The Ao3 Stats Meme...
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shadowkatExcept I'm doing it for meta, because I'm not a fanfic writer. Also I published all of this on Ao3 between January 20 and March 30 for the March Meta Matters Challenge.
Top 10 Hits
1.Figuring out the Buffy S5 Episode Crush (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (1811 words)Hits: 141
2. I Will Always Remember You with a Touch of Something Blue (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Angel: the Series) (3664 words) Hits:128
3. Not Seeing Forest for the Trees - When Characters Become More Important to Fans than Story (Torchwood, Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Angel: the Series) (2273 words)Hits: 60
4. BTVS - Critiquing the Gothic Romance Trope (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (2294 words)Hits:59
5. From Toy Story to Dollhouse - the vulgarities of trust, identity and self (Dollhouse, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Avatar (2009)) (3644 words)
6. Helpless Against The Lies My Parents Told Me (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (3183 words) Hits:55
7. Who is in Charge Here, Anyhow? (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (640 words) [Note not meta but a fanfic of sorts.]Hits:55
8. Angel and That Pesky Curse - How one group of writer's dealt with a writing trap (Angel: the Series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (3295 words) Hits:54
9. Meta on BuffyS5 - Spike and Dawn (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (3567 words)Hits: 50
10. Exploring Robot Metaphors in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Star Trek: The Next Generation, Ghost in the Shell (Anime & Manga), Frankenstein - Mary Shelley, Blade Runner (Movies)) (11636 words) Hits:40
[I'm finding this entertaining - in that all of this meta was previously published on fanboards and my journal betwee 2002-2015 respectfully, with few exceptions, and weirdly the most popular stuff that I published at the time is barely read or remarked upon now. Back in the day the most popular stuff I wrote was not listed above.]
Top 10 Kudos
1. Who is in Charge Here, Anyhow? (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (640 words)
Kudos: 8
2. BTVS - Critiquing the Gothic Romance Trope (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (2294 words) Kudos: 7
3. Helpless Against The Lies My Parents Told Me (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (3183 words) Kudos:6
4. Figuring out the Buffy S5 Episode Crush (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (1811 words)Kudos: 5
5. Angel and That Pesky Curse - How one group of writer's dealt with a writing trap (Angel: the Series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (3295 words)Kudos:4
6. From Toy Story to Dollhouse - the vulgarities of trust, identity and self (Dollhouse, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Avatar (2009)) (3644 words)Kudos:4
7. Not Seeing Forest for the Trees - When Characters Become More Important to Fans than Story (Torchwood, Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Angel: the Series) (2273 words)Kudos: 4
8. From Clarissa to Buffy the Vampire Slayer : Sexual Violence in Fictional Narratives Written For and often (not always) by Women (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Comics), General Hospital) (7717 words)
Kudos:4
9. The Amazing Stephen Moffat: Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead - Essay/Review (Doctor Who) (3541 words) Kudos:3
10. Everything that Rises Must Converge - Meta on "The Incident" - Lost (Lost) (2800 words)Kudos:3
Buffy/Spike Meta on the Relationship and the Buffy Fandom (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (4835 words) Kudos: 3
TOP 10 BOOKMARKS
[All of these only got one bookmark - although not sure why, they aren't that long. I mean I could understand bookmarking a lengthy ten part essay, of which I posted several, but some of these were fairly short.]
1. From Toy Story to Dollhouse - the vulgarities of trust, identity and self (Dollhouse, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Avatar (2009)) (3644 words)
2. The Wild Bunch Rides Again (Angel: the Series) (1569 words)
3. Everything that Rises Must Converge - Meta on "The Incident" - Lost (Lost) (2800 words)
4. Who is Fred - Professor Seidel, Gunn, Wes and Portholes to Hell (No Fandom) (6824 words)
5. Spike and Buffy - An Ironic Twist on Eros and Psyche (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (3183 words)
6. Review/Meta on Torchwood: The Children of Earth Miniseries (Torchwood, Doctor Who & Related Fandoms) (2652 words)
7. Not Seeing Forest for the Trees - When Characters Become More Important to Fans than Story (Torchwood, Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Angel: the Series) (2273 words)
8. The depiction and use of Torture on TV Shows - Specifically Torchwood Episode Sleeper (Torchwood, Doctor Who & Related Fandoms) (2553 words)
9. Review of the Torchwood Episode - Ghost Machine and How People View Television Then & Now (Torchwood, Doctor Who & Related Fandoms) (1721 words)
10. You Just Can't Go Home Again, Dorothy - (Constellation of Doubt and Terra Firma - Farscape S4) (Farscape) (3456 words)
Top Subscriptions
I have one and it is mind boggling to me. If I live to be a hundred, I'll never understand other people's taste or what interests them.
