Views, reads, and votes

[Enchantment_of_Nyx]

Uh, the field names would be good but they don't really tell you squat, you need the table names and the dependencies. And who knows what they names used way back when the entire thing was created.

A long, long time ago, in a land far, far, away... Chicago to be exact. The company I worked for was called in to fix a problem with a system for a client. We threw our hands up and gave the guy his retainer back. What he had brought from some other "guy" wasn't an standard database but had to be called 'Bob's Database' None of the column name made sense and he had embedded code in the table columns. It was a complete mess.

I've had the opposite experience. When, in my line of work, I look for information that people don't want me to have, they often foolishly give me something where only the field names are there. (Because they've run a query on the database in a way that ensures no results.) You'd be surprised how much use I make of those things. They are the first crack in the wall.

I'm not sure how helpful dependencies would be to me or how many there would be for this type of thing, but I'd love to see the field properties. But, like I said, I'd love to see the whole thing. Sadly, nobody seems to be offering me any of those things. But if anyone ever takes my order, I'll ask for a side of table dependencies for you if you promise to share.

 

[MrCurrie01]

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[jsmiam]

I've had the opposite experience. When, in my line of work, I look for information that people don't want me to have, they often foolishly give me something where only the field names are there. (Because they've run a query on the database in a way that ensures no results.) You'd be surprised how much use I make of those things. They are the first crack in the wall.

I'm not sure how helpful dependencies would be to me or how many there would be for this type of thing, but I'd love to see the field properties. But, like I said, I'd love to see the whole thing. Sadly, nobody seems to be offering me any of those things. But if anyone ever takes my order, I'll ask for a side of table dependencies for you if you promise to share.

I see you doing an evil villain laugh as you walk into the copy room and notice their paper shredder is merely a cross cut and not a micro cut type. ;-)

 

[Enchantment_of_Nyx]

I see you doing an evil villain laugh as you walk into the copy room and notice their paper shredder is merely a cross cut and not a micro cut type. ;-)

Well that would be careless, wouldn't it?

 

[StrappingMan]

I've seen stories with the chapters in different categories. I've seen people say it's not a good idea, but I don't think I've ever seen them say why it isn't a good idea. It seems to me like a good way to pick up a more diverse readership. I'm sure someone will be able to jump in with whatever the counterargument is.

I have seen multi chapter stories pick different categories. I think it works best if you have significant non-erotic or a radical change in subject matter. If it's one chapter that diverted from the core subject you should probably leave it in the same category.

 

[NewGuy2022]

Hello,

I'm trying to improve my stories. Some of my favorite stories didn't even get much higher than 4. I try not to give anything less than a 5 if I enjoyed a story as I don't want to drop their score. I would however like to find any easy way to read the most read stories as that might help me improve my writing style and find some stories that I might have missed out on. It may be obvious, but is there an easy way to search for most read?

Thanks

 

[SimonDoom]

Hello,

I'm trying to improve my stories. Some of my favorite stories didn't even get much higher than 4. I try not to give anything less than a 5 if I enjoyed a story as I don't want to drop their score. I would however like to find any easy way to read the most read stories as that might help me improve my writing style and find some stories that I might have missed out on. It may be obvious, but is there an easy way to search for most read?

Thanks

Here's the link to the toplists: https://literotica.com/top/.

There's a toplist for stories by the numbers of views, and a toplist for stories by score. There are toplists for each category by score, too.

 

[Bazzle]

One of the mysteries of analyzing statistics at this Site is that it's impossible to know exactly how many people have read your story to the end. The "views" statistic tells you how many times your story has been clicked on. It doesn't tell you how many people, after clicking on the story, actually read it.

Presumably, the "read" number is somewhere between the "view" number and the "vote" number. For my stories, the mean ratio of views to votes is around 90:1, so that leaves a huge gulf in the data to try to interpret.

My questions, for the sake of gathering anecdotal information on this topic, are these:

For every story you click on, how many do you read to the end?

For every story you read, how many do you vote on?

I have no hard and fast data on my own habits. I'm guessing, somewhat. But my guess is that I read no more than one-tenth the number of stories I click on.

