I posted a new story today and within minutes got a vote of 1. I had to laugh, I applaud anyone that can get through 25+ chapters that quickly and critique so thoroughly. Someone obviously is not a fan. Hehehe
I posted a new story today and within minutes got a vote of 1. I had to laugh, I applaud anyone that can get through 25+ chapters that quickly and critique so thoroughly. Someone obviously is not a fan. Hehehe
They probably didn't even bother to finish it. They probably just jumped to the end and 1-bombed you...
They probably didn't even bother to finish it.
Who knows if they even started it?
"Interracial, White Male, White Female" is a strange combination. Is that what you meant?
I always edit when I read. Your description starts out in present tense, which is great, but then it changes to past tense. "What started" should be "What starts" and "turned into" should be "turns into." Hope you don't mind the feedback.
Well, your post should be aimed at the OP, @acguy... I no longer have any stories posted here.
I welcome feedback, thanks. I thought I had caught and corrected it all. It's my fault for posting before my editor read the final draft. I was eager to post before I go on a trip.
What about my tags question?
"Interracial, White Male, White Female" is a strange combination. Is that what you meant?
The tags need to be updated. Their is no Asian or South Asian option, one character is Filipino, so is that not considered interracial? WF-Filipino, WM-Filipino, WM-WF interactions.
Race when it comes to tags is always rather interesting.
For example, I have more than one story that has Indian characters. And not from India, but American Indian. So for them I simply consider them "white" as none of the other tags really apply.
And in reality, most people can not recognize an Indian even if they are talking to them. We often joke that we are the "Invisible Minority" because of this.
But there is an Asian tag, I have used it multiple times myself. But I can also see the flip side, as too many tags can become an issue if there were 50 tags for all the various combinations.
Anthropologically speaking, American Indian people should be Asian. Paleo-Indians supposedly migrated from Siberia (i.e. north-eastern Asia) to Alaska across a land bridge where now the Bering Strait is. Crossings using kayaks are also discussed and were proven feasible. Just saying 😉
Crossings using kayaks are also discussed and were proven feasible.
Well, at it's narrowest point, the distance from the west coast of Alaska to the East coast of Siberia is only 50 miles.
Technically, Asian and Caucasian could both be considered 'sort of' of white. Or in more technical terms, 'close enough to count'. ;)
Though, normally ANY racial tags are for flagging specific racial biases, as those seeking out those terms are typically seeking those racial biases, and those avoiding them are likewise avoiding the self-same 'racial' tags.
So, in that case, who knows WTF they were thinking of. As if they weren't, they'd merely have tagged it as "romantic love", without the need for any more. Yet, clearly, they chose not to.
Always a good idea, as it's common to mistakenly type the wrong tags, and it's even more common for your infernal spellchecker to correct your assigned tags 'for you', whether those changes are warranted, wanted or not.
So yeah, double-checking is always warrented. ;)
you can see someone gave you a "1", I've never been able to see that...or any other scores given. Just the total
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You can if it is the first score on a story. You click on the story from your stats page and it will give you the current score, even when it is *'d out. I've had the same thing happen where minutes after posting a new story, 1 Vote; Score 1.
Starting on the "Author's Stat" page, you can click on a particular story, and it'll display the votes per chapter, allowing you to compare the votes for each chapter, so comparing how readers respond more to one than they do to the story at large. I've been doing this for years. Though I recall having to select specific 'advanced' options first, which aren't available by default.
This is handy to determining the effect that a specific technique or the use of a particular 'squick' has on your reader responses (ex: rape, gay sex scenes, water sports (not that significant of a squick) or scat (which is).
That's how I first learned the disparate reader reactions over aggressive younger sisters, from those who'd had younger girls, and those who never have, which I then addressed in a later chapter, buying me time to address it fully in an even later recounted flashback.
Those who never had girls, or who 'married' into the role, rarely acknowledge how devoted younger girls can be to a brother who sticks up and defends them, as most only know women once they begin obsessing over men and potential dates. Yet, a strong initial sibling familial response can often last a lifetime, or not, depending upon how their earlier 'defender' responds to their choice of marital partners.
Some rifts can simply never be repaired. :(
Actually, as several of my stories have gotten scores of one by at least one reader yes you can see the number of 'one' votes a story has gotten....
I've had that happen a few times. I think some readers, probably ones with no writing ability, enjoy giving us an upraised middle finger.
It's been a while, so things might have changed, but does voting not tell you (the voter) what the score now is for a story, even when it's asterisked?
Yes, but until a minimum number of votes happen, (20 IIRC) it just says "too few votes to display" or something like that.
