AO3 Stats Memes: no... comments?

[ely_baby]

I've seen these AO3 stats memes popping up in my flist for a couple of days now, and I'm sorry if I haven't commented on each one of them. It doesn't mean that I don't like them or feel the urge to snob them, just that I've been rather busy with my betas, translations for the OTW October Drive, helping out crack_broom with tidying up their archive, and what

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[leigh_adams]

Eeeep, that's my bad! My meme is now unlocked -- usually, if it's "fandom only" and no real life content, I unlock things. You can see it now! (And yes, "Meet Me In the Red Room" is the story I was referring to. ;)

I just love comments, period. And I'll second what a lot of people here have said -- you leave fantastic ones. Those are the kind of comments a writer dreams about. I think kudos have a place, but I don't think anything can really replace comments. I don't think number of comments is a meaningless stat by any means, but it can be deceiving -- and it may not be a measure of which stories are truly the most popular since not as many people leave comments these days.

You raise an interesting point about fests run on AO3. interhouse_fest has an archive there, for folks to post after the fest is over. I've only participated in one AO3-centric fest (rarewomen), and that is the sole reason (in my opinion) my Patil-centric gen fic has such a high hit/kudos count -- it was written for that fest, and it was never posted in a community on LJ (aside from my personal LJ archive).

"Hailey Potter, the Cock Slut" just sounds terrible, so kudos to you on even attempting to read it! I think AO3 mainly makes it easier for readers to find sexual content, which is why it's so incredibly popular (with the tagging system, which I fully admit I am terrible at).

[ely_baby]

I do see it now. Oh gosh! Is Bill/Fleur really one of fandom's least favourite pairings? Why would that be? I just think they're adorable together. The pretty French girl and the rough Curse Breaker covered in scars... that's the beginning of a great romance, some fluffy story or a hot pwp. I mean you can basically do everything you want with them. <3

Well, you, Nightfalltwen, Cryptaknight, and the others who have replied to this post inspired me to do something about comments. I'm very excited and cannot wait to start putting my plan into action. But you're very sweet, thank you! I love to leave comments just as much as I love receiving them. Oh yes, "popular" doesn't mean "loved", does it? I think I've already been corrected once for the wrong usage of the word..

Oh yes, I love when fests have archives on AO3, it's so much easier to find everything under the same tag. :D And I see what you mean with AO3-centric fests, I've never participated in one - and when I did (kind of--for Smutty Claus last year) my entry was ridiculously bad, so I really cannot use it to compare it with my other stories. But I'm sure those stories are more popular, since you get the attention of the people on LJ and on AO3.

Curiosity killed the cat with that story. It was ugh. AO3 makes it too easy to find what you crave. I'm looking forward to the "Halloween" tag to start to come up this year! I'm in a spooky mood right now. (And I'm OCD so I tag my works in a maniacally meticulous way. And kink tags bring you so many hits.. ;D) Hehe. xx