{"id":128362,"date":"2015-11-06T14:56:25","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T14:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/11\/06\/thursdayj-aura218-sproings-theres-this\/"},"modified":"2015-11-06T14:56:25","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T14:56:25","slug":"thursdayj-aura218-sproings-theres-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/11\/06\/thursdayj-aura218-sproings-theres-this\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

thursdayj<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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aura218<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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sproings<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s this fic on AO3 that, according to my history page, I have visited 176 times. \u00a0Which means I alone am responsible for 176 hits on that fic. \u00a0I commented on some of the chapters, but only a few, because I feel like a stalker when I comment every week. \u00a0I gave it kudos, but I can only give it one, even though it\u2019s one of my favorites.<\/p>\n

So just remember, when you\u2019re looking at that hit count and wondering why you don\u2019t have that same number of kudos (divided by the number of chapters, because each one of those also counts as a hit), it might be because some people out there love your fic. \u00a0They read it when they\u2019re feeling down. \u00a0They open it in the waiting room at the doctors office, or in the lonesome dark of night. \u00a0They turn to it in celebration when they did something right. \u00a0They open it over and over so they can send the link to their friends, or just to revisit the characters that they love. \u00a0They checked it ten times in one day, hoping that you had updated.<\/p>\n

A disparity between hits and kudos does not mean that your readers didn\u2019t like your fic, or that they were too lazy to hit the kudos button. \u00a0It means that some of them came back, and there\u2019s nothing that makes me happier about my writing than that.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

literally never considered that. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I wish there was a\u00a0\u201cleave additional kudos\u201d option for repeat customers. There are some fics I\u2019ve read over and over and over and I want to heart it every time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

thursdayj: aura218: sproings: There\u2019s this fic on AO3 that, according to my history page, I have visited 176 times. \u00a0Which means I alone am responsible for 176 hits on that fic. \u00a0I commented on some of the chapters, but only a few, because I feel like a stalker when I comment every week. \u00a0I gave … <\/p>\n

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