[ SECRET POST #6309 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6309 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Were there not tags on wattpad? Because I see so many "how do I get my fic noticed/how do I up my stats" questions and its like people, just tag appropriately and people will find your fic. They seem totally baffled by it.

[(Anonymous)]

Wattpad's tags are terrible. Good luck finding anything.

Posting fic on AO3 is a long game. It's an archive, not an endless scroll. Authors need to tag appropriately and be patient. They're probably too used to instant gratification from Wattpad.

[scissorsevered]

the "how do I up my stats" thing is just depressing. a big reason I stopped using wattpad besides the fact that a lot of the writing was terrible was because people were so focused on getting a huge audience that they were pumping out chapters by the day and/or literally whining in authors notes about how their fic isn't getting attention. completely goes against why people write fanfic in the first place.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

Every time I see someone ask that question, I have to wonder why they're doing this. Like... there are easier ways to get attention if that's what they want. If you're not writing fic for the love of it, what are you doing??

[(Anonymous)]

I sometimes wonder if its an attempt to BE popular in fandom. Not necessarily for monetary reasons, but just as a popularity contest that they've made up for themselves that desires validation of a big crowd. Maybe as a way to combat the growing loneliness that people are facing more of now; but instead of being part of a fandom community they want to be looked at in awe of the work that they keep pushing into peoples faces...

Or maybe they're hoping to get a book deal the same way that 50 shades of grey did, idk.

[(Anonymous)]

I really do think it's the problem with like... people who have BEEN popular in the real world getting into fandom, especially the people who got into it during lockdown who like... had never been 'weird' or obsessive about fandom before?

At least that's about where I noticed huge spikes in both people bullying fellow fans for being 'cringe' as if they'd never done fandom before and didn't understand that those were normal, accepted behaviors here, and the 'doing fandom to be Popular'. Like there have always been people seeking BNF status and there have always been people who get into their first fandom and don't get the etiquette, but it feels like over the past few years I've seen a LOT of those two things.

Though yeah, 'I want a book deal' is probably also a big factor on the fic side. A lot of the reylos are writing published romance novels now? And I know there's a gay sci-fi romance where the cover art is straight up Poe/kylo ren. (I'm not really in the Star Wars fandom but I'm certainly familiar enough that I recognize when ships pop up on book covers)