Voting on 750 word stories

[Zenith77]

I'm tracking my voting (credit: Excel) on my recently published 750-word story for the 2023 project.

Two votes so far. A 1-star and a 5-star.

Yep, I can see how this is going to go.

 

[KeithD]

Yep. I caught three of mine as they posted tonight. Within twenty minutes--even before they made the "New" list--each had a "1." It's the way of Literotica.

 

[Zenith77]

Yeah, I knew it was going to be like that.

Doesn't bother me as much as one of my other stories - was tracking 4.94 against 54 votes, and now at 4.81 4 votes later. Two 1-bombs in 4 votes. I guess someone didn't like my scores.

I dream of a day... when readers score based on writing quality. Ahahahaha. No, seriously. Yeah. Oh well.

 

[ElectricBlue]

My four are doing better than I expected:

Brooke Works at the Hardware Store
8.9k views 4.26 / 180 10 comments

Brooke Works at the Hardware Store Pt. 02
2k views 4.41 / 39 2 comments

Brooke Works at the Hardware Store Pt. 03
1.6k views 4.33 / 46 4 comments

Brooke Works at the Hardware Store Pt. 04
160 views (published four hours ago) 5 / 4

It will be interesting to see what happens to the numbers once the list gets published.

 

[Zenith77]

My four are doing better than I expected:

Brooke Works at the Hardware Store
8.9k views 4.26 / 180 10 comments

Daaaaaaaaaaamn that's a hellua lof comments off that many reads. I have stories with 10 times as many reads and a fifth of the comments.

 

[Bazzle]

My four are doing better than I expected:

Brooke Works at the Hardware Store
8.9k views 4.26 / 180 10 comments

Brooke Works at the Hardware Store Pt. 02
2k views 4.41 / 39 2 comments

Brooke Works at the Hardware Store Pt. 03
1.6k views 4.33 / 46 4 comments

Brooke Works at the Hardware Store Pt. 04
160 views (published four hours ago) 5 / 4

It will be interesting to see what happens to the numbers once the list gets published.

As yours pop up in my feed, they get voted on accordingly *****

 

[yowser]

I suspect you all, with your deadline-driven submissions, have contributed to an avalanche of stories today (28 February.)

I don't know what the record is for a daily deluge, but the 'new stories' list took four pages today, about 160 new stories (plus or minus).

 

[Omenainen]

Really? I published in NonHuman, and there were only three new stories today.

 

[Omenainen]

…not a lot of readers there, but they all seem to hate my story

 

[alohadave]

Really? I published in NonHuman, and there were only three new stories today.

My non-erotic 750 published on the 22nd, and it's still #9 in the new list.

 

[Zenith77]

I didn't catch all the votes on my story, but from what I did let's just say I didn't get many 2s, 3s or 4s. Got a nice comment though, which was appreciated. Not sure I'll post any more 750s.

 

[KeithD]

I suspect you all, with your deadline-driven submissions, have contributed to an avalanche of stories today (28 February.)

I don't know what the record is for a daily deluge, but the 'new stories' list took four pages today, about 160 new stories (plus or minus).

Hang onto your hat, because another deadline-driven day comes up on the 2nd (the April Fool's Day contest).

 

[NotWise]

I suspect you all, with your deadline-driven submissions, have contributed to an avalanche of stories today (28 February.)

I don't know what the record is for a daily deluge, but the 'new stories' list took four pages today, about 160 new stories (plus or minus).

I didn't see that many new 750-word stories.

There were 228 new stories when I checked; that's three full pages at 75 stories each and three new stories at the top of the fourth page. Non/Con (usually a fairly quiet category) rivaled I/T and E/C for the number of new stories.

Back when I kept regular track, Lit got around 80 stories/day on average. That skyrocketed during the pandemic. Two of my stories were buried on a day with about 280 new stories, and I seem to recall counting more than 300 stories in a day. I'm not surprised by 228, though I think that's a little high for recent trends.

 

[Zenith77]

That skyrocketed during the pandemic.

Heh, yeah. Pandemics are hot.

 

[yowser]

I didn't see that many new 750-word stories.

There were 228 new stories when I checked; that's three full pages at 75 stories each and three new stories at the top of the fourth page. Non/Con (usually a fairly quiet category) rivaled I/T and E/C for the number of new stories.

