AO3 is awesome, but the hits feature is giving me a complex. One of my stories has 429 hits, 9 kudos and no comments. Does that mean 400 people read my story and didn't like it? I'm paranoid. :)
HAH! See, yer looking at it all wrong--the thing to concentrate on is "wow--429 people read this story!" Think of it that way, and ignore the rest! *GGG*
I SECOND THIS. As someone who has two stories that have been up over a year and have under 20 hits a piece (no kudos, no comments) I think 429 plus 9 people who thought to say they liked it is awesome!
I think people feel that AO3 is an archive, and don't feel as obligated to comment as they might on a LJ Comm.
True, even I viewed it a bit like that at first, before I realized that kudos were easy to give and comments work the same as they do on LJ. Still, I'm more inclined to kudos than comment.
It makes me wonder, actually. There's stuff like evil author day to jumpstart WIPs, but why haven't I seen "leave a comment" day? Something like, "go back to five fics you enjoyed, but for whatever reason, didn't leave a comment on, and show your LOVE!"
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*shnuggles you*
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Think of it that way, and ignore the rest! *GGG*
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I think people feel that AO3 is an archive, and don't feel as obligated to comment as they might on a LJ Comm.
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(and so good to know i'm not alone in this!)
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