I was discussing this with a male author yesterday. Just wondered what others think. Do you think female authors typically receive more votes and comments than male authors? If yes, why?
I find the female vs male talent on Lush to be pretty equal. But, like in my recent Flash Fiction story, which was barely more than a micro, I received a lot more votes/comments than the Recommended Reads surrounding me, authored by males. Their stories bested mine in every way, so where were their votes/comments? Just something I have noticed and I think they probably noticed and said, "What the f*ck!" ?
It may simply be that there are more men on Lush than women, and that they are more likely to favour reading the naughty thoughts of a female than another male - after all, they have enough to do dealing with their own naughty thoughts! Prove me wrong guys by voting for my stories!
Yes, but only because I suspect there are more males reading female stories than there are females reading male stories - I get more comments from females which sort of supports the theory!
It's an interesting question. You get far more views/votes/comments than I do, so I am not sure I can make any meaningful contribution. All I can really say is that the majority of comments I do get are from readers who identify as female, with only a few male regulars chiming in. Then again, I only write pieces with a lesbian content, so draw readers from a much smaller pool.
I tend to gravitate toward female writers probably to get the POV
nympho manic pixie dream bunny
I am guessing, from my experiences, that women get a lot more attention here in general than guys do. I would think this applies to stories as well as chat and friend requests, but that's only a guess.
Haven't done the stats so it is hard to say. I am not one of the more widely read authors here but I am just one male among many. I am sure some of the better male authors like Milik get read more than I.
It really depends on what categories you write in. It doesn’t matter if your a male or female. It doesn’t matter if you have RR’s or EP’s.
It’s content of what the reader base wants. Most people want to jerk off to a story that’s dirty and nasty.
They don’t want to read long novels. That’s a very particular reader looking for that kind of story.
I have only six RR’s and Ed Langston has none. We both have tons of famous stories and legendary stories. We write in all categories and not afraid of the and categories. We just write porn. Porn stories are what readers want. In the views game.
Ed - 15,118,380
Mysteria - 12,252,827
Hugs,
Mysteria
You have a high profile here Kimmi, because you write many stories, post on the forum quite a bit and write a lot of nice comments on other peoples' stories (thanks!). So that may be a factor.
But I would say yes, on the whole, female authors get more attention. In fact I would suggest that some of the 'female' authors here might be guys who are aware of this.
I don't know. I can say that I read more female authors than male, but that's probably because I avoid the genres in which men tend to write--cheating, that sort of thing. *shrugging* as for myself, I rarely leave a comment, and I generally don't respond to comments on my own stories--I don't have time, one, and two, my self-worth is not wrapped up in what whomever said about whatever. Which is not to say I don't appreciate the comments--only that there's only 24 hours in a day, and most of my 24 hours are booked.
Want to spend some time wallowing in a Recommended Read? Pick one! Or two! Or seven!
Trust people to be themselves...
I never really thought about it, but given women get more attention than men in general, then by default, the female authors would get more than the male. Especially when an alluring avatar catches your eye, it will probably make most men and lesbian/bisexual women jump into whatever they've written.
That said, I believe a lot of factors mentioned before such as engaging with your readers, reading other people's submissions and such helps a ton as well. I struggle with replies on comments sometimes, no lie.
Chatterbox Blonde- Rumps Mystical Bartender
As a fledgling writer I try to read as widely as possible but I do give my sisters slightly more support partly because they tend to write in an style I enjoy and also as a newbie I feel I need to fight a little more for the attention.
It's possible that maybe others feel the same way.
Having said that I haunt Rumps and if someone seems nice I go check out their work sometimes I find a something I'd have over looked otherwise.
Luna I'm looking at you , dirty girl that you are.
Whatever was posted is always meant in love and respect never to offend.
I'm also highly likely to have posted this from a phone so there may be typos or odd word changes, auto correct can be a pain.
I've been listening to my kinky pencil here's my current work
I think readers who comment like a comment back too and not just a "Thanks." I have seen more male authors not respond to comments than women from the stories I have read. I don't think a female author has ever NOT responded to one of my comments. I wonder if that contributes. There is a thread somewhere about it.
