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Posted by: HaloFighter92
some people don't have a choice, I'm haveing a probleem with my fanfic(see sig) i have to bump so it gets nticed, i mean, then how am I gonna know someones reading it? I didn't spend 4 weeks to get it ignored.
I recommend fanfiction.net for all your fanfic needs.
Thing is... the vast majority of information on a forum will be ephemeral. That's the nature of the beast; that's why it's called a "forum" and not a "knowledge archive" or some other moniker that would suggest more permanence for the material. There's no problem with wanting your fanfiction to be read, but I would suggest that instead of putting it on the forum and bumping it repeatedly, simply archive it at fanfiction.net, your personal web space, or some other location, and then keep the link to it in your sig (as you've done). If I as another user am interested in reading some fanfiction, I'll chase the link; if not, I won't.
It's true that the rate of scroll on the forums unfortunately means that some thoughts get lost merely because they were posted at the wrong time of day. But I would actually be in favor of ways to cause less bumping to happen, not more. Bumping only increases the rate at which new posts (hopefully corresponding to brand-new, never-before-seen, truly thread-worthy ideas... hey, stop snickering!) get smacked off of page 1.