Poll: fic reading habits
Jun. 5th, 2017 01:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
schneefink(I'm posting a survey without testing it first, I keep flashing back to the semester-long seminar Don't Do That as well as the myriad real life examples of why this is bad. Fortunately this is not scientific.)
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 58
Do you read fanfic?
Yes, often
33 (56.9%)
Yes, sometimes
8 (13.8%)
Yes, with varying frequency
14 (24.1%)
Yes, rarely
2 (3.4%)
No
1 (1.7%)
Other or more details:
What kind of fics do you like to read?
Only finished stories or series
3 (5.3%)
Only finished stories, but ongoing series
16 (28.1%)
Finished stories, and WIPs only if there's a regular update schedule
9 (15.8%)
Finished stories, and WIPs only if I trust the author to finish the story eventually
9 (15.8%)
Finished stories and WIPs, preferably finished stories
19 (33.3%)
Finished stories and WIPs, preferably WIPs
0 (0.0%)
Finished stories and WIPs, no preference
1 (1.8%)
Only WIPs
0 (0.0%)
Other or more detail:
I read fic for...
fandoms I know
57 (100.0%)
fandoms I've heard of or know vaguely
35 (61.4%)
fandoms I don't know
17 (29.8%)
Other or more details:
When looking for new fic, I...
look at new works for my fandoms on AO3
40 (70.2%)
look at new works for my fandoms in other places, e.g. Tumblr or ff.net
6 (10.5%)
browse tags on AO3
37 (64.9%)
browse bookmarking services, e.g. pinboard
12 (21.1%)
follow recs
48 (84.2%)
go through my backlog of "to read" bookmarks
20 (35.1%)
Other, please elaborate
8 (14.0%)
Other or more details:
