CLS' Real Life Experiment with FA

[heidi]

CLS, who's a FictionAlley Mod, just posted this to our mod list, and told me I could share it here (I found it fascinating!):


> >
> > Anyone who knows me knows that I love research. I'd
> > like to share a
> > few observations from a little experiment that I did
> > recently in
> > which I created a new vB ID on FA and submitted a
> > story under a new
> > pen name. I thought that people on the list might
> > be interested in
> > the process from the grass-roots level (which was
> > not my original
> > intent - this is just a side-product).
> >
> > First thing I noticed was that as soon as I
> > registered my new ID, I
> > received a detailed e-mail from an e-mentor. It was
> > long, but
> > friendly, helpful and clear. (In fact, I learned a
> > few things, since
> > I don't know my way around the Park very well.)
> >
> > Kudos to those in charge of the e-mentor program!
> > It was an
> > effective, but not overwhelming introduction.
> >
> > I submitted a story at the end of July. It was
> > interesting to follow
> > it through the process with no intervention on my
> > part. I can report
> > that it took 6 days for a board to be created and 9
> > days from the
> > time that I sumitted it until it was uploaded.
> >
> > Thus, we are probably accurate at the present to
> > tell people 5-10
> > days is the typical length of time from the time
> > they submit their
> > story to the time it is uploaded.
> >
> > It was an interesting little experiment.