blue on a vid I made four years ago has even been known to kick-start me out of a vidding slump. ;)

[aycheb.livejournal.com]

Well that's nice and unanimous - feedback is definitely the gift that keeps on giving. So I should go give. Good:-)
Thank you for all the replies.

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

Well - the entire notion of an LOC is that the viewer was moved enough by this *one* project to go to the trouble of actually writing and sending detailed feedback. So it really has nothing to do with the vidder other than they made this thing that connected with the viewer enough that the viewer wants to share that a connection occurred with them.

And that is a wonderful thing.

Part of the process of vidding and learning is that you start to become less enamored with your early stuff. Yes - you made mistakes and choices you wouldn't make now and possibly some of the editing was clunky or the effects used were clumsily done. Eventually though - you get past this embarrassment of a time when you didn't have the skills you now have and you remember that "Hey, this doesn't suck!" and it is fun to do this.

And it is really fun to find out that someone else thinks "Hey, this doesn't suck!" as well. Sometimes that is all that is needed to push you over into the not-sucking camp.