Heh, the "Complete Only" is tempting, yep. Unfortunately, attempting to use it in my current main fandom would result in me finding very little to read; new/ongoing fandom means lots and lots of incomplete fic. D:
Plus, I do (or did; it's slowing down) a fair amount of reading on the kink meme, where there is no "Complete Only" tickybox or kudos counts, so the numbering is often all I have to work from. :D AND, incidentally, where authors are anonymous and quality (and practice) varies widely, so I find that little indicator of "this author has some reasonable notion of where this story's going" to be very reassuring!
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Plus, I do (or did; it's slowing down) a fair amount of reading on the kink meme, where there is no "Complete Only" tickybox or kudos counts, so the numbering is often all I have to work from. :D AND, incidentally, where authors are anonymous and quality (and practice) varies widely, so I find that little indicator of "this author has some reasonable notion of where this story's going" to be very reassuring!