when to post fic: a poll (not really)

[fox]

So, the Torchwood fic is 9/10 really and truly done. I'm going through it with a fine-toothed comb, and after that it's just slapping a title on the sucker. The question, then, is when to post it.

A number of years ago, bethbethbeth told me she'd worked out that the best time to post fic was Monday through Thursday, about 4pm Eastern (1pm Pacific, 9pm in London ... 6am in Sydney, which I admit is a little less wonderful, but why don't we call it "first thing in the morning"). Careful scrutiny showed that this was sheer genius: the east coast would be about to head home (or else they'd see it when they got there), the west coast would still be on their lunch break, Europe wouldn't have gone to bed quite yet, and Australia would soon be up the next morning but possibly not yet on the way to work, and who else is there? other time zones with likely audiences (Central and Mountain, mainly, although of course there are others) are near enough to one of these that you'd stand a good chance of catching them too. bethbethbeth is brilliant. 4pm it is.

But whether to post today, or to wait until next week when everyone is back from Vividcon, that's really the question. (Or to say screw VVC and post tomorrow or, even more foolishly, Thursday or over the weekend, or next Monday, when everyone will still be traveling and decompressing and so on.) I don't have time before this meeting to create a poll -- actually I'm already late -- so, votes and thoughts in the comments, please! :-D

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[darthfox.livejournal.com]

I didn't realize it was that small. I mean, I knew space was limited, because of how people get about registering for it, but what do I know from cons? (You know this about me.)

Not, also, that I think all of Torchwood fandom is going to (a) notice I've posted or (b) care. :-P