Keeping contact with fans?

[KikiKisses]

So I’ve had some interesting interactions with some of my stories and I posted earlier about having a little bit of frustration about not being able to comment directly in the comment section, and having to send a private comment to them or find them on the forum. I find it a little clunky.

What do other authors do if they want to communicate more directly in a community style way? Reddit? Discord?

Obviously I’m not there yet but I’m curious.

I have some really encouraging comments from people and I would love to get their feedback, and build a following.

 

[PennameWombat]

But you can comment in the Comments section on a story. Do you mean that because there's no threading and no connection, any response you make there just sits? Yes, that's the case.

And, the couple of times I tried to use a direct message to thank or otherwise respond to a comment, the users had their DMs disabled. So. Never mind.

In short, my following is anyone that has chosen to be a Follower here and I communicate with them by releasing a new story. At which time they get notified by the site, and can act. Or not.

Beyond that, as you imply, this site doesn't have facilities for maintaining a personal 'community.' As I have zero interest in doing so, I don't try to take them to any other sites. But there are writers here who use Patreon, which seems to be the most common.

You cannot put links outside of Literotica in your stories, but you can put such links (Patreon, Amazon, Discord, etc.) on your profile page. But that requires readers to not only read your story, but also click on your name to see your profile.

 

[KikiKisses]

That’s what I mean. That you would put links to other sites in your bio. You could mention that in your story and invite people to follow you there.

Yeah it bums me out that there’s no way to communicate with anyone besides talking to them here or sending them a private feedback message that they may or may not see or may or may not answer. So I was wondering if people had a preferred platform for that. I’ve never used Discord but I thought some people might have some opinions about what to do.,

 

[Statius]

Look just put at the beginning of your story to feel free to contact you through your email on bio page, that you encourage it. IF and that's a big IF they want to contact you, they will. You can't control that or argue about, or explain, your story, intentions, etc.. unless they contact you.

 

[KikiKisses]

Look just put at the beginning of your story to feel free to contact you through your email on bio page, that you encourage it. IF and that's a big IF they want to contact you, they will. You can't control that or argue about, or explain, your story, intentions, etc.. unless they contact you.

That wasn’t my intention. More answering questions, etc.

I think I’ll just do that for now.