Story angst

[rivkat]

Briefly:

1. OK, fess up: which one of you was driving the red car in my neighborhood with the license plate “FANFIC”?

2. My husband sends notes to our kids, for future reference. Recently: “Dear Rivkid, It was very progressive of you to request ‘King & King,’ the same-sex-marriage fairy tale, for your bedtime story tonight. It would have been even more progressive had you not referred to the book as ‘The Two Queens.’”

But most importantly: I love feedback. I want to make it as likely as possible that people will leave feedback on my stories. So, what to do about crossposting? This is my first use of DW's poll feature, for a Very Important Poll.

Poll #368 Maximizing comments

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 69

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Should I consolidate comments on story posts?

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Stay unconsolidated! For me, that creates the lowest psychological barrier to commenting on a story.
16 (23.2%)

Comment counts matter to whether I read a story post; thus, consolidation would be a good idea.
6 (8.7%)

Comment counts matter to whether I read a story post but I’m not reading on DW; thus, don’t consolidate to DW until the crossposter can display the number of comments.
3 (4.3%)

I like reading other people’s comments; thus, consolidation would be a good idea.
49 (71.0%)

I like reading other people’s comments but I’m not reading on DW; thus, don’t consolidate to DW until the crossposter can display the number of comments.
3 (4.3%)

Some other thing that I will tell you in (presently unconsolidated, though you have to answer the poll on DW) comments.
5 (7.2%)

Comments

[annabeth_roses]

I'm greedy for comments too, but personally I don't judge a story based on how many comments it has (I mean whether to read it or not). That does make me worry, though, that my own stories get fewer comments because people see they don't have that many and think it's a bad story, and then they don't read it. Eh.

Personally, too, I'd like to be able to comment either place. I have accounts at both so it doesn't really matter, but wherever I happen to be reading at the time it seems easier to just click the 'post comment' link.

Incidentally, your child made me laugh really hard.

Oh, and the other thing I was going to say was to agree with lilian_cho that I tend to be less likely to leave a comment if the entry has pages and pages also, simply because by that point I feel like whatever I could say has already been said by someone else better.