Dear Authors and Voices,
Do you notice a difference in 'audience participation' between those who listen to your audio, and those who read your text?
Does the combination of the feedback, votes, and ratings ever cause you to reconsider posting under the audio category?
Here is why I am asking....
I am a natural observer. I was trained as a scientist. I am a woman with a mathematical, analytical, systematizing brain (not to mention a masculine sex drive
I am also highly attuned to patterns, trends, symmetries and asymmetries/disharmonies. I have written several stories, some of which I posted here. Almost all of them I had recorded for my lover, so he could download them to his iPod when he travelled. I soon noticed that Lit offered an Audio category, so I figured I'd put a few of the recorded stories out there. As I tracked the page used to monitor comments, views, and votes on submissions, I noticed a trend. View-for-view, the audio stories have fewer votes and comments and lower ratings. Most of the private feedback is "baby I luv ur voice, now I want to hear you cummmm"
Below are the statistics for the my top three (viewed) stories in the two categories:
------ Views Votes Comments Ratings
Text1 17139 50 3 4.58
Text2 20283 99 8 4.66
Text3 22871 90 5 4.78
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Avg 20098 80 5 4.67
Aud1 21628 30 3 4.00
Aud2 46524 48 7 4.50
Aud3 68799 67 7 4.22
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Avg 45650 48 5 4.24
Looking at the numbers, it is pretty obvious that people who listen to my stories comment less often, vote less often, and give lower ratings when they do vote, on a per-view basis, than the readers do. I do not know it this is true for all text-versus-audio submissions, or just mine. Me being me, I am curious to know which. What I extrapolate from the data is that either people who listen to audio 'participate' less on a Literotica-wide basis, or, that the audio versions of my stories are not what most listeners want to hear.
Now, personally, I don't care what most people want to read or hear. I just put my stuff out there and if people enjoy it, great. I have been encouraged by several listeners to continue posting audio versions, because they like how I tell the stories. That said, however, I am getting rather tired of the feedback from listeners who are interested in, and requesting of me, the heavy-breathing-oh-oh-oh! sort of noises, to which I respond that that masturbating and recording it makes me feel fake, unauthentic, and foolish, all wrapped together. It is not a matter of inhibition. No, its more that my pleasure, my orgasms, and the sounds I make -- those are mine and they are deeply personal. Sharing them with another is an intimate gift of myself.
I will of course continue recording stories for my lover, and some of the recordings I will probably post on Lit. I have a voice that most find appealing, if not sexy, and I do not mind sharing that.. but I am curious if others who post in both categories are noticing/experiencing similar things.
Thank you in advance for your responses to my questions.
Do you notice a difference in 'audience participation' between those who listen to your audio, and those who read your text?
Does the combination of the feedback, votes, and ratings ever cause you to reconsider posting under the audio category?
Here is why I am asking....
I am a natural observer. I was trained as a scientist. I am a woman with a mathematical, analytical, systematizing brain (not to mention a masculine sex drive
I am also highly attuned to patterns, trends, symmetries and asymmetries/disharmonies. I have written several stories, some of which I posted here. Almost all of them I had recorded for my lover, so he could download them to his iPod when he travelled. I soon noticed that Lit offered an Audio category, so I figured I'd put a few of the recorded stories out there. As I tracked the page used to monitor comments, views, and votes on submissions, I noticed a trend. View-for-view, the audio stories have fewer votes and comments and lower ratings. Most of the private feedback is "baby I luv ur voice, now I want to hear you cummmm" Below are the statistics for the my top three (viewed) stories in the two categories:
------ Views Votes Comments Ratings
Text1 17139 50 3 4.58
Text2 20283 99 8 4.66
Text3 22871 90 5 4.78
------ --------- --- -- ------
Avg 20098 80 5 4.67
Aud1 21628 30 3 4.00
Aud2 46524 48 7 4.50
Aud3 68799 67 7 4.22
------ --------- --- -- ------
Avg 45650 48 5 4.24
Looking at the numbers, it is pretty obvious that people who listen to my stories comment less often, vote less often, and give lower ratings when they do vote, on a per-view basis, than the readers do. I do not know it this is true for all text-versus-audio submissions, or just mine. Me being me, I am curious to know which. What I extrapolate from the data is that either people who listen to audio 'participate' less on a Literotica-wide basis, or, that the audio versions of my stories are not what most listeners want to hear.
Now, personally, I don't care what most people want to read or hear. I just put my stuff out there and if people enjoy it, great. I have been encouraged by several listeners to continue posting audio versions, because they like how I tell the stories. That said, however, I am getting rather tired of the feedback from listeners who are interested in, and requesting of me, the heavy-breathing-oh-oh-oh! sort of noises, to which I respond that that masturbating and recording it makes me feel fake, unauthentic, and foolish, all wrapped together. It is not a matter of inhibition. No, its more that my pleasure, my orgasms, and the sounds I make -- those are mine and they are deeply personal. Sharing them with another is an intimate gift of myself.
I will of course continue recording stories for my lover, and some of the recordings I will probably post on Lit. I have a voice that most find appealing, if not sexy, and I do not mind sharing that.. but I am curious if others who post in both categories are noticing/experiencing similar things.
Thank you in advance for your responses to my questions.