Ahhh. I thought when you voted on an asterisked story it said "You voted 7 (or whatever) the score is now 5.8 (or whatever) and then the score was hidden again until it hit the magic number of voters.
You voted 7 (or whatever
I have seen that and thought it was on my Library page.
At this time, the Library has a Rating collum (my rating) and a Score collum (Lazeez's computed score), if there are enough votes to compute a score.
I may just be my memory, but is the Rating collum a recent change?
As an aside, you can work out (roughly) an asterisked story's score, simply by going to the author's home page and choosing to display their work by score.
Whilst the score is not displayed, it will be placed in correct relation to the writer's other work. Obviously if the author has only one story, then it's not going to work.
The more work the author has, the more accurate it becomes until the threshold is reached and the score becomes 'visible'.
Story scores are hidden with an asterisk until they get 20 votes. Until then, only the poster and admins can see the computed score. Premier accounts can sort stories by score, as others have explained.
One-bombing, or voting 1 on a story without reading it, has become far too common these days. A story I posted last month got four 1's faster than anybody could read the first paragraph. Within an hour, it got three more votes of 1.
A week later the computed score was almost 6, even with all trolling.
With all the hate some people have for the topics I cover, I consider anything 6.1 or above a success, and 5.5 to 6 a so-so result.
Keep on writing, and don't let the trolls get you down!
Again, the secret lies in the timing. So don't be so quick to broadcast the true nature of the story and play the long game, so readers will figure out where the story is going, before they start 1-bombing it. That's a natural rejections, over rejecting your entire story simply because the tags you use.
It may seem deceptive, yet in a way, it's self-preservation, protecting yourself and your work, until readers finally get to know you. Rather than declaring yourself to be everyone's self-perceived enemy #1.
I've long preached that my some long-time gay authors, who because they couldn't follow that simple advice, ended up dying well before their time (personal attacks during political campaigns, jail and a very hostile environment where a shank was never far away.
They were incredibly stupid all the way across the boarder, yet there was never a need to broadcast it to the entire world. Which is also, for my 'unusual storytelling', I've never started off with an overly dramatic scenes and instead give readers a type to get used to the type of stories I tell, as they may not be offensive, yet they're also not for everyone either.
In short, like your market find you, rather than pitching your seed upon barren ground. As if your readers do find you, they'll then cherish and nurture you, before everyone else starts harassing you. (Just don't break any clear legal boundaries, as then, there's nothing anyone can do for you aside from you lawyer, however competent they may happen to be.
When I visited Alaska - back in the days when there were still phone books...
I was looking for something in the phone book, and remarked about there being so many Russians in the town.
"Some", host said, "but most of those numbers are in Kamchatka, it's a local call."
(Note for those who grew up with cell phones - a local call meant no charge, unlike long distance, where you paid by the minute.)
Funny, but Kamchatka isn't anywhere near Alaska. It is closer to Japan.
You might want to check out the western end of the Aleutian Islands. The distance from Attu Island, Alaska to Kamchatka Krai, Russia is only 431 miles.
If you count the islands that are part of Kamchatka and not just the peninsula, and the Aleutian Islands, Japan is probably still closer, but the difference is less than you might think.
The western end of the Aleutian Islands (part of the state of Alaska) is closer to Japan than to mainland Alaska.
Funny, but Kamchatka isn't anywhere near Alaska. It is closer to Japan.
The distance is about 700 miles, which in a state as big as Alaska, is "right around the corner".
Secondly, Russia owned Alaska up until fairly recently. So there are a number of people who have cousins in both places.
Perhaps Japan is closer, but how many Russians are listed in the Hokkaido phone book?
Russia owned Alaska up until fairly recently
For given values of "recently" - October 1867 is 157 years ago.
Thanks for all the feedback. I won't let the one votes get to me, unless they keep coming. So far each of my stories has broken a 6 so I am happy and appreciative that there is an audience for my stories. I will rethink tags in my next story to be less specific.
It wasn't me. 'onest guv.
But I have been known to behave similarly when faced with blatant misogyny, racism, or a complete disregard of English spelling and/or grammar. Normally, I would be at least a few paragraphs into the tale before I took that action.
Ummm, what?
Did you reply to someone else, but on my reply by mistake? I don't see the correlation between your reply and what is being discussed.
We are talking about the visibility of scoring, and you seem to be discussing the point at which Premier Access is achieved. Could you please explain to this mostly thick individual the reason, as I have yet to have my morning coffee. Which is a bit awkward, as I don't drink coffee...