I've also discovered that it goes the other way, too, and a lot of people use bookmarks instead of subscribing. Well, whatever works for ya, I guess!
People will use things the way they didn't ought to be used! lol. Humans.
I feel you on that one, but I personally have long since made my peace with the fact that I'm not the one whose judgment actually counts when it comes to which of my fics are worth reading. These days, I mostly try not to have opinions on the matter. :)
I'm fine with it, too. Except for that one! They need to stop reading that one, or I will delete it or lock it on AO3 and then they can go read it on Teaspoon where I don't have to hear about it. (Ok, it's funny and it's a fun combination, so I do get it, but it just reads like such a painful mess to me these days & everything else of that vintage is nowhere near my top 10s, so that's fine, it's quite sweet if the odd person still enjoys them. I suppose I need to write something popular to knock it out of the Top 10s and then they can read it in peace and not bother me, but ahhhh. Yeah. Easier said than done. XD)
Sigh. Me too. I still try sometimes, and once in a while googling the title or my username and "fic" turns something up that explains where all the sudden hits on something come from, but more often than not, it remains a mystery.
The lurkers love us in the Discords! You can sometimes still snag a tumblr rec that way, but, yes, it's so hopeless, and the search engines are worse on top of everything else. *cries over the state of the internet yet again*
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People will use things the way they didn't ought to be used! lol. Humans.
I feel you on that one, but I personally have long since made my peace with the fact that I'm not the one whose judgment actually counts when it comes to which of my fics are worth reading. These days, I mostly try not to have opinions on the matter. :)
I'm fine with it, too. Except for that one! They need to stop reading that one, or I will delete it or lock it on AO3 and then they can go read it on Teaspoon where I don't have to hear about it. (Ok, it's funny and it's a fun combination, so I do get it, but it just reads like such a painful mess to me these days & everything else of that vintage is nowhere near my top 10s, so that's fine, it's quite sweet if the odd person still enjoys them. I suppose I need to write something popular to knock it out of the Top 10s and then they can read it in peace and not bother me, but ahhhh. Yeah. Easier said than done. XD)
Sigh. Me too. I still try sometimes, and once in a while googling the title or my username and "fic" turns something up that explains where all the sudden hits on something come from, but more often than not, it remains a mystery.
The lurkers love us in the Discords! You can sometimes still snag a tumblr rec that way, but, yes, it's so hopeless, and the search engines are worse on top of everything else. *cries over the state of the internet yet again*