One Thing I Hate About the Sherlock Fandom

[rusty_armour]

If there's one thing I hate about the Sherlock fandom, it's the lack of support for writers on LJ. When I see a really good fic that has only received one comment, I can't help feeling disgusted. I could understand if it was a small fandom, but Sherlock is pretty popular. I just have to see the number of communities and writing challenges to know that. And, yes, I realize that we all lead busy lives, and I've certainly been guilty of reading a story and not commenting, but the lack of support in this particular fandom is really appalling. It seems as if it's every writer for herself, unless said writer is part of a clique or has a large network of friends. Thank fuck for A03. At least such writers might receive hits and kudos.

When I post what I hope will be my last Sherlock story (mostly because I'm supposed to be retired from fic writing), I might just post it on A03. I'm not sure if there's any point in posting it on LJ.

Comments

[lazigyrl.livejournal.com]

My thing lately is I've been downloading from AO3 to the epub format and tend to forget to go back and do the comment/kudos. It would be nice if you could see the number of downloads. Or maybe you can and I just don't know it. Though you do at least see the count go up (though there is something depressing about a higher count and no feedback or kudos).

BTW I'll send you a dictionary so you can look up "retired". You keep using that word but I don't think it means what you think it means. ;)

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

My thing lately is I've been downloading from AO3 to the epub format and tend to forget to go back and do the comment/kudos.

Well, okay. I can see how that could happen.

It would be nice if you could see the number of downloads. Or maybe you can and I just don't know it. Though you do at least see the count go up (though there is something depressing about a higher count and no feedback or kudos).

Yes, it would be nice if you could see the number of downloads. As far as I can tell, you can't view it as part of your current stats. It would be interesting to know how many people are downloading your stories -- or maybe it would just be depressing if the number is extremely low or non-existent. *g*

BTW I'll send you a dictionary so you can look up "retired". You keep using that word but I don't think it means what you think it means. ;)

What I think you need to do is send someone with the dictionary, so that they can club me around the head a few times. That might make the definition of "retirement" stick. *g*

[chamekke.livejournal.com]

It would be nice if you could see the number of downloads

I requested this a few months ago and IIRC it's on the list of enhancements being considered for AO3. If you're interested in seeing this, it couldn't hurt to request it here (http://archiveofourown.org/support)... the more people ask for it, the likelier it is to happen.

It would indeed be nice (or maybe the word is 'revealing'?) to see how many people are sufficiently committed to download one's fic... although if it's much higher than the number of people commenting/leaving kudos, it'll probably just leave me feeling grumpy! :-P

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Thanks for letting us know about this, chamekke! It's great that AO3 is thinking about adding this as an enhancement. I'll fill out that form and ask for it as well, though, like you, I may find it depressing if I discover that the download stats are higher than the number of people commenting/leaving kudos. *g*