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my fic has single digit hits and kudos, and recip left a "thanks for writing".

so yeah, doing badly, and I'm pissed. I like the fucking fic. it's better than the other fic in the fandom, and that one has 3 digit both. /seethe, seethe

Did you redate?

I'm curious about this too, if the other fic is doing well enough to garner triple-digit hits/kudos. Means the fandom is big for yuletide and moves fairly quickly. If OP did re-date, then it might just be a matter of writing for a rarepair.

Would you redate if the fandom is small? It's not weird? The fic on top of me redated yesterday and they are getting double hits, like 50 v. 100 hits difference. Same ship. It's seriously making me sad because I know my story is solid.

If it's a fandom that gets works outside of Yuletide, I redate. It's not weird - nobody could read your story before Dec 25, so that is a reasonable date to put on it.

I don't redate my fics that are in such tiny fandoms that they will still be on the first page of the fandom regardless. And in certain big, wanky fandoms (this doesn't apply to Yuletide, they're not eligible) I will redate only after author reveals, because most non-exchange following fans won't read works by anonymous authors.

Yeah, I always redate, even if it's a fandom of two and I'm the first fic in the fandom. Mostly because I like having the date on the fic be the date it actually went live, but it also does make a difference in feedback even for medium/small fandoms.

If there's any movement at all in the tag, people will get to the last thing they remember seeing and not scroll past it. So if your fic pops up under any other fics when it first goes live, it'll reduce your traffic. Redating is really the only way to manage that.

Okay, I'm going to redate then. Thank you for the advice, coalies!

I would be shocked if this isn't it.

Like, as an example, this is what the Scum Villain fics look like right now:

Juggernaut dated Dec 25th (rated E): 1400+ hits, 200+ kudos

Rarepair dated Dec 24th (rated M): 200+ hits, 59 kudos

Juggernaut dated Dec 16th (rated G): 66 hits, 19 kudos

Juggernaut dated Dec 12th (rated T): 57 hits, 11 kudos

Aw no, nonnny, I hope it gains traction later!

I mean, there's a certain amount (a LOT) of subjectiveness to what is a good fic, but if there are two fics in the collection for a fandom and one has 3 digit kudos and one has single digits? Unless, like, the other is the juggernaut pairing and yours is gen about the character nobody likes, you might want to re-evaluate your writing, or have a friendly reader who will give you concrit look it over.

(also, THREE DIGITS of kudos? In Yuletide? I am envious.)

NC

As someone who landed on writing the 'gen about the character nobody likes' fic this year, this hurt!

I really don't think coalie's writing is THAT bad, though. Then there'd still be a lot of hits from the fandom, before they realized it's a mess of a fic. Unless they're also the sort of person who tags 50 pairings and 100 freeforms and has a social media AU summary?

Exactly this, regarding hits. I also wrote gen about a less popular character, and I have slightly fewer hits than a shippy fic posted for this fandom, but more kudos. There's hope for us yet.

NC

you might want to re-evaluate your writing
Jesus christ, this was assholic.

DC - maybe it wasn't phrased cult-of-nicey, but they got "thank you for writing for me" and single digit kudos compared to triple digit kudos? I can see their point.

There are no fandoms with two fics where one has triple digit kudos and one has single. I'm confused or they're exaggerating.

Maybe "the other fic in the fandom" means that this is literally a two-work fandom; it could be from a previous Yuletide, or Be The First??

In that case then it makes little sense to be comparing the kudos already!

I assume they fudged the details to make it harder to find because otherwise that would be pretty easy. I'm guessing the fandom has more than two fics.

the other fic's in yuletide? cos...I can't find anything that this scenario fits.

If you aren't getting hits and the other one is, then there's something in the presentation making people not click. Assuming same pairing, check that you redacted and that your tags/description don't have errors. They aren't even seeing your fic yet so fic quality has nothing to do with it.

Unless you mean the other fic in the fandom total rather than Yuletide, in which case it might just be one of those that will slowly trickle in over months or years.

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