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Re: Doing well/doing badly?

[(Anonymous)]

Did you redate?

Re: Doing well/doing badly?

[(Anonymous)]

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.

Re: Doing well/doing badly?

[(Anonymous)]

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.

Re: Doing well/doing badly?

[(Anonymous)]

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.

Re: Doing well/doing badly?

[(Anonymous)]

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.

Re: Doing well/doing badly?

[(Anonymous)]

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

Re: Doing well/doing badly?

[(Anonymous)]

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