Are 'Thank You' Comments Necessary?

I don't personally thank everyone, but I reply to a select few whose reviews really gave me that warm, fuzzy feeling when reading it. They may comment on a nice metaphor, or tell me to fix this to make it better, but in general I do it for the ones who made me feel something when reading it. Coincidentally, they are the people who felt something when reading my stories too.

I do try and thank everyone who leaves a comment for my story. Unless I'm talking to them on a thread or over MSN and I just thank them there. :tehe:

I suppose it probably depends on how many comments for one story you get. Like, only usually only get 2 or 3 comments if I post a new chapter so it takes much less time to thank everyone. :cute:

I give AN thank you's to people who I've noticed comment habitually, and it never fails to make my day when someone thanks me in their AN, or on my profile.

I say a personal thank-you to every person who comments, even if their comment is nothing but a, "Great update." That's just...something I feel I should do. If someone takes the time to leave a comment, I feel I should take the time to reply. It's...getting a little more difficult to keep doing this, since I reply every time I update and I'm getting more and more readers every day, but it's cool to keep the lines of communication open with my readers. It surprises me when I reply to a comment, and the person I've replied to is just absolutely shocked I would personally reply to them.

I don't expect everyone to do what I do, I just think...well, it's fun, and I like to show my readers that I'm thankful they leave me comments in the first place. ^_^

I used to make it a point to comment everyone that commented, now I've just sort of stopped, even when I get the really nice reviews. I can't seem to get on here enough to do so. But in a way when I write reviews for peoples stories, and they give me a thank you comment, I decline it. If I commented it, it meant a lot to me, and therefore the author should be the only one who deserves thanks.

I thank them in the author's note most of the time.
And if I get a really wonderful review, like the ones that Isa or Chethana have given me, I'll try and thank them by posting the review on the Best Reviews You've Received thread.
Mainly I try to not post in my story's thread unless I'm answering someone's question.

I hardly get comments, so personally thakning is a lot easier and I prefer it like that.
Because I really don't get as much, I appreciate them very much.
So I say thank you in a comment on their profiles rather than on the story forum.


I like them to know I appreciate the comments.

I respond to reviews by quoting them into a pm.
Then I also post a thank you to all readers and commenter on the storie’s thread.
I don’t have many reviewers so it’s most definitely worth the time it takes to
respond individually to each and every one of them in more than just one sentence.

I don't have a lot of readers/comments on my fics at the moment, so when I get a comment on it, I do go to their page an leave a thank you of sorts.

And plus that, I just tell them that I love them and their comments are my air at the A/N of the next chapter.

Most of the time I give thanks on my story's thread, but if someone's left me a really long comment that's made me really happy (or sad) or they've asked a question or something, I'll reply personally. In fact I replied to four comments last night...

They're so lovely! :cute:

I alway thank you comment people who leave reviews from the Story/Review Game. They obviously spend a lot of time and effort writing those amazing reviews.

Recently, I've started sending out a few thank you comments. And I've started thanking people and answering any questions they had in their review. I don't thank everyone, but I do thank sometimes.

I never really get any comments. If I do get one I'll say something like thank you you're awesome I'm glad someone read my story.

I send thank you comments sometimes on the story's thread.
And I don't expect Thank You comments from anybody.
I thank people in the A/N. Whether it be a general "thank you for all the comments" or "Here's a list pf people I would like to thank"

I don't usually thank every comment, but if one's very sweet I will :cute:
Or if I feel compelled to say something to them, then I will as well.

It really depends how many comments the story gets. . .if it doesn't get many, then I usually will leave the person a thank you comment on their profile, since I'll be glad to get any comments for it. But if it gets quite a lot of regular commenters, then I wont bother.

Everyone always gets thanked at the end of the story anyway ;)

At the end of a story, I go through the comments and and put everyone's username who commented on it in the last chapter's author's note. I bold the names of those who have left awesome comments. I started doing that after someone did that on a story I commented on, and it made me feel special haha.
Of course, if it's a really awesome review/comment, I take the time to go to that person's profile and thank them personally :cute:

When I first started getting comments when I started writing I got really psyched about it all and commented everyone's profiles saying thank you but then I stopped because I was getting more commenters and I couldn't remember who I had thanked and who I hadn't. In the end I just made a big A/N at the end of the story and made a list of people who had commented a lot.

I don't comment people's profiles anymore but I occasioinally thank people at the end of chapters. Just out of politness.

For now, I leave a personalized thank you note.

If I notice that the author doesn't have a lot of comments yet, I feel a little down when I don't get a thank you, but if the author has about 50 or more, then I understand. Not getting at least one thank you discourages me from commenting on their other works.

I'm fairly new here. I just leave personal 'thank you's to the person who commented me. I get a little sad that I don't get a detail review but I'm happy that someone is commenting me.

I try to leave a thank-you comment to everyone who comments on my stories. I honestly don't get that many comments that I could not spend another 30 seconds to click the person's username and leave them a thank you comment. Sometimes, though, I am doing something else and tell myself that I will thank the person later, and I forget.