I rec a lot of stories and browse recs from friends and anyone that has a website of recs. I think there is plenty of diversity. It seems like I find stories I haven't read before just about every time I go looking.
My own method of reccing fics is rather informal and I rec stories I probably won't read twice, not often but sometimes. I don't always rec stories from popular writers or writers I love. I'm willing to read het, slash, gen, PG-NC-17, torture, crack, rape...basically because I'm willing to read a little bit of everything I think my rec list shows that.
But again I'm only reccing what I like, and I know I happen to like a lot of the "popular" writers. I think they are popular because they are consistantly good, maybe not everything is as good as their best work but it's still good. I'd be hard pressed to pick my favorite astolat fic. At this point when I see she's posted a new story I get this Pavlovian excited response because she has yet to dissapoint me. She's not the only one I feel this way about either, but I really do think the "popular" writers are the ones that turn out a lot of quality fic. Or if not "quality" in the traditional sense, still highly entertaining.
I can also understand time constraints as a big reason most people are hesitant to try new authors.
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Date: 2006-03-21 01:06 am (UTC)My own method of reccing fics is rather informal and I rec stories I probably won't read twice, not often but sometimes. I don't always rec stories from popular writers or writers I love. I'm willing to read het, slash, gen, PG-NC-17, torture, crack, rape...basically because I'm willing to read a little bit of everything I think my rec list shows that.
But again I'm only reccing what I like, and I know I happen to like a lot of the "popular" writers. I think they are popular because they are consistantly good, maybe not everything is as good as their best work but it's still good. I'd be hard pressed to pick my favorite
I can also understand time constraints as a big reason most people are hesitant to try new authors.