If You Incest: A Data-Driven Post on Why Your Story is Screwed

[ElectricBlue]

For what it's worth, I support Lit's stance on AI, but I also think that their strategy sucks. They are being overwhelmed and aren't showing signs of adapting to the new situation. It's only going to get worse. What a terrible moment to be an amateur writer.

I dunno. The number of, "I've been suspected of using AI in my story" threads has dropped right off, to the point where we're seeing the perennial, "Will this age reference get my story rejected? She's only 17 and 11 months..."

It's almost all back to normal. Except for the html render glitch, and the paper clip breakdown that stops my posts looking pretty, and whatever turns up next week. Which will be Australians worrying about bushfires while you lot freeze your asses off.

 

[cw5523729]

I dunno. The number of, "I've been suspected of using AI in my story" threads has dropped right off, to the point where we're seeing the perennial, "Will this age reference get my story rejected? She's only 17 and 11 months..."

How about 17 years, 11 months, 29 days? 'Cuz that's like really, really, really close to 18, so that's cool, right?

If not, how many hours do I have to add? Does it matter which month she was born in and how many days are in it?

 

[TheLobster]

How about 17 years, 11 months, 29 days? 'Cuz that's like really, really, really close to 18, so that's cool, right?

If not, how many hours do I have to add? Does it matter which month she was born in and how many days are in it?

Make sure you emphasize that she's Samoan, which means she turned 18 like twenty hours before an average US-ian would.

But also clarify that she's not American Samoan, because that'd mean she needs to wait an extra couple of hours!

 

[cw5523729]

Make sure you emphasize that she's Samoan, which means she turned 18 like twenty hours before an average US-ian would.

But also clarify that she's not American Samoan, because that'd mean she needs to wait an extra couple of hours!

uh oh, what happens if @p_white98 gets his way and the site changes what time zone it uses? We'd have to rewrite all the stories!!

 

[RejectReality]

Taken from the hub popular list for the last seven days.

Erotic Couplings, ranked 2 in the most stories posted from the OP: Average 1600 views.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, ranked 5 in the most stories posted from the OP: Average 788 views.
Mature, ranked 14 in the most stories posted from the OP: Average 7810 views.
Anal, ranked 24 in the most stories posted from the OP: Average 6818 views.

Sure don't look like "stories that get the most views are what's getting approved" to me. As alluded to in the title, this premise is wholly based upon Incest being the most popular category, and didn't delve a centimeter deeper once that was "proven".

 

[Britva415]

I dont think your data actually supports your conclusions.

I'm not a data scientist and even I can see eye-rolling problems with it.

 

[NaughteeDragon]

^---- this. The # of people whose stories get delayed who then also say "Sure, I use Grammarly but I don't let it change anything" seems to be way to high to be coincidental. Or everyone on here uses Grammarly except me.

@Fatdog25 would probably appreciate it if I did use Grammarly. I won’t tell you how many errors he found in my most recent story, but it was enough to be embarrassing.

 

[SamanthaBehgs]

This also...doesn't seem to explain poetry ever getting published at all given the relative number of clicks. Either that, or my poetry is AWFUL in comparison to my stories.

 

[YmaOHyd]

This also...doesn't seem to explain poetry ever getting published at all given the relative number of clicks. Either that, or my poetry is AWFUL in comparison to my stories.

[would like to clarify that my Like here is not an endorsement of your poetry being awful]

 

[EmilyMiller]

It's almost all back to normal.

Maybe as a lot of people have given up. Including some much loved writers.

 

[Zootonius]

Maybe as a lot of people have given up. Including some much loved writers.

Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded.

 

[Inkognito1]

I think a lot of people misunderstood what I was trying to say in my original post.

I’m not claiming that certain stories are getting fast-tracked because the writing is inherently better, and I’m definitely not saying that anyone’s writing is bad. What I was trying to point out is that, for whatever reason, some stories are more likely to hit the site’s internal engagement metrics, and those are the ones that seem to get through faster.

It’s not so much about quality as it is about perceived marketability.

For example, in gay erotica, the “straight guy gets seduced” trope is wildly popular. If you write a story in that vein, you’re practically guaranteed more clicks, and I suspect the system (human or algorithmic) knows this.

Now compare that to a story in the same category about, say, golden showers. That kind of kink is clearly more niche, which means fewer views, which means less incentive, from a purely data-driven perspective, to push it to the front of the line.

That doesn’t mean those stories never get posted quickly. They do. But probably not as often, unless it’s from an already popular author.

I get that not everyone agrees with this theory and that’s fair. But I think it’s worth considering the business perspective Literotica likely operates from and how that affects the speed at which certain stories are posted.

Because while the stories themselves may not directly make money, they drive engagement. And the higher the engagement, the higher the likelihood of monetization.

So why wouldn’t they prioritize what gets the clicks?