From Toy Story to Dollhouse - the vulgarities of trust, identity and self (Dollhouse, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Avatar (2009)) (3644 words)
I mean why? It's short. There's nothing being added. Why subscribe to that one?
Maybe it was by accident? Now that is entirely possible. They accidentally subscribed and forgot.
Top Comment Threads.
[I'm doing meta - comment threads are more interesting and relevant than subscriptions when you write meta. I don't care if people read it multiple times, I'm writing it for the interaction and discussion.)
1. The Amazing Stephen Moffat: Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead - Essay/Review (Doctor Who) (3541 words)Comment Threads: 2
2. Not Seeing Forest for the Trees - When Characters Become More Important to Fans than Story (Torchwood, Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Angel: the Series) (2273 words) Comment Threads: 2 [This one was controversial, but with JANTO fans (Jack/Ianto) not Willow/Tara fans, who had moved on by this point. Often controversial essays get the most comments and hits.]
3. Helpless Against The Lies My Parents Told Me (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (3183 words)Comment Threads:1
4. Men Don't Leave - Meta on the theme of paternalism in BTVS (Angel, Riley, Spike, Anya, Darla, Walsh) (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Angel: the Series) (7466 words)
Comment Threads: 1
5. Figuring out the Buffy S5 Episode Crush (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (1811 words) Comment Threads: 1
6. Exploring Robot Metaphors in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Star Trek: The Next Generation, Ghost in the Shell (Anime & Manga), Frankenstein - Mary Shelley, Blade Runner (Movies)) (11636 words) Comment Threads:1
7. Spike and Buffy - An Ironic Twist on Eros and Psyche (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (3183 words) Comment Threads:1
8. Leaving Childhood Behind - Meta on Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Episode S4 - Restless (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (18249 words)Comment Threads: 1
9. Liam and Will walk into a bar and debate the existentialism of fate. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Angel: the Series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Comics)) (2947 words)Comment Threads:1
I only have 9. It's notable that all of these essays got far more comments when I originally posted them on fanboards and on my journal years ago or at the time the shows aired. And the essays that were the most popular and got the most comments in other venues, aren't getting comments at all on Ao3, which may have to do with the nature of the audience.
Also often people are more interested in reading and commenting on meta when it is produced while the show is airing or popular not years later.
Note? I only put it on Ao3 - because my stuff is incredibly hard to find on my journal. I spent a lot of time on the essays and felt they should be archived somewhere for posterity and future readers to pour over. Be a shame if they were lost in the deep well of my journal.
Top 10 Hits
1.Figuring out the Buffy S5 Episode Crush (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (1811 words)Hits: 141
2. I Will Always Remember You with a Touch of Something Blue (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Angel: the Series) (3664 words) Hits:128
3. Not Seeing Forest for the Trees - When Characters Become More Important to Fans than Story (Torchwood, Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Angel: the Series) (2273 words)Hits: 60
4. BTVS - Critiquing the Gothic Romance Trope (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (2294 words)Hits:59
5. From Toy Story to Dollhouse - the vulgarities of trust, identity and self (Dollhouse, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Avatar (2009)) (3644 words)
6. Helpless Against The Lies My Parents Told Me (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (3183 words) Hits:55
7. Who is in Charge Here, Anyhow? (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (640 words) [Note not meta but a fanfic of sorts.]Hits:55
8. Angel and That Pesky Curse - How one group of writer's dealt with a writing trap (Angel: the Series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (3295 words) Hits:54
9. Meta on BuffyS5 - Spike and Dawn (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (3567 words)Hits: 50
10. Exploring Robot Metaphors in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Star Trek: The Next Generation, Ghost in the Shell (Anime & Manga), Frankenstein - Mary Shelley, Blade Runner (Movies)) (11636 words) Hits:40
[I'm finding this entertaining - in that all of this meta was previously published on fanboards and my journal betwee 2002-2015 respectfully, with few exceptions, and weirdly the most popular stuff that I published at the time is barely read or remarked upon now. Back in the day the most popular stuff I wrote was not listed above.]
