Just discovered a new way to look for stories.

[AG31]

After approx 4 years here I just noticed that you can see the names of people that have favorited one of your stories. It's just under the "Add story to favorites" button down near the stars.

I can now look at the other stories favorited by those people.

This site has so many little features like that! I've never seen another that comes close.

 

[HelenL]

I see "favorited by" followed by three names, but not an exhaustive list. Am I missing something?

 

[cw5523729]

After approx 4 years here I just noticed that you can see the names of people that have favorited one of your stories. It's just under the "Add story to favorites" button down near the stars.

I can now look at the other stories favorited by those people.

This site has so many little features like that! I've never seen another that comes close.

I noticed that and a couple of times I went to see what other stories were "Favorites" by the people that favorited mine. Invariably I discovered that the list of favorites by those people was well into the 4 or 5 digits. I have no idea why someone would favorite thousands and thousands of stories that they couldn't possibly have read in their lifetime. That had the unfortunate effect of greatly watering down the ego boosting value of "favorite"

 

[iwatchus]

I noticed that and a couple of times I went to see what other stories were "Favorites" by the people that favorited mine. Invariably I discovered that the list of favorites by those people was well into the 4 or 5 digits. I have no idea why someone would favorite thousands and thousands of stories that they couldn't possibly have read in their lifetime. That had the unfortunate effect of greatly watering down the ego boosting value of "favorite"

Or speading the joy of being favorited further...

 

[cw5523729]

Or speading the joy of being favorited further...

Are you saying you want me to favorite all your stories? BRB, I am to please.

 

[AG31]

I see "favorited by" followed by three names, but not an exhaustive list. Am I missing something?

Dunno. That would be an exhaustive list for me.

 

[AG31]

I noticed that and a couple of times I went to see what other stories were "Favorites" by the people that favorited mine. Invariably I discovered that the list of favorites by those people was well into the 4 or 5 digits. I have no idea why someone would favorite thousands and thousands of stories that they couldn't possibly have read in their lifetime. That had the unfortunate effect of greatly watering down the ego boosting value of "favorite"

Huh. I'll post back here when I get some info on my own favoriteds.

 

[HelenL]

I noticed that and a couple of times I went to see what other stories were "Favorites" by the people that favorited mine. Invariably I discovered that the list of favorites by those people was well into the 4 or 5 digits. I have no idea why someone would favorite thousands and thousands of stories that they couldn't possibly have read in their lifetime. That had the unfortunate effect of greatly watering down the ego boosting value of "favorite"

Sometimes my activity feed is spammed by someone going through and favoriting everything. It's not possible that they've read a single story in the time they've taken to favorite 30+, so I guess they're using favorites rather than "read later," but if you want to add a writer's entire catalogue to your read queue, wouldn't it be simpler just to follow them?

Of course those readers who favorite all of your works at the rate of one a day or so, those are probably genuine fans.

But that's why I'd like to see more than the current three names. I'd like to know who likes my writing who isn't just going through a pointless mass favoriting binge, and it would be especially good to be able to search for names I know. I noticed that a writer I like had favorited my latest story, but now her name has scrolled off the most recent three, so I'm glad I caught it.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

I'll use my activity fed and every once in a while will come across someone following me or favoriting one of my stories.
When I dig into their favorites, all I can think is, "Why the hell are you reading my stories?"

 

[cw5523729]

Sometimes my activity feed is spammed by someone going through and favoriting everything. It's not possible that they've read a single story in the time they've taken to favorite 30+, so I guess they're using favorites rather than "read later," but if you want to add a writer's entire catalogue to your read queue, wouldn't it be simpler just to follow them?

Yes, I agree. Somewhere else I mentioned that was exactly my theory in a discussion regarding it with @Off_base

As to why they don't just follow - beats TF out of me.

 

[SamanthaBehgs]

Sometimes my activity feed is spammed by someone going through and favoriting everything. It's not possible that they've read a single story in the time they've taken to favorite 30+, so I guess they're using favorites rather than "read later," but if you want to add a writer's entire catalogue to your read queue, wouldn't it be simpler just to follow them?

Of course those readers who favorite all of your works at the rate of one a day or so, those are probably genuine fans.

But that's why I'd like to see more than the current three names. I'd like to know who likes my writing who isn't just going through a pointless mass favoriting binge, and it would be especially good to be able to search for names I know. I noticed that a writer I like had favorited my latest story, but now her name has scrolled off the most recent three, so I'm glad I caught it.

I used to read all of the stories here on lit without logging in. I created an account before this one (and have since lost the password and no longer use the associated email - whoops!). When I created that account, I went through and favorited every story I loved and felt needed to be favorited that I could still remember the author or the story title. I felt they deserved it and once I had the account, I wanted to go through and do it. Do I think that's what's happening in *all* of these cases? Nah. But it could explain some of them.

 

[HelenL]

Dunno. That would be an exhaustive list for me.

Looks like you have two stories with 9 favorites, and others with more than 3

 

[AlexBailey]

Yeah. Be sure to check into favorites of users who comment on your stories too.

I’ve found a lot of good reads by going down that rabbit hole.

 

[THBGato]

I have no idea why someone would favorite thousands and thousands of stories that they couldn't possibly have read in their lifetime.

"Um... Hi, my name is THB, and I am a Litaddict..."

I have over 1,400 stories on my various lists. I've read all of them (and I've read many more).

 

[HelenL]

"Um... Hi, my name is THB, and I am a Litaddict..."

I have over 1,400 stories on my various lists. I've read all of them (and I've read many more).

That seems a lot to me, but randomly clicking around readers who are on the "three most recent" lists it looks to be fairly normal. But there are others with 14K, 28K, 29K and 32K in the same lists, and I've seen much bigger favorite counts than that. How long would it take to read 32,000 average-length Lit stories?

 

[THBGato]

That seems a lot to me, but randomly clicking around readers who are on the "three most recent" lists it looks to be fairly normal. But there are others with 14K, 28K, 29K and 32K in the same lists, and I've seen much bigger favorite counts than that. How long would it take to read 32,000 average-length Lit stories?

How long have those readers been on the site? I've been a member for less than two years and have read something in the region of 2,500 stories, at least. But then:
a) I tend to avoid really short ones
b) I write too
c) I have quite narrow interests (see signature... as if you weren't already aware Helen!)
d) I read a lot off-site

I reckon, a non-writer with broad tastes and OCD reading habits could easily read 2,500 stories in a year.