Some comments about comments

[oggbashan]

I made a typo in the subtitle of my contest story. I am not surprised. The box to enter the subtitle is too small for me to see what I type and my spellchecker doesn't work well on proper names.

The first two comments were about that mistake, including anon who said I should spell-check the whole story. Why? I had checked it twice - once with Word 365 and also with Grammarly. I can't see any errors except the single typo in the subtitle.

I also have trouble with the box for the security code when replying to feedback. I can't see what I type there either...

 

[SimonDoom]

I published my first Literotica story in December 2016 and I have published a total of 41 stories since then, and I have not noticed a change in the ratio of comments to views since that time. The comment:view ratio has always been low. My most popular story has an astonishingly low comment:view ratio of 1 to 17685. Despite the delay in comments appearing because of the new system, the comment:view ratio for my newer stories is no worse than it was before. It's a small sample set, but my experience in the last nearly five years that I've published stories is that the Site's policies have not depressed the number of comments, relative to views. It's pretty much the same as before.

I think comments are to some degree a function of the type of story that's published. My totally unscientific observation is that stories are much more likely to get comments when they are longer and more involved and get the readers deeply engaged with the characters. My stories tend to be shorter and more on the surface. They do just fine in terms of views and scores and favorites, but as a historical matter they haven't gotten a lot of comments. I'm actually pleased at the rate some of my latest stories have received comments -- the comment:view ratio is much better than for some of my older stories.

 

[MillieDynamite]

I think the amount of emotion a reader feels in the story has to do with the comments. Also, I believe those who hate a story are far more likely to submit comments than those which love it. When you really love a story you have two outlets to show the appreciation the heart, and vote. If you hate it, you only have the vote and comments to show your displeasure.

In addition, at least to me, I think, it isn't about the story when its hate but about kinks in the story. This when you have the trolls pile on.

 

[Gamblnluck]

As I said earlier, I think that the ( eventual... I doubt it's happening any time soon ) implementation of threaded comments might reverse that trend, or at least alleviate it. Being able to target a response to a specific comment ( or commenter ) might just relight the spark in some people who have slowed down or stopped due to losing the immediate gratification that was present before the queue.[/QUOTE]

one of the things i would have liked to see was a thumbs up or thumbs down thing to comment on comments made by others. Or something of that ilk.

I tend to comment on many stories I read. Or at least the ones that hit me. I tend to be scathing towards poorly written stories. They do not have to be a work of art, but I want them to at least be logical and follow a coherent line of thought.

I read every comment on my own stories, good and bad. I do not censor comments. I have seen some of my stories rate high because I hit key points with the category where they were posted. i have seen a couple tank comment wise because of the category I selected. I have read what I consider a crap story in some categories and be amazed they got a 4 plus rating. And read others that barely got a 3 that were quite well written in another category.

 

[oggbashan]

Anon has commented on my Summer Lovin' entry that when he lived in Orpington at the time of my story, there weren't many newsagents there.

WTF! It is fiction and there only needed to be one...

 

[Kumquatqueen]

Anon has commented on my Summer Lovin' entry that when he lived in Orpington at the time of my story, there weren't many newsagents there.

WTF! It is fiction and there only needed to be one...

That made me laugh.
I try to get geography correct, mostly because I love looking at maps. Though I couldn't get Streetview to show me much of Vegas, so ended up being very vague about locations there. I predict a comment complaining it's obvious I've never been there!

 

[PennameWombat]

That made me laugh.
I try to get geography correct, mostly because I love looking at maps. Though I couldn't get Streetview to show me much of Vegas, so ended up being very vague about locations there. I predict a comment complaining it's obvious I've never been there!

Vegas can be as much state of mind as actual place. If you capture the heat, crowds, noise, confusion, general tumult of a conference/convention, it’s not necessarily so important (IMHO) getting the geography exactly right. And if you’re not going to get the details right, go general.

I’ve a couple of stories set in Vegas and a few others pass through. For my details I invented a hotel/casino/conference center called the Arista, which physically is precisely where Excalibur is on the strip. Not because I say it’s on the southwest corner of Tropicana and Las Vegas Blvd., but because of its relationship to the pyramid (Luxor) and the one with the roller coaster on top (New York New York).

I use the Arista to lay out interior details that I invent, but could also be any of the other big convention places. My use of enclosed passages that connect the places is also based on reality as are the parking garages. Since one of the stories is post-apocalyptic, except for the Arista I wanted realism to reflect a century and a bit of no humans (the surviving population was trapped in underground shelters to avoid killer nanobots.) So the broken-in-half Stratosphere gets a key mention.

No one’s called me on my geography for these.

Pahrump also gets a mention in a number of my stories.

 

[Rollinbones]

One story of mine has 102 comments since February. I have deleted two comments from that list because they were just plain offensive to other readers.

Other stories that have scored quite well only have a few comments.

I suppose readers sometime just close a book and think, 'cool' and feel no need to comment. Obviously, it was well written, well edited and they enjoyed it enough to vote but didn't feel it necessary to comment.

If you want comments, post in LW. In there it doesn't matter if you're bloody Chaucer or Shakespeare, everyone has an opinion and you need to hear it.

