I probably shouldn't mention this....

... (with it having to do with statistics and all, not to mention being premature) BUT... we're on a pace to top 4,300 comments in October.

Really

I notice that the ratio of comments to reads has improved, at least for my own stories, from around 1 in 20 to more like 1 in 10. Whether that means I'm writing better stories or the inducement to comment more is being heeded by readers I do not know.

Gosh I hate to mention this, and likely should not in case of someone gets a swelled head on his shoulders but NJrick was not that far off considering his comment was on October 8th. We coming close to 4100 very quickly.

Well done NJrick!!!

I wasn't the one making all those comments. I was too busy posting on the Forum!

If you have a CRR (comment to read ratio) of 0.10 or 0.05 you are doing great. Mine has also improved but it went from 0.026 to about 0.029. But, that is based upon a grand total that goes back to the pre-comment days of 2009-2010. But here is what I have noticed. When it's hot off the presses the a story can have a CRR of about 10%. As time goes on that will drop, just like a hitters batting average. That's because the readers who do leave comments tend to be among the first to review a story. After that (about a week) the average begins to drop as more readers show up who never comment.

Fantastic. I for one enjoy the comments as it makes it all worth while. They surpassed everything from Dec 2009. Well done.