Posted by wetfan on September 21, 2000 at 23:04
In Reply to: Big question...... posted by Trickle on September 21, 2000 at 15:45
I thought perhaps you'd like a serious reply to your post.
I think the reason comes down to a few things.
1) Is good is your post? Was is a hot and detailed account of an experience or a story you wrote.
It seems lately that most people want "true" stories instead of fiction and will reply more to those.
2) Are you female or male? This really shouldn't matter, however if you want to be honest it does. If it were write one story as "wetfan" and the same as "desperationINknickers", I bet the second one would get more replies. Especially is a female sounding name, posts a "true" account.
3) How many stories are being posted at the time? If you've been here a while you'll noticed that the board goes through waves of BS and complianing posts and then flood loads of great material. For different people this could affect replies.
Some people might want to reply if it's a "dry season" on the board, as a good tale is rare. Some others get worked up and feel more like posting when they are able to stay a while and read many good posts at once.
4) What is your mood when reading? This is a sexual site, and you can be damn sure many of us are here looking for something to send us over the edge into a great climax. If someone is "playing" while reading, they might not exactly feel like stopping to write something, before getting back into it.
5) How many replies to you already have. Some people don't come here as often as others. This means that what will catch their eye when flitering through all the new stuff, is a title and whether there are alot of replies. A lot of replies says that something in there was said that got enough people to stop and put in their own two cents. This in turn will cause others to get curious and read and reply themselves.
So it comes down to many things, most of it luck. I've written many posts and sometimes have received few replies, but upon reposting a couple few months later, received many more. Try not to feel to bad. Remember for every reply you get, there has got to be at least 10 times more people that have read it.
Take care