Forum: Story Discussion and Feedback

Not to be confused with 'idiocycratic' - bureaucracy by idiots ;)

AJ

That's redundant.

There's a better word (ie $100) than 'redundant', albeit with a similar meaning, but despite wracking my brain I couldn't remember it. I expect it will come to me eventually :(

I was thinking of tautology, but close enough.

Tarnation that you managed to post it first ;)

AJ

I bet your story granting your immortal fame was much longer.

Wrong you are not. 899 words.

AJ

Yeah, but did were the top 2 categories 1 and 9?

My double bad :(

All categories from 1 to 10 had been awarded at least one vote. I can't remember exact specifics, but I think 1 was the most awarded vote and 10 was jointly the least awarded.

I had another story where voting was highly polarised to start with, 1s and 10s being the most frequently awarded scores. But over time, more voters awarded intermediate scores, ruining the upside-down bell curve.

AJ

All categories from 1 to 9 had been awarded at least one vote. I can't remember exact specifics, but I think 1 was the most awarded vote and 9 was jointly the least awarded.

That's why I don't chastise readers who always vote 10s for the stories (and authors) that they love. It's better having a pile of 10s than scores you can't make sense of.

That's why I don't chastise readers who always vote 10s for the stories (and authors) that they love.

I think readers who automatically vote 10s for their favourite authors are wrecking the scoring system.

For example, in my opinion 'City Limits' by wayzgoose is the best thing aroslav has written since 'Model Student', yet the score is meh compared to the self-indulgent Strange Art and Props Master series. The reason is almost certainly because most readers don't realise wayzgoose and aroslav are one and the same, despite his blogs on the subject.

AJ

I believe the purpose of the scoring system is to assess stories. But as cmsix used to say, it's more of a beauty contest for authors. A so-so story churned out by an author with a large following will get a higher score than a good story by an author nobody's heard of before.

Score the story, not the author!

AJ

I believe the purpose of the scoring system is to assess stories. But as cmsix used to say, it's more of a beauty contest for authors. A so-so story churned out by an author with a large following will get a higher score than a good story by an author nobody's heard of before.

Score the story, not the author!

That's true, to a certain degree, but I've noted that SOL readers tend to be especially forgiving of new authors, while they expect experienced authors to not only 'know better', but they often rate them on how close their current stories stick to their past stories (i.e. they're punished for the sheer innovation they reward new authors for showing).

As for voting 10s, if you don't reward your favorite authors with you top scores, then why follow them at all? Voting 10 for your favorite stories isn't the same as only voting 10 for any story you finish, it's simply saying 'this story appeals to me in a way other stories simply don't'.

So he proved the contrary

I've never heard of A.A. Fair. Does that mean the stories under that name were superb?

AJ

Another $100 (or, at least, $99.50) word is "bimodal." when I was in HS, we called it the "Brassiere curve."

Isn't "bimodal" when children finally learn to walk upright?

Isn't "bimodal" when children finally learn to walk upright?

You've been spending entirely too much time hanging around with the grinning dick.

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Does that make you the Shag Dick, Richard?