Literotica subreddit

[Erozetta]

https://www.reddit.com/r/literotica/s/0d1hmaXXXr

For anyone who would like to encourage more comments, I suggest delving into the Lit subreddit where questions like this pop up from time to time. Share your favorite authors and stories and interact with readers who might not know about your works yet.

And push the idea of telling them to let those authors know!

 

[AwkwardlySet]

A valiant effort from you even though I doubt it's gonna make any of them change their habits.
We are the ones who need to change our game; we are the only ones who have the incentive to do it. The rest are all happy with how things are

 

[Erozetta]

A valiant effort from you even though I doubt it's gonna make any of them change their habits.
We are the ones who need to change our game; we are the only ones who have the incentive to do it. The rest are all happy with how things are

I figured if it gets one or two to send their favorite authors a thank you because they hadn't really thought of it before, it's worth mentioning.

One thing I'd be curious about on the comments/no comments line is whether women tend to leave more comments. In addition, whether that's due to the fact that many women were raised with the idea that we needed to send out thank you notes for any gifts, services, or good received for free to us. (Which I staunchly avoid doing because I hate it.) Was that idea pushed onto guys as much as women? Are older readers who went through etiquette classes more likely to comment on smut?

Questions that will never be answered, but I still think about.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

One thing I'd be curious about on the comments/no comments line is whether women tend to leave more comments. In addition, whether that's due to the fact that many women were raised with the idea that we needed to send out thank you notes for any gifts, services, or good received for free to us. (Which I staunchly avoid doing because I hate it.) Was that idea pushed onto guys as much as women? Are older readers who went through etiquette classes more likely to comment on smut?

Questions that will never be answered, but I still think about.

That makes a lot of sense. The gender of the commenters depends a lot on the type of the story but I also have an impression that it's mostly 50+ people commenting, based on their own words.

I just want to point out that it's not just readers. Literotica is a (big) part of the problem too, in my opinion. They clearly don't want to facilitate more/better feedback through Lit functionalities. The commenting system isn't interactive at all and it takes time for most commenters to see their comments appear. I doubt many return to the story just to see the potential author's reply. We made so many great suggestions about how that can be improved but as always, Literotica does what Literotica wants and nothing else. And as I said, we (the authors) are the only party interested in improving the feedback.

 

[Bazzle]

I have tried "playing" on the literotica subreddit and got nowhere!

 

[StillStunned]

I followed the link. It tells me to use the app or get out.

 

[TheLobster]

I followed the link. It tells me to use the app or get out.

It's an NSFW subreddit (because obviously). Log into a Reddit account and you'll be able to see it.

 

[SimonDoom]

One thing I'd be curious about on the comments/no comments line is whether women tend to leave more comments. In addition, whether that's due to the fact that many women were raised with the idea that we needed to send out thank you notes for any gifts, services, or good received for free to us. (Which I staunchly avoid doing because I hate it.) Was that idea pushed onto guys as much as women? Are older readers who went through etiquette classes more likely to comment on smut?

Questions that will never be answered, but I still think about.

I can't always tell the gender of the source of my comments, but I sense that there are more comments from men than from women. That's probably because of the nature of the stories I write rather than a reflection on the relative qualities of male and female readers.

 

[Erozetta]

I followed the link. It tells me to use the app or get out.

Yeah, it does that when on mobile. Annoying as fuck. But I figured the people who would be interested already have Reddit downloaded, lol.

 

[Erozetta]

I have tried "playing" on the literotica subreddit and got nowhere!

I only really interact when questions about writing/authors/recommendations pop up. I haven't posted any of my writing there. (Have on other subs, but not there.)

 

[SimonDoom]

I just discovered this subreddit and decided to experiment, list a few of my stories in response to questions about particular types of stories, and see if I got a response. I've had some responses to those stories in the day or two since my post but I can't tell yet if they are the result of my posting there.

My overall sense is that in terms of promoting one's story every little thing helps. Over my 7+ years as an author here I've tried different things, and they seem to have worked pretty well because my stories continue to get a relatively high number of views even when I haven't published in a while. I've tried various tactics and forms of self-promotion within Literotica, X/Twitter, and now Reddit. I figure, why not?

 

[ElectricBlue]

I can't always tell the gender of the source of my comments, but I sense that there are more comments from men than from women. That's probably because of the nature of the stories I write rather than a reflection on the relative qualities of male and female readers.

For me, I reckon it's around 50/50 - 60/40 men/women commenting - to the extent that one can ever tell. As you say, it all depends on the stories we write, the audiences we write for (assuming of course we target an audience, which I think I probably do).

Someone above speculated that reader age might have something to do with the amount and depth of response. I tend to agree with that notion, but it's only a gut feeling - coupled with the fact that I don't write eighteen year olds (except for the obligatory First Time story, which I suspect most of us have in one form or another).

 

[THBGato]

I can't always tell the gender of the source of my comments, but I sense that there are more comments from men than from women. That's probably because of the nature of the stories I write rather than a reflection on the relative qualities of male and female readers.

I also get the impression that more men comment on my stories than women, which is mildly odd given I write exclusively lesbian stories. (To be clear, I have no issue with men reading lesbian stories and always welcome their comments.)

Actually, perhaps on reflection it isn't that odd, as I can't imagine most straight women being all that interested in lesbian erotica whereas I totally get why straight men would be!

 

[SimonDoom]

I also get the impression that more men comment on my stories than women, which is mildly odd given I write exclusively lesbian stories. (To be clear, I have no issue with men reading lesbian stories and always welcome their comments.)

Actually, perhaps on reflection it isn't that odd, as I can't imagine most straight women being all that interested in lesbian erotica whereas I totally get why straight men would be!

I wouldn't be surprised at all if there's a substantial group of straight women interested in lesbian erotica. Probably a subject for another thread, but I'm curious whether authors of lesbian sex stories ever get feedback from readers identifying as straight women.

Straight men readers--the appeal is obvious. If you like reading about women in erotic stories, two is twice the fun.

 

[THBGato]

Probably a subject for another thread, but I'm curious whether authors of lesbian sex stories ever get feedback from readers identifying as straight women.

Most of the female readers I have communicated with (all 9 of them!) have identified themselves as either lesbian or bi. The others haven't volunteered that information and, as it's none of my business, I haven't asked.