[ SECRET POST #2916 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2916 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 050 secrets from Secret Submission Post #417.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 (second time) - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - posted twice ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, they're setting themselves up for disappointment.

There's nothing with wanting comments and attention. But if it's starting to make the OP jealous of others then it's destructive, unless they instead turn it into a power for good by making it drive them to achieve even more.

The way the OP uses the word "recognition" in the secret is unfortunate. It implies they think they deserve a lot more attention than they currently have. Fandom is incredibly random. It's not known for doling out praise to each according to their just deserts.

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ayrt

Fandom is incredibly random.

This. And there's no way to predict or control it, especially not with what you consider "quality". It's why the complex, plotty, well-crafted fic you slave over gets a handful of reviews, and that one terrible PWP you wrote when you were drunk gets hundreds.

[beverlykatz]

Fandom is definitely random as fuck. My most popular works aren't the ones I expected people to notice. You can game the system to an extent - at least with fanworks based on a serialized work, where you can post things around the release of the next episode/book/movie - but a large part of it is just a damn mystery. I used to be really bothered by it, especially because it always seems like the things I dash out really fast get the most attention and the things I care about don't matter to others, but you just have to work past that. Don't focus on renown. Make things you like, and even if you don't get a lot of recognition, you'll still feel good about yourself.

[solarbird]

jfc this. Fandom is Random. I posted a pic of sheet music from a piece of mine (Kitsune at War, at replicators now, this is a 35-second preview) which my partner had transposed down two octaves so my cellist could read it in bass clef. But she forgot to change the label from "flute" to "cello," and I thought it was funny so posted a picture. If the data I have on follower counts is even close to correct, it's been seen by almost 100,000 people now.

I mean damn.