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Reasons for 1 votes

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Rather to my surprise, I got a 1 on a new story, "Touching My Heart, Part I". Other votes were high.

The 1 vote is supposed to be for a totally unacceptable story. I find that it's generally trollish, delivered at the very beginning of a multi-chapter story, and usually from someone without the courage to email me or comment in public. Now, the story may not interest you. You may want harder sex. But is the story unreadable, which I tend to think is the purpose of the 1?

In fairness, I recently considered it for one story. After the first chapter, I contacted the author by email, and explained that some of the ways another language were used made no sense. I happen to have some familiarity with that language and culture.

The author replied, explaining that why some of the foreign language made no sense is that it didn't -- it was random text run through Google Translate, to give a "flavor". I offered to provide some alternate text, but there was no interest. A subsequent chapter was just as unreadable.

I seriously considered a 1, but I had said what I needed to the author. The story already had low scores. A 1, I thought, would simply be discouraging to someone that had made an effort. If future stories are this bad, I might reconsider. My purpose, though, is to be constructive, and informative to the community.

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