Yes, comment and Kudos and share the fics you enjoy.
But also, comment on artwork you enjoy. Leave tags on gifs. Give comments to podficcers and vidders who receive no appreciation at all. Have you looked at the Hit to Kudos ratio for the vast majority of podfics lately? A podfic might get hundreds or thousands of downloads but only twenty Kudos and a comment or two if that. It's sad.
I feel like we often talk about how important it is to leave feedback for writers, and that's true. But other creators put just as much time and effort into what they make and receive far less feedback and encouragement than writers do.
People like and reblog fanart and gifs without a peep assuming they don't just take them in and scroll on by.
They download podfics and watch fanvids and don't even give a like or a Kudos or a thank you.
Written works are by far more appreciated than every other medium in fandom.
Not to say writers couldn't always use more appreciation, but don't forget about everyone else.
Just because it only took you five seconds to look at a piece of fanart or a gifset doesn't mean it didn't take the artist hours upon hours of work. The same can be said for podficcers and video editors. These pieces of art and multimedia creations often take days or weeks to complete, so hearing crickets?
It's just as discouraging for those creators as it is for writers.
We'd have more fanart. More gifs. More podfics and fanvids and creations of all kinds if creators were at the very least thanked for what they do.
Please just keep that in mind. Authors aren't the only ones who need a boost.
