Empirical Research
8 years ago
Following up my previous journal, I was curious if this decline I noticed in audience activity could be attributed to other factors, and I was also curious if it was localized to FurAffinity in particular. So in order to study this, I posted the story Just Like Her simultaneously to four other websites. Below is the data I have collected so far from the posting of the story to these sites. Note that most of my own engagement with the community occurs on FurAffinity which means that it is somewhat unfair to compare the FA numbers to the other sites. If my main gallery was elsewhere, that site would probably have received an artificial boost in readers just from followers of my account receiving the story in their notification box. For the non-FA sites, the majority of readers is from people actively discovering the story through browsing recent uploads or searching for tags that were applied to the story.
Additional note: For the comments, my replies to a reader's comments (and replies to my replies) are not counted.
FurAffinity
Views: 614
Faves: 41
Comments: 2
SoFurry
Views: 888
Faves: 24
Votes: 10
Comments: 0
Archive Of Our Own
Views: 430
Kudos (likes): 10
Bookmarks: 2
Comments: 1
AGNPH
Views: 138
Reviews: 0
Comments: 0
Hentai Foundry
Views: 91
Faves: 0
Comments: 0
Additional note: For the comments, my replies to a reader's comments (and replies to my replies) are not counted.
FurAffinity
Views: 614
Faves: 41
Comments: 2
SoFurry
Views: 888
Faves: 24
Votes: 10
Comments: 0
Archive Of Our Own
Views: 430
Kudos (likes): 10
Bookmarks: 2
Comments: 1
AGNPH
Views: 138
Reviews: 0
Comments: 0
Hentai Foundry
Views: 91
Faves: 0
Comments: 0
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Since I'm not a writer, I don't know if these numbers are good or bad, but I still think the story was worth the read.
I'm so sorry. :(