Back when I kept regular track, Lit got around 80 stories/day on average. That skyrocketed during the pandemic. Two of my stories were buried on a day with about 280 new stories, and I seem to recall counting more than 300 stories in a day. I'm not surprised by 228, though I think that's a little high for recent trends.

You're right, I misspoke and your calculations are correct.

All I meant was that the 750 word entries added a lot to the submission totals lately (I did count 24 new 750ers marked 2/28 - seemed like a lot.)

267 all told, my word.

 

[NotWise]

You're right, I misspoke and your calculations are correct.

All I meant was that the 750 word entries added a lot to the submission totals lately (I did count 24 new 750ers marked 2/28 - seemed like a lot.)

267 all told, my word.

Has anyone counted the number of different authors? I think the 750-word event gets far more participation than any other. That's partly because its fairly easy to whip out a qualified entrant. A lot of the participants donated multiple entries, so now I wonder how many authors there were.

 

[Duleigh]

Has anyone counted the number of different authors? I think the 750-word event gets far more participation than any other. That's partly because its fairly easy to whip out a qualified entrant. A lot of the participants donated multiple entries, so now I wonder how many authors there were.

170 different account names
I have an excel spreadsheet with titles in column A, author name in column B

 

[Zenith77]

I had a couple of nice comments, but it's still competing for my Worst Ever Scored Story. Don't suppose you have the scores on that sheet, Duleigh?

 

[MillieDynamite]

Yep. I caught three of mine as they posted tonight. Within twenty minutes--even before they made the "New" list--each had a "1." It's the way of Literotica.

Haters got to hate, it's the nature of things in this place. They seek us out at times, brand us with a 1, run off, come back, and do it again. Which, on an event, as opposed to a contest, makes less than no sense at all.

 

[Duleigh]

I had a couple of nice comments, but it's still competing for my Worst Ever Scored Story. Don't suppose you have the scores on that sheet, Duleigh?

Nope, and to be honest, now that the page is up the scores will change even more. Now a different breed of reader will be looking at the story, the first bunch was just hitting stories with the NEW tag, now we're all lined up, blindfolded and last cigarette, waiting for their votes.

 

[NotWise]

Nope, and to be honest, now that the page is up the scores will change even more. Now a different breed of reader will be looking at the story, the first bunch was just hitting stories with the NEW tag, now we're all lined up, blindfolded and last cigarette, waiting for their votes.

The page is posted in E/C, and even with a link on the old front page, it's had 1.4K views so far. Does that translate into a flood of new views?

 

[Duleigh]

The page is posted in E/C, and even with a link on the old front page, it's had 1.4K views so far. Does that translate into a flood of new views?

Yep. For the readers today is their start of the event.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Readers are odd.

I've got a four part connected story running. The drop between the 1st and 2nd parts is typically large, but then, as of right now:
Part 2 - 2345 views
Part 3 - 1973 views
Part 4 - 2362 views (Red H on this one, which is a surprise, for a 750 word flash).

Why, I wonder, is Part 3 tracking with such a dip in views. That's odd, since the story is sequential.

My usual theory is that anomalies like this are people reading chapters twice, clicking in again later, which might be the case here. Parts 2 and 4 are from her point of view and might be a little spicier, so that's a possibility.

 

[Duleigh]

I'm getting interesting views, I have five stories,
750-1 Saturday Morning 2476 views (Erotic Couplings) H
750-2 Saturday Afternoon 3170 views (Lesbian sex)
750-3 Saturday Evening 3,605 views (Mature) H
750-4 The Year of the Rabbit 1415 Views (Interracial Love)
750-5 Meanwhile, Up in Heaven 1,194 views (Humor and Satire) H

750-4 is my lowest rated story at 4.28, it's about a couple I've written over 350,000 words on in Novels and Novellas, their average score over there is 4.9. Is it because I pointed out that white/asian is interracial? Or is it because some folks just hate the interracial tag without actually investing time in reading the story?

 

[alohadave]

Having the list published has done absolutely nothing for my two stories. Granted one is non-erotic, but I don't think I've even gotten any views from being listed.

I don't really mind that much, the non-erotic was kind of an experiment, and 3.65 with 25 votes is fine.

Interestingly, both stories are at 3% votes to views, higher than any of my other stories, while having the lowest scores.