It goes to show you: no matter how big Yuletide is (and it is freakin' huge), there is no comparison to outside attention. The most-read stories in my previous post were those from AMERICAN IDOL fandom, and they had a hugely out-of-whack hit-to-comment ratio because most people reading were from oupenskayas (ie, not werewolves; they didn't have AOOO accounts so couldn't comment readily). "Wait Wait Don't Eat Me" wasn't up there. Today, it is the most-read story in Yuletide. It's not even close. It *literally* has twice as many hits as the #2 story. I don't know where it was before BoingBoing and WAIT WAIT linked, but 1500 or more hits gets your story on the penultimate and ultimate "most hits" lists. 2000 hits would be really good. As of this writing, "Wait Wait Don't Eat Me" has over *eleven thousand* hits. That outside exposure was probably worth between nine and ten thousand of them. It's not the only story discovered after the reveal, but it's probably the most extreme example of it.
just when you think that Yuletide is over
It goes to show you: no matter how big Yuletide is (and it is freakin' huge), there is no comparison to outside attention. The most-read stories in my previous post were those from AMERICAN IDOL fandom, and they had a hugely out-of-whack hit-to-comment ratio because most people reading were from oupenskayas (ie, not werewolves; they didn't have AOOO accounts so couldn't comment readily). "Wait Wait Don't Eat Me" wasn't up there. Today, it is the most-read story in Yuletide. It's not even close. It *literally* has twice as many hits as the #2 story. I don't know where it was before BoingBoing and WAIT WAIT linked, but 1500 or more hits gets your story on the penultimate and ultimate "most hits" lists. 2000 hits would be really good. As of this writing, "Wait Wait Don't Eat Me" has over *eleven thousand* hits. That outside exposure was probably worth between nine and ten thousand of them. It's not the only story discovered after the reveal, but it's probably the most extreme example of it.
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Piers Anthony addendum
It was pointed out to me in comments that, what I had remembered as the most horrifying thing Piers Anthony had ever written was, in fact, totally…
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the most horrifying thing Piers Anthony has ever written
Some of you folks may recall that a while ago I mentioned that the curious thing about Piers Anthony, to me, is that while people often dump on…
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discontinuing OH JOHN RINGO NO shirts
Just an FYI: I'm going to discontinue the OH JOHN RINGO shirts at the end of the year. Folks buy one every now and then, but it's not making the…
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