For what it's worth, because author anonymity is a big part of these challenges, I don't mind the idea of comments being blocked. Let's face it we all have enthusiastic friends that don't always ...let's say connect. I can see a scenario where one of these folks decides to guess at which fic belongs to an author they know in the comments.
As an author, I'd rather see comments turned off and not turned back on. After the mod posts the names, let those that want to comment back with a redirect link. That way the author gets all the comments directly and as a bonus, the mod isn't bombarded with the comments to someone else's fic.
Screening in the prompt post was really annoying because some discussion would have been good. Also, I get the point of anonymity for the voters, but I know some of my comments were cut short and not reported to the author, so what's the point?
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As an author, I'd rather see comments turned off and not turned back on. After the mod posts the names, let those that want to comment back with a redirect link. That way the author gets all the comments directly and as a bonus, the mod isn't bombarded with the comments to someone else's fic.
Screening in the prompt post was really annoying because some discussion would have been good. Also, I get the point of anonymity for the voters, but I know some of my comments were cut short and not reported to the author, so what's the point?