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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-12-04 06:03 pm

[ SECRET POST #2893 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2893 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2014-12-05 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
Lots of people use the search function on ff.net to find fics about keywords or genre/character filters they're interested in.

Also, ff.net stories show up in google searches for certain keywords or phrases.

And often, ff.net users will favorite a story and then their friends will search that user's favorites page and read the fics there. Favorites pages are like implicit rec pages ("if X person whose taste I agree with likes this fic, I might like it too").

And they could have been rec'd by someone.

Lots of fic readers don't just skim whatever just got posted or wade around blindly. They judiciously dig for fic they will actually enjoy.
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[personal profile] vongroovy 2014-12-05 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
And when someone comes across an old fic of mine, I assume any of the above. I don't think most people just wade around blindly looking for fic. I certainly don't! I assume the sudden popularity in this case is probably from a favorites page, but this fic in particular just happens to strike me as an odd one to catch anyone's attention in the first place - it doesn't even have genre or characters listed! it barely has a description! If I were looking for fic, it wouldn't stand out to me at all. So my 'how did they find this fic?' bafflement is just of the curious sort, not the 'I don't understand how searching works' sort.