A poll!

[sholio]

For those of you who read webcomics or similar forms of serialized online fiction (you can answer for fanfic too, if you read fanfic that has a regular update schedule and sticks to it) - a poll!

Poll #9605

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 12

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What update days do you like best? (check all that apply)

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Monday
0 (0.0%)

Tuesday
2 (16.7%)

Wednesday
1 (8.3%)

Thursday
2 (16.7%)

Friday
0 (0.0%)

Saturday
0 (0.0%)

Sunday
1 (8.3%)

Weekdays in general (any weekdays)
0 (0.0%)

Weekends in general (any weekend days)
1 (8.3%)

No preference (any day is good)
9 (75.0%)

How do you like your updates?

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Large updates (a batch of pages; a long chapter) with a longer gap between them
1 (8.3%)

Frequent smaller updates
3 (25.0%)

My preferences depend on the series
8 (66.7%)

I really don't care
0 (0.0%)

There is also an LJ version of this poll. Vote wherever you prefer!

Comments

[sophia_sol]

I like frequent small updates because otherwise it's too easy to forget what's happened recently by the time the new update appears. It keeps it fresh in my mind.

But I'm aware that people who have better memory than me might disagree on what the best update schedule is!

[sholio]

*grins* Well, I'm sure that it's very individual and idiosyncratic. I'm actually very curious to find out if patterns emerge as people answer the poll, or if it's all over the place.

[ratcreature]

I like frequent smaller updates to not forget what happened before, but I also like updates that are somewhat contained units, not random breaks.

[sholio]

Thank you! This is useful. :)

[schneefink]

It depends on the webcomic/fanfic, but gaps longer than a month rarely work for me (unless there's a quick way to catch up or the plot isn't complicated.) Good places to stop are important, so that it feels like "this chapter stops here because that's the end of a segment" instead of "this chapter stops here because the author ran out of energy yesterday." And I very much like to know when I can expect the next update, if it'll be up in a few days, weeks, or months.

[sholio]

Thank you! Yes, I agree with all of these and I think they're excellent points. Especially sticking to a regular update schedule and letting readers know when to come back. (Not that I've always done that. *g* But I do think it's important.)