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Just wondering if I am the only one who obsessively checks their stories and blog posts for comments and such?
Every time I post a story or comment, I seem to take on a compulsive need to keep checking how many people have read it, what comments have been made and if people are giving any indication of liking it. Am I the only person who is weird like that, or is it a common phenomena that I have weirdly adapted anyways?
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not uncommon
for people to check on their new postings for the first week after it was posted. After a week views and comments really drop off on stories, blog posts usually a day afterwards.
once the comments / kudos / views stop jumping up checking each posting frequently isn't needed.
Stupidity is a capital offense. A summary not indictable.
AA
Hi... my name is Andrea.... and I'm an affirmationoholic....
Love, Andrea Lena
As a reader......
I have to say that nothing makes me feel better, or more appreciated, than when an author reviews my comment and periodically even responds back.
Dallas
D. Eden
Dum Vivimus, Vivamus
No, you're not alone.
No, you're not alone.
-- Daphne Xu
It's the only way
To feed the Muse :)
We the willing, led by the unsure. Have been doing so much with so little for so long,
We are now qualified to do anything with nothing.
By design
A lot of the design of BC is toward making authors feel appreciated. People who write for an audience need the right kinds of feedback. It's not a perfect system here but we tweak it now and then to try to improve it.
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
Can't Speak for Stories...
...but I always go back the next day to see if there's been a response to a comment of mine.
Eric
Just to remind people about MyStories
This link will take you to a page listing all of your stories, with columns for which ones have new comments, kudo and read counts, even for unpubbed stories: MyStories.
Most of the columns are sortable.
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
Majority
I suspect you and I are in the majority. But checking often makes me feel, I have an insecurity problem.
Perhaps not quite an insecurity problem
but in this world of social media, there are many who seem to keep checking on their tweets etc. I call them an 'attention whore'.
Social Media gives instant gratification and also instant rejection/dismissal. This site is not that bad. You have to search for responses rather than get them sent to you.[1]
I check my posts here quite often in the day or so after posting but once the level of kudos has plateaued I tend to reduce that checking to once a day at most.
[1] Perhaps this is why I don't subscribe to any of the Social Media sites. no twitter, Facebook etc. I've never felt the need to expose myself like that.
I have no idea what is posted (if anything is or anyone could be bovvered to post) about me on those cesspits and to use some infamous words,
"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damm".
Samantha
It would be strange
if an author didn't do that. Why publish if you don't care whether others read it?
I'd guess that your actions are the norm rather than the exception.
twitches randomly
I write for Kudos! or 'reads' numbers!
My muse beats me up for them and will not let me sleep on some nights---she counts them constantly and writes answers to comments....its all her fault!
I am a kudos addict!
but takes 'reads' in-place of them.
Proud member of the Whateley Academy Drow clan/collective
Obsessive Compulsive
All of the above! When I (too rarely) post a story then I have to check (a) how many hits I get, (b) how many kudos I get, and (c) how many and what kind of comments I get.
I think any author likes to bask in a little admiration, no matter how little.
Nope
No you're not alone, I too probably check way more often than I should for new comments.
two or three
Or four or five or . . . A day isn't obsessive . . .
Is it? :-)
off to mystories.
I'm late, I'm late for a very important date
No time to say hello goodbye, I'm late I'm late I'm late
Tiggs
Ps. Is it tagline theft if it's from one disneyite to another?
Warm furry hugs
T.