#on another level it's like... man. this really does incentivize me to stop writing stuff that's long

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one thing that is kinda wild to notice is the way fic seems to have gotten a shorter and shorter lifespan over the years. granted, i only have my own anecdotal experience to go by, and there's plenty of factors that can contribute to that, but it's wild because like i remember posting fic in like 2015 would get so much more engagement over time than posting fic today. in 2015 if i posted something i generally would get comments and interaction with it for a week or so before it tapered off into obscurity. today, its like. you post a fic and after 24 hours its dead in the water. odd.

#rimi talks #on the one level i don't care because i know the value of my own effort #on another level it's like... man. this really does incentivize me to stop writing stuff that's long #bc you get more people actually talking to you about your work if its short and you post constantly #of course posting constantly is like. a recipe for super fast burnout #and i LIKE writing longer stuff in the like novellaish range #but the way fics just Dont get comments after the first day or so is so wild to me bc i SWEAR it wasnt always that fast a cycle #i mean comics fandom might just be worse about it than any fandom ive been in before #but i dont know!! it FEELS like a general trend over time at least.