[ SECRET POST #2535 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2535 ⌋

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Comments

Timing and posting fic

[(Anonymous)]

How much does timing matter when posting fic? I ask because I've been posting fic in the morning (since I won't have time otherwise, and nobody's really around on the weekends), and nobody's responded. I feel like posting earlier has always lost reviews, but posting after work when everyone's in or out for the night has hurt me, too. I don't want to ask if it's timing because it seems like whining (it's really not), but I do feel like I'm missing out on the "prime time" for getting responses. :( This has been going on for years btw. (And is why I miss there being more archives, where fics just... stay there for at least a few days.)

Re: Timing and posting fic

[(Anonymous)]

I've found that posting on Sunday evenings and Monday around three or four o'clock nabs me the greatest viewing audience, because on Mondays everybody who's in the primary school system gets home and doesn't want to buckle down and do homework. I'm not sure about Sunday nights but I'm guessing it's because it's the tail-end of the weekend and also the procrastination factor.

Re: Timing and posting fic

[(Anonymous)]

It really depends on the archive, believe it or not.

There's one archive where I get my most reviews when I post in the morning (like, 25 or more per chapter, easily. And no, I'm not a BNF.) And very few reviews when I post in the evening, at night, or in the wee hours.

There's another archive where posting in the morning does nothing for me... but posting in the late afternoon on Thursday through Sunday is a good idea.

I don't know where you're posting but generally speaking, the secret to getting loads of reviews (and I assume that's what you want, rather than simply views) is to write the entire story out ahead of time and then post it like clockwork. I strongly suspect that the reason that I do so well review-wise is that when I start posting a new story, I usually have a set schedule for updating it - every day in the morning, once a week on Thursdays, whatever. People are creatures of habit.