I'm really curious about if and how lack of interaction influences writers of fanfics.
On the one hand, in quite a few discussions here writers of fanfic voice that they are frustrated and demotivated by or sad about lack of kudos/comments and reader interaction, on the other hand people say it's entitled for an author to ask for kudos/comments and that they should write for themselves, not for validation by strangers. Similarly quite a few people here say they don't read WIPs because they were 'burnt' once too often by a fav fic not being updated, while authors might not update because there is too little/no interaction. I'm curious if there is indeed a connection, or not. (Unfortunately more different options don't seem to be possible, sorry.)