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gottagofast · Boot Joined: 10 Jun 2012 Posts: 62

How do Slendyblogs gain popularity?

**Posted:** Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:18 am

KrisTrauma · Unfettered Joined: 19 Apr 2011 Posts: 492 Location: OK

word of mouth, reddit, tumblr, viral marketing...all good ways...

**Posted:** Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:34 am

gottagofast · Boot Joined: 10 Jun 2012 Posts: 62

Interesting.

I was just reading A Hint of Serendipity and A Really Bad Joke and wondered HOW they got all them followers.

**Posted:** Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:54 am

ChildOfAtom

There's no magic bullet. I'm tempted to say that the cream rises to to the top but... There have been great series that have been posted here that end with maybe a dozen followers and less than a page of comments here. There have been spectacularly bad series that get hundreds of followers and are talked about every day.

It's easier to tell you things that I've seen fail... don't tweet constant replies to EMH and MH hoping to get noticed.... don't tag your very first video "slenderman" when he hasn't appeared... don't break the rules here... don't assume that getting it posted here is the key to instant notoriety...

**Posted:** Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:28 am

DaLadybugMan · Decorated Joined: 15 Dec 2010 Posts: 186

Well, the very first ones could get enough attention on Unfiction. But around the time of AHoS and ARBJ? Comments. They commented on other people's blogs, and those people found their blogs through their comments.

**Posted:** Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:55 am

KrisTrauma · Unfettered Joined: 19 Apr 2011 Posts: 492 Location: OK

Very much comments! I feel that if someone comments and you comment back or respond to your followers then they are more likely to keep following. Interaction between the author and the readers is a great way of ensuring you establish a fanbase.

**Posted:** Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:12 pm

HunterEris · Unfettered Joined: 10 Feb 2011 Posts: 600

**Posted:** Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:21 pm

TheFallenenvoy · Entrenched Joined: 08 Apr 2011 Posts: 847

Sexual Favours.

**Posted:** Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:08 pm

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**Posted:** Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:40 pm

ChildOfAtom

Please don't start that again.

**Posted:** Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:27 pm

gottagofast · Boot Joined: 10 Jun 2012 Posts: 62

**Posted:** Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:46 pm

Shaded Spriter · Decorated Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 282 Location: England

One way I would say is Put yourself up on TvTropes - it is a smaller list then the complete list on tumblr so it is more contained - and you also get to write yourself a short summery as well as adding tropes to your page.

It is actually the first place I look for new material (I have a few on a list from the Mythos comics by expression which I need to get to before looking for more new ones.)

**Posted:** Wed Jun 13, 2012 8:22 am

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gottagofast · Boot Joined: 10 Jun 2012 Posts: 62

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Wesley the Bard · Boot Joined: 02 Dec 2011 Posts: 34 Location: Wandering

**Posted:** Wed Jun 13, 2012 4:43 pm