I am curious, Kenny

[kennylong]

While waiting for my story to get posted over the last few days, I noticed that one author's story had each of their first 3 chapters on the very top of the New section when first posted. How is the position determined? Seniority? Skill? Readership? Bribe? Random seems unlikely given the amount of new stories posted.

It seems like that top position is where one would want to be, especially on days like today when so many stories go up some of them aren't even on the first page on their first day.

Just curious and trying to figure out how things work... thanks.

 

[wishfulthinking]

Bribe. What are you offering?

I don't know Sometimes I think it is alphabetical via story name or membername, other times I think it is in order of submitting.

And I don't know if it helps, because things like story title and cat must still play a big role I would think.

 

[kennylong]

Bribe. What are you offering?

I don't know Sometimes I think it is alphabetical via story name or membername, other times I think it is in order of submitting.

And I don't know if it helps, because things like story title and cat must still play a big role I would think.

I suspected those as well, but none of them seem to fit (I wouldn't know the order of submitting but that would be a random method that would be tough to fathom) the current situation.

I know there are several stars in the Literotica sky and this person is one of them, so I guess they would want to promote them. I'm just happy to be here (and happy I didn't get relegated to the second page on the first day), but I was curious as to whether you could title your story in a way to get it up on top.

 

[wishfulthinking]

I'm never on top, usually 3rd from the bottom

 

[Lauren Hynde]

While waiting for my story to get posted over the last few days, I noticed that one author's story had each of their first 3 chapters on the very top of the New section when first posted. How is the position determined? Seniority? Skill? Readership? Bribe? Random seems unlikely given the amount of new stories posted.

It seems like that top position is where one would want to be, especially on days like today when so many stories go up some of them aren't even on the first page on their first day.

Just curious and trying to figure out how things work... thanks.

It may be random sometimes, but not usually. Illustrated stories and stories with audio will be on top. Stories with an Editor's Choice "E" will always be the first. In days when there aren't any of those, the top spot will most likely to go to a story that Laurel liked more than any of the others (but not enough for an E) or for a story she thinks a great number of people will enjoy - which often means anything written by the stars, people with an established following.

 

[logophile]

It may be random sometimes, but not usually. Illustrated stories and stories with audio will be on top. Stories with an Editor's Choice "E" will always be the first. In days when there aren't any of those, the top spot will most likely to go to a story that Laurel liked more than any of the others (but not enough for an E) or for a story she thinks a great number of people will enjoy - which often means anything written by the stars, people with an established following.

And here I thought it was just in the order it had been submitted and then approved.
Interesting.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

And here I thought it was just in the order it had been submitted and then approved.
Interesting.

I'm sure that's correct for all other stories, and it's probably correct for all the stories sometimes, but most often than not, there's an explanation for the first on the list being there.

 

[Weird Harold]

And here I thought it was just in the order it had been submitted and then approved.
Interesting.

Actually, it is the order in which they're approved -- it's just that Laurel approves some stories ahead of others. Known authors with no record of stretching Lit's limits get approved before new authors that have be checked closer; contest entries get approved before routine submissions; additions to on-going stories get approved before standalone stories; and stories that push Lit's limits and require closer examination before approval get approved last.

I can't say or predict just exactly why any given submission gets approved before another, but it is logical that the "easy choices" would be approved first and the "hard choices" approved as time allows.

 

[kennylong]

Thanks all!

 

[thebullet]

wishfulthinking said:
I'm never on top, usually 3rd from the bottom

Damn, wishfulthinking, I'd sure like to see that position!