do you think there's anything objectionable about straight-out asking for feedback, or extra feedback Not at all. I mean, it can be objectionable depending on how the request is phrased -- i.e. I don't consider "Please comment!" or "I love comments!" objectionable, but I admit I roll my eyes at "Only X people commented on my fic/art/other thing? Aw :(" or "I can't believe I only got X comments on story/art/other thing Y!" or "If you don't comment, it will discourage me from writing/drawing/interpretive-dancing more in the future!". Asking for feedback is one thing; begging, guilt-tripping, tricking people into it, or acting like you're entitled to it is quite another. In my experience, the majority of requests for feedback are quite reasonable, though.
But I see the situation of a fanauthor "challenging" people to comment more on her work specifically, for any reason, as not-so-reasonable. It's not an intellectual challenge to find things to criticise -- if someone wants more comments, they should just say so. Saying "you can now criticise" pretends like they're offering something more than just the story, which they really aren't. A chance to leave critical feedback always exists; saying "please criticise this" is basically "here, do this thing you could actually have done at any point regardless of my say-so, but I want to get comments so I'll act like this is a special privilege!"
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Not at all. I mean, it can be objectionable depending on how the request is phrased -- i.e. I don't consider "Please comment!" or "I love comments!" objectionable, but I admit I roll my eyes at "Only X people commented on my fic/art/other thing? Aw :(" or "I can't believe I only got X comments on story/art/other thing Y!" or "If you don't comment, it will discourage me from writing/drawing/interpretive-dancing more in the future!". Asking for feedback is one thing; begging, guilt-tripping, tricking people into it, or acting like you're entitled to it is quite another. In my experience, the majority of requests for feedback are quite reasonable, though.
But I see the situation of a fanauthor "challenging" people to comment more on her work specifically, for any reason, as not-so-reasonable. It's not an intellectual challenge to find things to criticise -- if someone wants more comments, they should just say so. Saying "you can now criticise" pretends like they're offering something more than just the story, which they really aren't. A chance to leave critical feedback always exists; saying "please criticise this" is basically "here, do this thing you could actually have done at any point regardless of my say-so, but I want to get comments so I'll act like this is a special privilege!"