Some rough calculations showed this thread to gain about 8 posts/day - it's true that we're nearly at the much-treasured 1000 post milestone, but it's not me to congratulate- it's the VGChartz FiM community that has remained strong and committed to the show for over 4 months (and hopefully long into the future) :)

Has anybody read any good fanfics lately? Or am I the only one who reads those on a regular basis?

Honestly, I don't read them very often at all- I read a couple once, but it seemed like they weren't that well written. I'm sure there are some good ones out there, but I haven't really tried looking xD

Eh, most of them aren't well written. But ocassiionally, you find something that justifies the fandom's existence. Sort of like fanmusic and fanart.

I find fimfiction rather hard to navigate. And what's the deal with updated stories not getting pushed back to the frontpage? Not only does it make it hard to find good, older stories (unless the admins decide to Feature something) Does that mean my fic is doomed to die in obscurity no matter how many chapters i add, unless the admins bestow their grace upon it?

I really liked Sisterhooves Social. I honestly thought it was Applejack the entire race.

If you pay attention, "Applejack's" eyes suddenly switch from green to cobalt once she falls in the mud.

People can check the recently updated stories or can find your story if it's put in an appropriate collection. I've found that you can getsomething like 100 new readers for every chapter you put up as people browse. And since people who favorite stories will be notified of new chapters, it adds up. And stories that are well received can automatically get at least a short stay in the feature box, like my story did. The last two out of five spots are reserved for recently updated stories. So don't despair. Few multi-chapter stories are truly lost, provided they have updates.

Er... why does she do that?

It's an exciting plot twist!