Comments on my early stories helped my style and attention to detail and i'm grateful to everyone who takes time to leave something positive or negative. Sometimes it's inspiring. Sometimes i worry for their mental health.

I love when readers feel so involved in a story that they 'own' it and have strong reactions to plot and character. I hate when people nit-pick over an Australianism or editing error. But I'm always thankful they stop and feel involved enough in my scribbles to comment.

I haven't been here long enough to comment over declines or trends in commenting. I'm still wet behind the quill.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Vegas can be as much state of mind as actual place. If you capture the heat, crowds, noise, confusion, general tumult of a conference/convention, it’s not necessarily so important (IMHO) getting the geography exactly right. And if you’re not going to get the details right, go general.

I’ve a couple of stories set in Vegas and a few others pass through. For my details I invented a hotel/casino/conference center called the Arista, which physically is precisely where Excalibur is on the strip. Not because I say it’s on the southwest corner of Tropicana and Las Vegas Blvd., but because of its relationship to the pyramid (Luxor) and the one with the roller coaster on top (New York New York).

I use the Arista to lay out interior details that I invent, but could also be any of the other big convention places. My use of enclosed passages that connect the places is also based on reality as are the parking garages. Since one of the stories is post-apocalyptic, except for the Arista I wanted realism to reflect a century and a bit of no humans (the surviving population was trapped in underground shelters to avoid killer nanobots.) So the broken-in-half Stratosphere gets a key mention.

No one’s called me on my geography for these.

Pahrump also gets a mention in a number of my stories.

My family has spent some quality time in Vegas over the past ten years. Dad's a pretty good card player, 21 most often. And I have watched him study the situation and chose right or wrong. He has lost at times, won more than his fair share. We have wander the strip, and confusion is a good word the crowd, on the strip, in the casinos, and anywhere else. Summers are ungodly hot. We were there in Feb. one time. Pleasant days, cold assed nights, and tons of fun.

I think a story set there would be fun to write. Hum, maybe someday.

 

[PennameWombat]

My family has spent some quality time in Vegas over the past ten years. Dad's a pretty good card player, 21 most often. And I have watched him study the situation and chose right or wrong. He has lost at times, won more than his fair share. We have wander the strip, and confusion is a good word the crowd, on the strip, in the casinos, and anywhere else. Summers are ungodly hot. We were there in Feb. one time. Pleasant days, cold assed nights, and tons of fun.

I think a story set there would be fun to write. Hum, maybe someday.

I played in amateur soccer tournaments in Vega$ in the 1980s and from 2000 into the twenty-tens (missed the 1990s for Reasons). I didn't appreciate the ruptured kidney and spleen and 10 day hospital stay (Desert Springs Hospital, great place) but I did enjoy getting waaayyy away from the Strip and Fremont Street. The tournaments were all (surprise, surprise) in January and February. One of the tournaments used to usually overlap with the AVN (Adult Video News) Awards show. Fun!

Out amongst the parks and rec areas and such it actually looks like a place people live. Not a carnival.

I attended way too many conferences in Vegas in the last fifteen years. I set "Sex, Toys and Video: A Tale" at an imaginary place (Arista) not because I couldn't describe the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in exquisite detail... but because I figured it was better to convert those details to an imaginary place while my characters were running around partially (or mostly) naked and fucking in public.

Given for a conference I usually didn't bother renting a car because I was largely stuck close, places I liked 'near' the strip were the Crown & Anchor (there are two, I was usually at the one on Tropicana) and the Atomic Testing Museum. If I ever get around to another Vegas story, like my post-apocalyptic one I'll try to avoid the Strip/Fremont Street cliches

 

[MillieDynamite]

I played in amateur soccer tournaments in Vega$ in the 1980s and from 2000 into the twenty-tens (missed the 1990s for Reasons). I didn't appreciate the ruptured kidney and spleen and 10 day hospital stay (Desert Springs Hospital, great place) but I did enjoy getting waaayyy away from the Strip and Fremont Street. The tournaments were all (surprise, surprise) in January and February. One of the tournaments used to usually overlap with the AVN (Adult Video News) Awards show. Fun!

Out amongst the parks and rec areas and such it actually looks like a place people live. Not a carnival.

I attended way too many conferences in Vegas in the last fifteen years. I set "Sex, Toys and Video: A Tale" at an imaginary place (Arista) not because I couldn't describe the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in exquisite detail... but because I figured it was better to convert those details to an imaginary place while my characters were running around partially (or mostly) naked and fucking in public.

Given for a conference I usually didn't bother renting a car because I was largely stuck close, places I liked 'near' the strip were the Crown & Anchor (there are two, I was usually at the one on Tropicana) and the Atomic Testing Museum. If I ever get around to another Vegas story, like my post-apocalyptic one I'll try to avoid the Strip/Fremont Street cliches

Their are different worlds in Vegas, away from the strip. Upscale areas, as depressed and depressing slums as you can find anywhere else. And everything in between. However, all the money for the community, one way or another, starts or ends on the strip. Not that is a good or bad thing.

 

[oggbashan]

I have had two separate comments in the last week that stories of mine marked 'Hot' are not sexy enough for that rating.

Anon doesn't understand that 'Hot' means people liked it, not that it is raunchy - and yes, both were Romance...