[PLEASE READ]: My Experiment on AFF
Hey guys :) I want to share a little something with you.
Being a Psychology student, I can't help but want to do experiments all the time, which is what I have done. I've waited a long time to see the results and now I've decided to post it here. Now don't worry, this is not serious AT ALL. It's just a little something you might be interested in knowing about the readers on this site :)
So, you may or may not know about one of my ridiculous stories on this:
The name itself is rather ridiculous, don't you think?
Anyway, at the point of creation my friend (bbuingbbuing1) and I wanted to see how many people would subscribe to the foreword (and we got a lot) then we posted rather ridiculously short and weird chapters to see if it would turn people off. Read it yourself, it's ing horrible.
But...
I wanted to see if my status as one of the site's 'Popular Authors' (judging by the rank on the site) would make people still subscribe to crap because of who wrote it. Now, this would'nt even pass for crack.
However, I do know I have some very loyal readers which I adore.
But after those three horrible and pointless chapters, I still have 750+ subscribers and 65+ upvotes.
That's for utter rubbish.
Something that didn't take me even 10 minutes to write or think about.
At all.
I even updated the last chapter (a long time ago) and added a ridiculous band I hate in (sorry 1D fans) to see if it would cause people to unsubscribe.. but only a handful did and I still have 750+ subs.
Which goes to show that some of the more great stories on this site is seriously underrated. Now, I am not in anyway judging the popular stories (well.. maybe a little) but it was interesting to see what invoked people to subscribe and upvote.
This is my conclusion on how to write a 'popular' story (not inc. all):
1. The title must relate to
2. It must include one of the most written about bands on the site (EXO)
Anyway, this was just a little experiment of mine.
I'll keep the story up for laughing use, but, why don't you tell me your thoughts on this?
I also want to mention that to all my loyal subscribers (and to all 770 people that subscribed to this story) I really, really appreciate everything you do for me :) But to the unique ones that subscribed (meaning they haven't subscribed to any of my other stories), please use your subscription and upvote on another story that actually deserves it.
Please look out for stories that the author has put a lot of work into it.
Trust me. It's hell. It usually takes me around 3 - 4 hours to write a chapter for a SINGLE story. It's a lot of work.
<3
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