Random Question

[wook77]

Wook's random question -

Is there such a thing as the "Friday Night Curse*?



When I first started posting my writing, I was cautioned to avoid posting stories on Fridays because no one reads and no one comments.

Since I started with the hd_prophet as the Friday editor - I've really noticed that people have taken this to heart. I can't tell you the number of times I've asked the Saturday editor to post my recs (because a newsletter with one or two things in it isn't very handy, imho) instead and/or not had any at all.

I've never really understood the basis for this but I'm still semi-new to fandom and perhaps it's something that occurred long before I arrived.

What's really made me wonder is this: I've noticed some amazing stories with solid plot and fantastic characterisations get ignored. The only thing that I've noticed they had in common is that they were all posted on Fridays. I'm talking about het, slash, gen and femmeslash. I'm talking about stories written by n00bs, middle-timers, old-timers and BNFs. I'm talking about stories cross-posted liekwhoa and stories that are only posted one or two places.

It has me puzzled and as I've had conversations with some of my flist on this, I'm curious what the flist and fandom at large think.


What's your experience with this? Is there such a thing as the Friday Night Curse*? Do you believe in it or is it bubkiss and I'm full of it?

*Friday Night Curse is my term for the lack of postings, comments, viewings or some sort of combination of all of them

Comments

[sirryluv.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I've definitely noticed this--although it seems to me to go on through the whole weekend. I think, like others have said, it has to do with the fact that weekends give you more of a chance to socialize with friends in family in RL, so people take that chance.

I was wondering if I was the only who noticed this too, actually. ;)