The curious cases of incest/taboo stories

[indsub89]

So far, I have added 4-5 incest/taboo stories. A little long and also math post alert.

Firstly, for background, I am a CFNM enthusiast. All my stories are on CFNM, and, some stories will involve an elder/younger sister/female cousin dominating her brother and forcing him to be naked. Such stories, sometimes, get tagged as incest/taboo even if I choose Exhibitionist and Voyeur category.

• The first thing I notice is that, there are more favourites immediately. At least 3-4 in the first 12 hours itself.
• Even though there are more favourites, the average rating drops to less than 3 in that same time period.
• Then, over the next month, the number of favourites become completely stagnant but the average rating goes up and up.
• Two recent stories.
  • Story 1: 2.5/18 -> 3.72/67. 18*2.5 = 45. 67*3.72=249. That means, the last 49 users added 205 rating points which averages out to 4.
  • Story 2: 2.91/11 -> 3.76/21. 2.91*11 = 32. 21*3.76=79. That means, the last 10 users added 47 rating points which averages out to 4.7.
• The same two recent stories.
  • Story 1: 12 favourites when rating was 2.5/18 but expanded only to 14 favourites when rating got to 3.72/67.
  • Story 1: 3 favourites when rating was 2.91/11 but no new favourites as the rating went upto 3.72/67.

The curious case: If the story was disliked at first and became liked later, why are the ratins going up. And, if the story was liked at first and became disliked later, why are the favourites becoming stagnant?

 

[SexyVita]

Well, I have a theory, but no hard evidence. I would guess that there is a group of Lit readers that particularly like incest stories. When a new story is posted, they are the first to read it. Some of them like it and favorite. Others downvote when they find that the story is more CFNM than incest. Later readers, may be searching by tags, rather than seeing something at the top of the list because it's new, and may be more likely to be looking for a CFNM story and so rate the story higher, but may also be less likely to favorite. I know I rate a lot more stories than I favorite.

 

[Euphony]

Well, I have a theory, but no hard evidence. I would guess that there is a group of Lit readers that particularly like incest stories. When a new story is posted, they are the first to read it. Some of them like it and favorite. Others downvote when they find that the story is more CFNM than incest. Later readers, may be searching by tags, rather than seeing something at the top of the list because it's new, and may be more likely to be looking for a CFNM story and so rate the story higher, but may also be less likely to favorite. I know I rate a lot more stories than I favorite.

We can't know for sure but this is absolutely my same line of thinking, better stated than I could have.

Sample sizes here are so small. Microscoping when whittling down to early reader period.

Incest has its adherents itching for content and they aren't shy about their reactions/beliefs in how incest *should* be written.

 

[mirafrida]

My sense is that the first 2-3 days is always different than everything that comes after.

It seems to me there are probably two competing cohorts of people who compulsively read everything in a particular category as it comes out. Some are generally positive and give a lot of upvotes/favs (but perhaps with extra enthusiasm for certain themes/kinks they like). Others are more dedicated to policing the category by downvoting themes/kinks they don't like (and perhaps with extra vitreol for 'upstart' stories that start to rate too highly).

After a few days, the dynamic changes and the readership becomes generally more laid back - less likely to provide positive or negative votes, but with a generally positive lean.

 

[indsub89]

Well, I have a theory, but no hard evidence. I would guess that there is a group of Lit readers that particularly like incest stories. When a new story is posted, they are the first to read it. Some of them like it and favorite. Others downvote when they find that the story is more CFNM than incest. Later readers, may be searching by tags, rather than seeing something at the top of the list because it's new, and may be more likely to be looking for a CFNM story and so rate the story higher, but may also be less likely to favorite. I know I rate a lot more stories than I favorite.

Kind of, my understanding too.
Just wanted to see if others also experience something like this.

 

[indsub89]

We can't know for sure but this is absolutely my same line of thinking, better stated than I could have.

Sample sizes here are so small. Microscoping when whittling down to early reader period.

Incest has its adherents itching for content and they aren't shy about their reactions/beliefs in how incest *should* be written.

Yup, true. My content reach isn't that high yet.
Well, I wish that the Incest adherents would also comment those beliefs, but as long as they are reading my content.......

 

[Euphony]

Yup, true. My content reach isn't that high yet.
Well, I wish that the Incest adherents would also comment those beliefs, but as long as they are reading my content.......

Honestly, it would end up driving you crazy as the more micro understanding lulls you into chasing, which is bad.

They aren't a bloc but they tend towards romance, longer build up, mutual respect, low to no fetish, punish anal, homosexual, non happily ever afters.

Embrace your creativity to its fullest. If that means missing out on some hypothetical votes or numbers, so be it.

You enjoying your process and output is the better guarantee every time. (makes for better writing too, even if scores don't reflect)

 

[indsub89]

Honestly, it would end up driving you crazy as the more micro understanding lulls you into chasing, which is bad.