I do not vote on all the stories I read, but for me personally the view:read ratio is much higher than the read:vote ratio. That is to say, I'm unlikely actually to read most stories I click on, but if I do bother to read them I'm relatively likely to vote on them.

If my self-assessment is correct and if my habits are not that different from those of the normal reader, then it seems reasonable to conclude, for standalone stories, at least, that the vote number is closer to the total read number than is the view number. So if a story has 10,000 views and, say, 110 votes, then it's logical to assume it has been read fewer than 1,000 times.

Very good point.
I personally believe those who vote or comment have got to the end!

 

[alohadave]

Very good point.
I personally believe those who vote or comment have got to the end!

And even if they didn't you got enough of a reaction from them that they made the effort to leave a comment.

 

[Djmac1031]

My answer is pretty simple:

If I don't finish a story, I don't rate it.

I can't count how many stories I don't finish; it really just depends on those first few paragraphs.

 

[Lifestyle66]

Very good point.
I personally believe those who vote or comment have got to the end!

I had at least one comment where they said something like "I only got halfway through the first page then jumped to the end to click a 1!"

As soon as that reader read something that made them mad, they reacted.

Some people don't read the whole story before they rate it. They react when triggered. And having my suspicions, I once I've stayed up late to check my story when it posted at 1:30 AM EST, and sure enough, it received a 1 star within two minutes of someone reading a 10K+ word story. I have a follower who does that to every one of my new stories.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

If I favorite a story, I will probably have voted it a 5 and will reread it many times. (Yes, I have reread every story I have favorited at least once and my all time favorite has been read at least twenty times. (And I wonder why I don't have more time to write...))

 

[Huskiezz]

One of the mysteries of analyzing statistics at this Site is that it's impossible to know exactly how many people have read your story to the end. The "views" statistic tells you how many times your story has been clicked on. It doesn't tell you how many people, after clicking on the story, actually read it.

Presumably, the "read" number is somewhere between the "view" number and the "vote" number. For my stories, the mean ratio of views to votes is around 90:1, so that leaves a huge gulf in the data to try to interpret.

My questions, for the sake of gathering anecdotal information on this topic, are these:

For every story you click on, how many do you read to the end?

For every story you read, how many do you vote on?

I have no hard and fast data on my own habits. I'm guessing, somewhat. But my guess is that I read no more than one-tenth the number of stories I click on.

I do not vote on all the stories I read, but for me personally the view:read ratio is much higher than the read:vote ratio. That is to say, I'm unlikely actually to read most stories I click on, but if I do bother to read them I'm relatively likely to vote on them.

If my self-assessment is correct and if my habits are not that different from those of the normal reader, then it seems reasonable to conclude, for standalone stories, at least, that the vote number is closer to the total read number than is the view number. So if a story has 10,000 views and, say, 110 votes, then it's logical to assume it has been read fewer than 1,000 times.

I'm about 4 years late on this post but I like the question.

I read part of every story I click on maybe 30%. I read to the end on ~10-20%

I personally try and vote on all stories as that's an easy way to know if I've read the story or not. That or I also create folders with stories I like, then have a a subpar and nah folder.

 

[Rob_Royale]

For every story you click on, how many do you read to the end?
For every story you read, how many do you vote on?

On the first question, I'd say around 70%. But that thirty percent that I don't, is just as likely to include themes I'm not into, as it is to be poor writing.
If it's poor writing, I still rate it, but very rarely to I go below four stars. If it's not to my taste, I don't rate it.
For everything I finish, I rate them all and comment on most. If I'm reading a series, I might not comment on every episode, but I do comment on every three or four, just so the writer knows that I was engaged and enjoying it.

 

[Otto26]

I read very few stories here because of time constraints; I can read or I can write and I usually prefer to write. I will usually leave a story unfinished if it crosses any of my lines at any point. Sometimes, rarely, an author can make me trust that they will handle this with delicacy and I'll persevere. If I have anything favorable to say I leave a comment. If I'm going to vote I give them a 5.