Witness my Benevolence! · 9:23pm Nov 15th, 2016
I don't really go in for commenting on people's userpages to thank them for showing an interest in my work, and neither do I expect it of them. It doesn't really get anyone anywhere. It's a little thing, and I'm grateful for it, but all these comments you see... they're really just clutter, aren't they? But, and it's a big but, I'm trial-running, as it were, a new system, which I may adopt full-time. At the moment, whenever someone comments on, favourites, or adds to a bookshelf called something like "The Best Stories Ever in the History of the World", one of my stories, I go to the trouble of making my way to his or her userpage, and if he writes stories, reading one of them. A short one, mind. This, I feel, is worth a great deal more than a half-hearted, mass-produced comment into which the story's name is subtlely inserted. Anyway, ta-ta for now. Thanks for reading, chaps and chapesses. Happy bumbling.
Ever yours,
-The Minister.
Thats an interesting system! What are you trying to accomplish with it, though?
the people who would take advantage of this system by commenting on your stuff are probably people who are already fans of yours and thus would value the attention you give to their own work. (I'd consider myself one of this group, please look at my art and give some suggestions).
But new people who you might want to get the attention of to widen your audience would not be reading your blog or page to see this blogpost to begin with so they wouldnt go comment on your stories to take advantage of the deal!
4303995 Drat, you've got a point there. I may pin this blog to my userpage, so anyone who's even vaugely interested sees it. And possibly link people to it from my author's notes. Anyway, if this system becomes permanent, I shall post this permanently on my userpage as a MINISTERIAL DECREE!
What I am trying to accomplish is simple. Anyone who reads and enjoys my stories is obviously someone of extraordinary taste and refinement (modesty). A chap like that deserves to have his stories read. The main reason I'm doing this is to read some slightly more obscure, but hopefully still good, stories than I otherwise would. It's not really a 'deal' per se. I've been doing this for a few days - I just thought people might like to know about it.
I'll certainly look at your artwork. As far as suggestions go, I'm afraid I know so little about drawing 'n' such that my advice would be of little use, but I'll see what I can do.