Famous Story Requirement?

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I have just updated the requirements so that this badge only required 30,000 views. Maybe when I have more time I will look at different scales for this badge.

Stories within the most popular list have the highest average score, with at least 10 votes.

Votes are only removed when someone leaves or is removed from the site.

Hope this helps
gav

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which is why i keep careful tabs on people who voted for mine - if they even think of leaving, i get the bribes going.

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Sprite, just how much you offering?

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then, there are those whom i am actively working to chase off the site! ;)

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Question: if I view my own story, does that count as a view? Does the view ticker go up? I've been wondering this for a while.

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Hi,

Why did someone mention that stories attract the most readers? I cannot imagine why? My story has attracted almost 300,000 readers, do I get 10 badges?

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yes, but it only goes up one no matter HOW often you view it, so don't just start clicking on it over and over LOL

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Only by one? That's great, don't wanna be seeming narcissistic by viewing my own story loadsa times.

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Can you give any hints or details about this new competition? You have got my interest Nicola.

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yes, but it only goes up one no matter HOW often you view it, so don't just start clicking on it over and over LOL

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Actually, the story that Stephanie and I co-wrote us almost at the 30,000 mark...

The client on the sixth floor

(I am a shameless whore, aren't I?)

Assumes the position... AGAIN!

God, I dunno if my ass can take much more!!

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Yes, i really AM opening this back up again. as a story mod, i watch how fast stories get published and processed through here. stories that might have once spend some time on the front page are usually gone within 12 hours, usually less. i don't track other people's stories, but i DO track mine. as time goes on, and we get more and more writers, i know i get less and less views and i think that i'm a fairly noticable author here? funny, i get more votes and comments, but breaking 2,000 has been difficult. sure, we have more members, but we have way more writers as well and i think it makes it harder to even hit the old goal of 30,000 let alone 100,000 (or is it 60,000? i'm not sure).

anyways, just wanted to point that out and maybe, take a look at it and see if, in a years time, ANY one's hit that famous author mark. i'm guessing that it's a badge that may very well have become extinct. just my POV, obviously, but it would be nice to have an obtainable goal rather then do what most of us have done, shrug our shoulders and say 'oh, well. we missed the window for getting that one'.

a non-rant by sprite.

I agree with Sprite about the views. Not including poems, which I think is a niche all of its own, only four out of my eight stories have gone over the 2000 reads mark. I do think the category makes a huge difference, so writers who tend to write for a less-read category will certainly find the Famous Story badge difficult to obtain (whatever that mark may be). Only one story has come close to a number I never thought I would reach, and that only shot up since a certain situation made it possible. But it is very clear that if, in four months, a story can reach nearly 10,000 views, however that might have been achieved, it may be worth believing that something like 30,000 is possible - as Mazza and Steph have already shown.

The question that brings up for me is, a story that gets so many hits because it is an Editors' Pick (speaking from my own experience, nobody else's), has already been rewarded. The real challenge would be to obtain something like a 30,000 mark without an Editors' Pick! And I don't believe I could manage anything close to that without it. I have only two other stories that might hit 10,000, but it would need well over a year and a lot of forum whoring on my part (or Sprite's if I can convince her to do some video demonstrations on my behalf).

I'd be interested to see if any of our more popular writers agree have seen a similar pattern. 28,000 gets a flower from me!

I am now bamboozled with numbers and I have forgotten what I was saying. So here is a famous story (sans voyeuristic orgies) to make sure I am still on-thread...

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I agree with Sprite about the views. Not including poems, which I think is a niche all of its own, only four out of my eight stories have gone over the 2000 reads mark. I do think the category makes a huge difference, so writers who tend to write for a less-read category will certainly find the Famous Story badge difficult to obtain (whatever that mark may be). Only one story has come close to a number I never thought I would reach, and that only shot up since a certain situation made it possible. But it is very clear that if, in four months, a story can reach nearly 10,000 views, however that might have been achieved, it may be worth believing that something like 30,000 is possible - as Mazza and Steph have already shown.

The question that brings up for me is, a story that gets so many hits because it is an Editors' Pick (speaking from my own experience, nobody else's), has already been rewarded. The real challenge would be to obtain something like a 30,000 mark without an Editors' Pick! And I don't believe I could manage anything close to that without it. I have only two other stories that might hit 10,000, but it would need well over a year and a lot of forum whoring on my part (or Sprite's if I can convince her to do some video demonstrations on my behalf).

I'd be interested to see if any of our more popular writers agree have seen a similar pattern. 28,000 gets a flower from me!

I am now bamboozled with numbers and I have forgotten what I was saying. So here is a famous story (sans voyeuristic orgies) to make sure I am still on-thread...

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I have 6 stories that are over 30,000 views, with my EP one being close to 70,000 views. I have a 7th story that's at 26,000 views so it's slowly creeping up there too. Many of my others are around the 20,000+ view-mark at the moment as well.

Ah, so it is achievable (if one is an amazingly top writer combined with being an amazingly hot lass combined with being amazingly wise - stop being amazing, you're making me look bad). Top stuff, that's awesome!

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I have 6 stories that are over 30,000 views, with my EP one being close to 70,000 views. I have a 7th story that's at 26,000 views so it's slowly creeping up there too. Many of my others are around the 20,000+ view-mark at the moment as well.

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I thought the famous story number was 30,000


EDIT: yes, just checked, it IS 30,000

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did they change it back and not tell anyone? *sighs* ok, great, now i look totally stupid. thanks. going back in my hole and not coming out until November.

No, lass. you're making others look better. That's a fabulous skill!