lovecraft68
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I'd held off posting this because I figure end of the day its a waste of breath because we have people here who literally refuse to admit there is anything amiss here, even when the evidence is right there...but a noticed something today that made me decide to post it.
My story Home is Where the Heart is just received its 500th comment. That's a pretty good milestone and my second best story. But it made me think....just like in sports there are some records that may never be broken because the sport has changed (Cy Young 511 wins is untouchable for example)
Well, now that comments are becoming fewer and fewer could anyone see that number again? It took me 9 years on a story that's been in the Mature all time top ten for most of that time, and during the 'salad years" of comments and its a popular category and I'm a popular author and it still took that, and not a lot of stories ever hit that number.
Could a story coming out now, ever get there? Seems unlikely unless we think the sites got another 20 years left in it or things change which is doubtful because the site gives zero fucks about the authors lack of comments or anything else for that matter.
This is part of an e-mail a reader(Ravey19) sent me through my website two weeks ago...
Loved your latest story on Literotica but unable to send any direct message as for some reason Literitica regards me as a spammer and despite 3 emails I'm not further forward...
There's your answer to decreased comments, lits brilliant spam filter is blocking legit comments...and of course we all know you can't contact them because they think its funny to run a business with a contact us button that doesn't work...hehahahahha so cool! I mean why care about customers?
Couple days later he sent this
I've just found out that using the right VPN I can get round the spammer block.
But here's the issue, thsi guy really made an effort. We can all agree that based on the sad number of votes per view and even lower comments even before this BS that lit seems to have a minimal effort readership...now it was just made it harder, very few are gong to push the way this reader did,
Worth noting though that somehow the trolls have seen no drop in comments....guess the assholes try harder than the good voters..***** lesson right there, seems the asshats are always more tenacious.
So..lit has once again made a change that cost authors, and once again don't care and why should they when they have putzes here who tell everyone else here we're wrong...I mean hey, we make the site money why should we expect to be considered? Meanwhile we all know who the favorite forum and group is here don't we?
But going further the toadies here are famous for the famous "if you don't like it leave" this is the biggest show in town, the most eyes etc...
Is it? Comments down, votes down, the cesspool of LW has reached flat out hate speech status to the point people are starting numerous threads about where else they can put stories as far as category, a few asking about other sites.
More people coming here complaining about stories booted for under age that never was underaged more people bitching okay, maybe it could be seen that way, but what about the 10k stories just like it...more discussion about the sites BS, lies and issues
The AH mod who has been very quiet for years all of a sudden closing threads again, and not because they were devolving into attacks, but the discussion was not looking good for lit, so as always the answer is to shut it down.
People are looking elsewhere, I'm sure not in a big enough number to matter...yet, but I think the downward spiral in comments, the increase in raw hatred of one category that the site seems to encourage and think is hilarious(while decent comments are blocked) and other factors may continue the trend.
So maybe the attitude here for 'management' and the suck ups might need to change a little, and be a little less apathetic in the case of the former, and belligerent in the latter.
I've posted maybe 6 stories here in the last 5 years or so, I have no stakes here anymore other than occasionally dropping something for the fans, but many here are still cutting their teeth or into the numbers or this is the extent they want to take their work and want the site to be as big as possible. Those are the people that should take this as something other than the trolling the moles will try to say it is.
Because end of the day although parts of this sound harsh, that's just my nature, the reality is I feel bad, its a shame there is so little effort made here for the people that built this place.
My story Home is Where the Heart is just received its 500th comment. That's a pretty good milestone and my second best story. But it made me think....just like in sports there are some records that may never be broken because the sport has changed (Cy Young 511 wins is untouchable for example)
Well, now that comments are becoming fewer and fewer could anyone see that number again? It took me 9 years on a story that's been in the Mature all time top ten for most of that time, and during the 'salad years" of comments and its a popular category and I'm a popular author and it still took that, and not a lot of stories ever hit that number.
Could a story coming out now, ever get there? Seems unlikely unless we think the sites got another 20 years left in it or things change which is doubtful because the site gives zero fucks about the authors lack of comments or anything else for that matter.
This is part of an e-mail a reader(Ravey19) sent me through my website two weeks ago...
Loved your latest story on Literotica but unable to send any direct message as for some reason Literitica regards me as a spammer and despite 3 emails I'm not further forward...
There's your answer to decreased comments, lits brilliant spam filter is blocking legit comments...and of course we all know you can't contact them because they think its funny to run a business with a contact us button that doesn't work...hehahahahha so cool! I mean why care about customers?
Couple days later he sent this
I've just found out that using the right VPN I can get round the spammer block.
But here's the issue, thsi guy really made an effort. We can all agree that based on the sad number of votes per view and even lower comments even before this BS that lit seems to have a minimal effort readership...now it was just made it harder, very few are gong to push the way this reader did,
Worth noting though that somehow the trolls have seen no drop in comments....guess the assholes try harder than the good voters..***** lesson right there, seems the asshats are always more tenacious.
So..lit has once again made a change that cost authors, and once again don't care and why should they when they have putzes here who tell everyone else here we're wrong...I mean hey, we make the site money why should we expect to be considered? Meanwhile we all know who the favorite forum and group is here don't we?
But going further the toadies here are famous for the famous "if you don't like it leave" this is the biggest show in town, the most eyes etc...
Is it? Comments down, votes down, the cesspool of LW has reached flat out hate speech status to the point people are starting numerous threads about where else they can put stories as far as category, a few asking about other sites.
More people coming here complaining about stories booted for under age that never was underaged more people bitching okay, maybe it could be seen that way, but what about the 10k stories just like it...more discussion about the sites BS, lies and issues
The AH mod who has been very quiet for years all of a sudden closing threads again, and not because they were devolving into attacks, but the discussion was not looking good for lit, so as always the answer is to shut it down.
People are looking elsewhere, I'm sure not in a big enough number to matter...yet, but I think the downward spiral in comments, the increase in raw hatred of one category that the site seems to encourage and think is hilarious(while decent comments are blocked) and other factors may continue the trend.
So maybe the attitude here for 'management' and the suck ups might need to change a little, and be a little less apathetic in the case of the former, and belligerent in the latter.
I've posted maybe 6 stories here in the last 5 years or so, I have no stakes here anymore other than occasionally dropping something for the fans, but many here are still cutting their teeth or into the numbers or this is the extent they want to take their work and want the site to be as big as possible. Those are the people that should take this as something other than the trolling the moles will try to say it is.
Because end of the day although parts of this sound harsh, that's just my nature, the reality is I feel bad, its a shame there is so little effort made here for the people that built this place.