Overheard a guy at the coffee shop say he only writes horror prompts because they get more replies

I started checking the top posts here and yeah, dark or scary themes do seem to pull way more engagement than slice-of-life stuff. Has anyone else noticed their lighter prompts just kinda sitting there with zero comments?

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rileyl9811d ago

Is it bad that my most upvoted prompt was about a guy getting locked in a freezer and my sweetest romance prompt got two replies, one of which was just a clown emoji? I guess some of us just write better about misery than about sunshine. My heart can be dark but my prompts are apparently darker. Maybe I should lean into the doom and gloom for internet points.

smith.ray10d ago

People upvote misery because it's easier to react to than vulnerability, not because it's better writing. A guy in a freezer is a clear situation everyone gets, but a sweet romance hits different for everyone so it's harder to click a button on. Lean into whatever feels real to you, internet points don't mean your dark stuff is actually better.

river_hall4410d ago

Whoa, wait - a clown emoji? That's brutal. I can't believe someone took time out of their day to just leave a clown emoji on a romance prompt. That's cold. @rileyl98 that's rough, man. A lot of the dark prompts get engagement because people love to talk about what scares them or what's creepy, but romance is more personal and people get weird about it. I've seen my own lighthearted stuff get ignored while a weird horror idea takes off, but the clown emoji thing is just straight up disrespectful.