Top 10 Kudos
1. Who is in Charge Here, Anyhow? (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (640 words)
Kudos: 8
2. BTVS - Critiquing the Gothic Romance Trope (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (2294 words) Kudos: 7
3. Helpless Against The Lies My Parents Told Me (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (3183 words) Kudos:6
4. Figuring out the Buffy S5 Episode Crush (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (1811 words)Kudos: 5
5. Angel and That Pesky Curse - How one group of writer's dealt with a writing trap (Angel: the Series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (3295 words)Kudos:4
6. From Toy Story to Dollhouse - the vulgarities of trust, identity and self (Dollhouse, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Avatar (2009)) (3644 words)Kudos:4
7. Not Seeing Forest for the Trees - When Characters Become More Important to Fans than Story (Torchwood, Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Angel: the Series) (2273 words)Kudos: 4
8. From Clarissa to Buffy the Vampire Slayer : Sexual Violence in Fictional Narratives Written For and often (not always) by Women (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Comics), General Hospital) (7717 words)
Kudos:4
9. The Amazing Stephen Moffat: Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead - Essay/Review (Doctor Who) (3541 words) Kudos:3
10. Everything that Rises Must Converge - Meta on "The Incident" - Lost (Lost) (2800 words)Kudos:3
Buffy/Spike Meta on the Relationship and the Buffy Fandom (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (4835 words) Kudos: 3
TOP 10 BOOKMARKS
[All of these only got one bookmark - although not sure why, they aren't that long. I mean I could understand bookmarking a lengthy ten part essay, of which I posted several, but some of these were fairly short.]
1. From Toy Story to Dollhouse - the vulgarities of trust, identity and self (Dollhouse, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Avatar (2009)) (3644 words)
2. The Wild Bunch Rides Again (Angel: the Series) (1569 words)
3. Everything that Rises Must Converge - Meta on "The Incident" - Lost (Lost) (2800 words)
4. Who is Fred - Professor Seidel, Gunn, Wes and Portholes to Hell (No Fandom) (6824 words)
5. Spike and Buffy - An Ironic Twist on Eros and Psyche (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (3183 words)
6. Review/Meta on Torchwood: The Children of Earth Miniseries (Torchwood, Doctor Who & Related Fandoms) (2652 words)
7. Not Seeing Forest for the Trees - When Characters Become More Important to Fans than Story (Torchwood, Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Angel: the Series) (2273 words)
8. The depiction and use of Torture on TV Shows - Specifically Torchwood Episode Sleeper (Torchwood, Doctor Who & Related Fandoms) (2553 words)
9. Review of the Torchwood Episode - Ghost Machine and How People View Television Then & Now (Torchwood, Doctor Who & Related Fandoms) (1721 words)
10. You Just Can't Go Home Again, Dorothy - (Constellation of Doubt and Terra Firma - Farscape S4) (Farscape) (3456 words)
Top Subscriptions
I have one and it is mind boggling to me. If I live to be a hundred, I'll never understand other people's taste or what interests them.
From Toy Story to Dollhouse - the vulgarities of trust, identity and self (Dollhouse, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Avatar (2009)) (3644 words)
I mean why? It's short. There's nothing being added. Why subscribe to that one?
Maybe it was by accident? Now that is entirely possible. They accidentally subscribed and forgot.
Top Comment Threads.
[I'm doing meta - comment threads are more interesting and relevant than subscriptions when you write meta. I don't care if people read it multiple times, I'm writing it for the interaction and discussion.)
1. The Amazing Stephen Moffat: Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead - Essay/Review (Doctor Who) (3541 words)Comment Threads: 2
2. Not Seeing Forest for the Trees - When Characters Become More Important to Fans than Story (Torchwood, Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Angel: the Series) (2273 words) Comment Threads: 2 [This one was controversial, but with JANTO fans (Jack/Ianto) not Willow/Tara fans, who had moved on by this point. Often controversial essays get the most comments and hits.]
3. Helpless Against The Lies My Parents Told Me (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (3183 words)Comment Threads:1
4. Men Don't Leave - Meta on the theme of paternalism in BTVS (Angel, Riley, Spike, Anya, Darla, Walsh) (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Angel: the Series) (7466 words)
Comment Threads: 1
5. Figuring out the Buffy S5 Episode Crush (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (1811 words) Comment Threads: 1
6. Exploring Robot Metaphors in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Star Trek: The Next Generation, Ghost in the Shell (Anime & Manga), Frankenstein - Mary Shelley, Blade Runner (Movies)) (11636 words) Comment Threads:1
7. Spike and Buffy - An Ironic Twist on Eros and Psyche (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (3183 words) Comment Threads:1
8. Leaving Childhood Behind - Meta on Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Episode S4 - Restless (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)) (18249 words)Comment Threads: 1
9. Liam and Will walk into a bar and debate the existentialism of fate. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Angel: the Series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Comics)) (2947 words)Comment Threads:1
I only have 9. It's notable that all of these essays got far more comments when I originally posted them on fanboards and on my journal years ago or at the time the shows aired. And the essays that were the most popular and got the most comments in other venues, aren't getting comments at all on Ao3, which may have to do with the nature of the audience.
Also often people are more interested in reading and commenting on meta when it is produced while the show is airing or popular not years later.
Note? I only put it on Ao3 - because my stuff is incredibly hard to find on my journal. I spent a lot of time on the essays and felt they should be archived somewhere for posterity and future readers to pour over. Be a shame if they were lost in the deep well of my journal.