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Poll #2176

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 23

Fanfiction summaries should be:

A brief description of the story's premise
22 (95.7%)

An snappy pull quote that gives some hint at what the story is about
17 (73.9%)

A few key phrases that indicate the story's genre or trope
10 (43.5%)

An adroit tagline, not unlike a movie tagline
9 (39.1%)

Another sort I will tell you about in comments
0 (0.0%)

Does it affect your decision to read/click or not when a story is posted or linked to without a summary?

Yes
10 (43.5%)

No
3 (13.0%)

Sometimes
10 (43.5%)

So, do you actually look at summaries?

Yes
17 (73.9%)

No - I like to be surprised
2 (8.7%)

No - I give it a chance by reading regardless
0 (0.0%)

Not necessarily - I find other info more useful for making a choice to read (pairing, rating, warnings, genre, author)
4 (17.4%)

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