#my first ever buddie fic got 400 kudos in one night and i wasn't even IN the fandom

[littlespoonevan]

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#is it just me or is ao3 engagement waaaaaaay down at the moment??? #i just went back through like the last 10 pages of the buddie tag to stuff i'd missed to my marked for later #*to add #and there was only a handful of fics with over 500 kudos #there was only ONE that had over a thousand #(**i shou say these were all complete fics) #and i've noticed it with the last three fics i've posted too #and it's weird bc i would say the amount of notes on the tumblr posts for my fics are still p much the same as before #and likewise i haven't see much of a difference with comments #but kudos have pretty much halved in comparison #and look i know i can't complain i'm very lucky with the response i generally get for my fics #and obviously sometimes you can just write stuff that people don't vibe with #so that could ofc be the reason too #but like i said the tag in general is the same #most of the fics i scrolled past had an average of 300-400 kudos and i went back 12 days #and i know stats aren't everything etc etc write for the love of it whatever #but also it just feels very Not Normal for this fandom #my first ever buddie fic got 400 kudos in one night and i wasn't even IN the fandom #from around february to may of this year my to be read list was neverending bc so many fics had been recommended to me #all of which were around the 1000 mark (or at the very least were over 500) #and i feel like you kind of expect the dip in engagement during hiatus times bc people step back from fandom a little #but i can't ever remember it being like this during a time when the show was actually airing #idk it's just strange and i can't pinpoint the reason??? #is it because they haven't had much interaction on the show so far this season so people are maybe staying out of the tag???? #bc tumblr has been quite quiet too #or is everyone just like. very busy rn askdjfhas #tbd