[ SECRET POST #2749 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2749 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Okay, as a writer, hit counts are relatively useless to me, because plenty of people click on a story and never finish it. The only times I consider hit counts interesting are the hit counts that are super high and put my fic relatively high up when sorting by hit count. These fics tend to also have a lot of kudos, and a fair number of people who tell me they have read the fic more than once, so that's kind of neat! But for most stories, hit count is 100% irrelevant to me.

However, I don't see why you wouldn't click on an author's fics because hit counts aren't good enough as feedback? When I'm reading a fic, I read for my own enjoyment. It benefits me to click on a fic that might be of interest, because I read fic for fun...

[(Anonymous)]

Because to me, saying that you won't post more fic, won't finish a series unless you have written feedback is an attempt to blackmail the reader.

If the only form of feedback an author will consider valid is a written comment, then I honestly am contrary enough that I wouldn't even click through to their story. If they're going to be petty than I can be too. But given I don't know who these particular ones are, the point, in this case is moot.

[illiadandoddity]

It's not blackmail for a writer to say "seriously guys, is anyone interested in this fic at all? 'Cause if not I'm going to just drop it." If I posted three chapters of a fic to a deafening "meh", WHY would I bother to continue it? I know if I see an author say "hey, is anyone still interested?" on a fic I like, I'll comment and let them know that at least one person is still interested in what they're writing. I don't consider myself "blackmailed" - the author let me know they had a need and I fulfilled it.

[(Anonymous)]

I wouldn't have a problem with that, but it is really annoying when authors who ARE getting comments say they won't update a fic until they have X number of comments on the previous chapter. That kind of thing is blackmail, and I stop reading authors who do it.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree. But that's not the scenario here, so it's a bit odd to bring it up when the discussion is about something else entirely.

[(Anonymous)]

And as with many discussions, related issues are brought up and this does not make them any less valid a topic than the original.

Get your head out of your "only one thing is allowed to be discussed here" ass and deal with it.

[(Anonymous)]

Pointing out that someone is using a strawman fallacy ("but it's blackmaaaaail!") isn't the same thing as saying nobody can go off on a related tangent. But thanks for playing.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Not the OAA who responded above me...but that is the scenario most frequently seen, and, I think, what most people think of when the subject comes up.

[(Anonymous)]

It's only blackmail if you actually make that threat to your readers. Merely stopping because you're under the impression that nobody wants to see any more? Yeah, not blackmail. As a reader, you don't have to review if you don't think it's worthwhile. But as a writer, I don't have to keep writing if I don't feel it's worthwhile. You cannot claim the privilege of doing the first and also claim that writers are obligated to keep writing when they no longer want to, for whatever reason.