PETITION: return the weekly featured fics (copypasted)

This has been stuck on my mind for YEARS now ever since the creator of this site has changed the weekly featured fanfictions to daily featured fanfics. And I honestly do think that it wasn't the best feature out there. Although there are many fics here on Asianfanfics, it is really hard to find good old gems and fics being featured aren't as good as before, because this site is running out of actual good fics to be featured. I'm not saying that all featured fics aren't good anymore, but a lot aren't that... good, for the lack of any better word to describe the rest of the featured fics in general (lol). And maybe this is also another reason to why maybe this site doesn't have a very good reputation to other fans, who prefer LiveJournal or Wattpad. 

The reason why I actually want this petition is because I do believe that the fanfic to be featured deserves to be up on the site for a week, not for a DAY, as well as shown being worthy to be featured from other fanfictions. When given the daily featured, it lessens the unspoken battle with other potentially featured fics, and I feel like the feature has lessened its value as well. I don't seem to pay any attention towards the featured fic anymore and the 'FEATURED' symbol has slowly lost its meaning to me. With fics being featured on a daily basis, and mostly are chaptered, readers can't read them all in one day and read the new featured, the next (Though, yes, I know that not all readers do this). Being featured for a week also significantly increases the self-satisfaction rate and achievement of the author, like c'mon. If your fic got featured for an entire week, you'd feel soo proud because out of ALL fics, it was yours that was displayed on the main page of this site.  Despite never having a fic featured before, I can empathize.Besides, I bet you that you've once looked at a fanfic and saw it's FEATURED symbol but thought it was still not worthy of a read. We've ALL done it once and we've been doing it more frequently as more fanfics are being featured.

I'll be posting a poll down here for you to vote, to which one you prefer. Please share this and make a blogpost, using the same link of the poll to increase its votes. Comment down your opinions of this matter, since I like having a good fun debate with people, heh.

I'd also like to see and know If I'm the only one who has this opinion in mind. I am not only doing this for the sake of being curious of how many people are sharing the same idea I have, but as well as actually trying to create a valid point towards the people here on AFF. Sending a message/wallpost to nichiren (creator of AFF) about my own opinion of this matter simply won't convince the guy, and I get that. (He'd probably take it as a complaint and wait for other users to message him about it before he actually does something about it. He's a busy guy too. so yeah, I believe presenting him this poll would help fasten the process of being able to change it back) That's why I want to create a poll to know that majority back up my suggestion of having the original feature back and to show this poll as proof to the creator of AFF. 

UPDATE: I know that there's a lot of new people here on AFF, more new users than old ones who've many left because of lost interest in Asianfanfics or KPOP in general (or died of old age. jk. i mean grew older and moved on). So many probably didn't reach the old feature when fanfictions used to be featured once a week. when there weren't many fanfictions and when this site was still pretty new. Not many of you think much of it, but seriously. If this changed back to weekly featured fics, maybe it'll be easier for us to find fanfic gems here in this site. I mean, isn't this what the feature is about? To bring out the good ones and to be able to represent the site itself and show the outsiders (and potential users) of what this site has to offer? (This backs up to what i had just mentioned earlier 'And maybe this is also another reason to why maybe this site doesn't have a very good reputation to other fans, who prefer LiveJournal or Wattpad.')

I am also increasingly getting frustrated that people are voting without voicing out their opinion, especially when they are against the idea of weekly features. At least comment and explain to WHY you prefer the daily featured fics? Help me understand why.

 

Everything was copy pasted from hurricxne. I can see her point of view of this. And to be honest, I also preferred the old feature than the new one. (had an old account before this one) I don't think I have anything else to say since she has practically voiced out everything. I hope you guys spread this around and use the same poll she used. - Om_nom_nom

Comments

You must be logged in to comment
No comments yet