They aren't a bloc but they tend towards romance, longer build up, mutual respect, low to no fetish, punish anal, homosexual, non happily ever afters.

Embrace your creativity to its fullest. If that means missing out on some hypothetical votes or numbers, so be it.

You enjoying your process and output is the better guarantee every time. (makes for better writing too, even if scores don't reflect)

Yeah well, I am wired differently, I guess. The more math I do, the less crazy I get.
And, in spite of what the comment you are replying to might indicate, I am not worried about missing votes or number. This was just curious for me, that's all.

If both the favourites and the ratings were going down, I wouldn't have given it a second thought. It's the opposite nature of the two things that made my curious. That's it.

 

[BobbyBrandt]

So far, I have added 4-5 incest/taboo stories. A little long and also math post alert.

Firstly, for background, I am a CFNM enthusiast. All my stories are on CFNM, and, some stories will involve an elder/younger sister/female cousin dominating her brother and forcing him to be naked. Such stories, sometimes, get tagged as incest/taboo even if I choose Exhibitionist and Voyeur category.

• The first thing I notice is that, there are more favourites immediately. At least 3-4 in the first 12 hours itself.
• Even though there are more favourites, the average rating drops to less than 3 in that same time period.
• Then, over the next month, the number of favourites become completely stagnant but the average rating goes up and up.
• Two recent stories.
  • Story 1: 2.5/18 -> 3.72/67. 18*2.5 = 45. 67*3.72=249. That means, the last 49 users added 205 rating points which averages out to 4.
  • Story 2: 2.91/11 -> 3.76/21. 2.91*11 = 32. 21*3.76=79. That means, the last 10 users added 47 rating points which averages out to 4.7.
• The same two recent stories.
  • Story 1: 12 favourites when rating was 2.5/18 but expanded only to 14 favourites when rating got to 3.72/67.
  • Story 1: 3 favourites when rating was 2.91/11 but no new favourites as the rating went upto 3.72/67.

The curious case: If the story was disliked at first and became liked later, why are the ratins going up. And, if the story was liked at first and became disliked later, why are the favourites becoming stagnant?

Immediate favorites to a story would indicate to me that people are "book marking" the story, possibly to read it later. If this was the case, the later score increase/decrease could be attributed to the readers finally getting around to reading it. I would not draw any correlation between early favoriting of a story and later ratings.

If you're going to obsess about numbers, always let some time pass to allow for readership to average out.

 

[indsub89]

Immediate favorites to a story would indicate to me that people are "book marking" the story, possibly to read it later. If this was the case, the later score increase/decrease could be attributed to the readers finally getting around to reading it. I would not draw any correlation between early favoriting of a story and later ratings.

If you're going to obsess about numbers, always let some time pass to allow for readership to average out.

Ah, that makes sense...

 

[onehitwanda]

always let some time pass to allow for readership to average out

basically, don't be premature.

 

[NotWise]

When you tap the "Bookmark story" symbol, you are presented with two options: Favorite Stories and Read Later.
It doesn't make sense to mark something as a favorite in order to read it later.

This is only true for the updated story page. There are still readers using the old format where "favorite" is the only option and readers use it however they want--including bookmarking stories to read later. With the old story page you can also see when that's happening because your story gets unfavorited later.

Even with the updated story page, long-time readers may use the bookmark the way they did in the past.

 

[NotWise]

Yeah well, I am wired differently, I guess. The more math I do, the less crazy I get.
And, in spite of what the comment you are replying to might indicate, I am not worried about missing votes or number. This was just curious for me, that's all.

If both the favourites and the ratings were going down, I wouldn't have given it a second thought. It's the opposite nature of the two things that made my curious. That's it.

That's how I'm wired, too.

Your original post doesn't say anything about the number of views your story has under different conditions. The new list brings in a very high viewing rate. The viewing rate drops substantially after the first day, but (for my I/T stories) it usually stays elevated for a month or more before it settles to a nearly constant, low rate that varies from story to story

The views it takes to generate a vote also varies, but not as much. It's typically low at first then rises over time. I've never followed favorite. That's because, at least in the past, it wasn't clear what a "favorite" meant. My impression is that the number of views it takes to get a favorite rises over time even more than the votes.

I think those changes reflect changes in the nature of the readers your story is getting. They're more willing to vote and/or favorite stories at first, and less so as the days go by.

I don't see the same pattern in scoring that you see, but that will vary a lot with your story content.

It's my impression that I/T readers want stories that focus on the single taboo aspect. They aren't as interested in the other kinks and fetishes. If other aspects become prominent in the story, then they interfere with some readers' enjoyment, and they downvote.

I think that was demonstrated to me with my last story. Two thirds of the text are an action adventure story and that story line is just in the readers' way. No-one has commented to that effect and there may be other possible explanations.