[ SECRET POST #6437 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6437 ⌋

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


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Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 19 secrets from Secret Submission Post #920.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

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Name the fandom. And repeats, etc.

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01. https://i.imgur.com/sSUsAUV.png

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe people like to look for high comment counts because they like when an author is active in their own comment section? Idk, "sort by comments" has always been a mystery to me. I sort by date, by kudos, by bookmarks, but never by comments.

[(Anonymous)]

Why does it matter? There's no threshold above which you get a Comments Medal. If you're doing a deep dive into a new fandom you're going to be trying a large number of fics, not just the top 10 or so.

[(Anonymous)]

Does anyone really care about comment numbers that much? I don't. I certainly don't filter by them or anything. If I see the author is replying to comments I just mentally divide the number in half, it's no big deal.

I like to see some conversations in the comments going on. It's not a deciding factor of any kind in which fics I read, but I do low-key respect authors who reply to comments more than authors who don't.

[(Anonymous)]

When I’m into a fic, I like to read other people’s comments and the authors’ replies to them, so I appreciate that the number goes up because then I know when to check for new responses. It doesn’t feel artificial to me.

[(Anonymous)]

IMO the true gems tend to be underrated. Out of curiosity I sorted the fic in my primary fandom by comments and found: a lot of crossovers with more popular fandoms, (or worse! drabble collections with 50 different fandoms tagged!) and 80-chapter sagas by people with a lot of tumblr friends who show up to have lengthy comment exchanges with them on every chapter.

[(Anonymous)]

Sometimes I filter by comment count specifically because I like it when authors and readers talk to each other in the comments. It's more fun to comment when you are pretty sure you'll get a response. Also the story will posses a certain vibe. I don't know how to explain it.

But no, yeah, I don't care about this possible feature.

[(Anonymous)]

Don’t worry about how some imaginary reader is going to view your comment count. Engage with your readers if you like and don’t if you don’t want to. AO3 has a variety of ways to filter and sort and there’s no right way to do it, there’s no One True Way to comment on fic, and there’s nothing wrong with just doing what makes you comfortable even if it may cause a tiny pang of annoyance for someone who likes to do things differently.

[(Anonymous)]

Weirdly, if authors go to their stats dashboards, the sort is by comment threads, not total comments, and I never figured out why they don't have that as an option on filter pages (unless it's just prohibitive in terms of database calculations.)

But yeah, sort by comment as is gets pretty useless even if no authors answer comments and you exclude chaptered fics, because all it takes is two fans getting in a long conversation together and they completely blow the curve.

[(Anonymous)]

I cannot for the life of me understand how people get worked up over numbers to this degree.

IMO it's your fic. Who cares if people get turned off to comment number counts whether an author's are part of the reply or not? To get all critical about whether a fic is worth reading based off these numbers and interactions IMO kills all the joy and fun in fanfic writing and reading.

[(Anonymous)]

I always assumed high comment fic are terrible and people are telling the author so. Always by Kudos, and if I want recent things, I use the calendar function to only search the last week/month/year

[(Anonymous)]

You're right. That's why nobody should search by comments if they're looking specifically for good fic.

[arcanetrivia]

Yeah, I always have to mentally divide the comment count by two (approximately; I reply to most comments but not literally all) when I look at my own fics, because I definitely think my own don't count and it's inflating the count in a way.

[(Anonymous)]

I did not make this secret.

But, my goodness, I could have.

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[(Anonymous)]

Awww! That’s nice.

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[feotakahari]

Is this about Chilchuck being short?

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[(Anonymous)]

You have a way with words OP. I am fully on board for this dynamic. I'm usually a one mode headcanon type person but weirdly with these two I could see it both ways.

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You're right, I really would think it would be the other way around.

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[(Anonymous)]

Wholesome secret and wholesome image. I like it.

And I totally get not specifying. People love to argue and tear you down.

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