The Coal Game

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We're scrolling
And watching coalies make errors
The most pathetical errors!
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Who stayed up all night tracking a source in its original Latin
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Re: hits/kudos/bookmarks

[(Anonymous)]

Not really. I know it's not modest to say but the rare times I'm not writing for a fandom of one, my fic usually "wins" in terms of stats vs the other fics which I guess is nice but I mainly care about the recip's reception. In terms of fics in general, I do believe in the hits/kudos ratio but when I sort for things to read I rank by bookmarks.

Re: hits/kudos/bookmarks

[(Anonymous)]

what hit/kudos ratio do you aim for for non yuletide/exchange fics?

Re: hits/kudos/bookmarks

[(Anonymous)]

7-15% in my expirence are usually solid fics that I enjoy. Less than that (that isn't porn) usually has Wattpad style writing that I don't like (not a value judgment, just not to my taste) and then more than that is usually Lowest Common Denominator fic (OOC to me, long previous WIPS that focus more on tropes than characterization to me) that isn't to my personal taste.

Re: hits/kudos/bookmarks

[(Anonymous)]

Da: in most fandoms, 10-15% is good, 15-20% is great, 25%+ (unless it has almost no hits) something weird is going on. If it's weird porn, or there's something controversial about it, or it has less than 20 hits, I ignore ratio entirely.

The older the fic, the lower the ratio - a month old fic with 20%, a year old fic with 15%, and a five year old fic with 10% are probably doing equally well.