Nathan_Brazil
Literotica Guru
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Yup...
I give 5s too.
4s, 3s... not many 2s I guess.
I give 5s too.
4s, 3s... not many 2s I guess.
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Rant and gripe about anonymous comments, but I prefer them. They are much more honest than signed commentary.
Dredge up your darkest feelings and tell me what you really think.
In my most humble opinion, the most cowardly thing an author can do is to delete an unfavorable comment.
So you perceive yourself to be an author in learning, yet expert enough in reading to comment and score in the belief your opinion counts?
Isn’t that rather hypocritical?
Just, No bad author's, just saying,
I'm surprised at the reticence so many people have about voting, or about giving scores lower than five.
Keep in mind, the question was posted on the Author's forum. Presumably, everyone here knows what it feels like to have a story's score drop. A bit of empathy for fellow writers is to be expected.
But the vast majority of readers/voters are not writers themselves. I suspect you would get very different answers if this question was posted on the General Board. It's the masses of readers who ultimately decide a story's score. This small subset in the AH can only hope to give a bit of moral support - or least avoid adding insult to injury.
I'm surprised at the reticence so many people have about voting, or about giving scores lower than five. The voting tools are there for people to use. If people didn't use them, or if people gave only 5s, then there would be no way to tell the difference between stories.
Well, well, well. The light finally came on. People do both of those things with voting and a lot more. The results are meaningless.
But you're wrong that there is no other way to tell the difference between stories. You know the difference between mainstream stories, yet you've probably never had the opportunity to VOTE for them or even been asked your opinion.
I've read countless cover blurbs or reviews (all really just comments) of Jim Harrison, Cormac McCarthy, Kurt Vonnegut, Margaret Atwood, Daniel Woodrell and other favorites, but I've never cast a single vote for them.
rj
I think that if 100 Lit authors were to read 100 stories rated 4.0 and 100 stories rated 4.7, without knowing what the scores were, and asked to rate the stories themselves, the 4.7 group of stories would get a statistically higher score than the 4.0 group of stories. And that means it's not meaningless; the scores do, to some degree, track what most people, including authors, consider "quality," and the score is a rough, but useful, proxy for quality. Obviously, it's only rough. Many factors, some of them quite silly, influence story scores. But at a macro level, with a sufficient sample size, I think they would be meaningful.
I disagree. There are bad authors on Literotica. I can be one of them myself.
There are bad stories. There are stories that are unpopular. There are stories which are deliberately provocative and irritating.
And there are good stories.
But the voting and rating doesn't measure good against bad. All they measure is relative popularity. Chapter 22 of a series of sex scenes with the same characters behaving as they did in Chapter 01 to 21 is likely to be rated highly because those who read and vote on Chapter 22 have persevered since Chapter 01 and like the premise. A stand-alone story might get a good rating if it is in a popular category and mainstream. An obscure fetish? That will be unpopular and low rated.
Popularity rules! Building a fan base by writing similar stories over and over again makes for higher ratings.
There's nothing wrong with popularity. But the ratings measure that and nothing else. They don't measure literary merit, challenging themes, good storytelling or fierce conflicts.
Wow, I’m delighted that, people’s I view to be well educated and informed (all above posters) thanks for your opinions, they’re valued and appreciated.
However, the crutch of the question remains unanswered.
Can you give a five if the content touches your heart yet the technique is lacking, thoughts?
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However, the crutch of the question remains unanswered.
Can you give a five if the content touches your heart yet the technique is lacking, thoughts?
Wow, I’m delighted that, people’s I view to be well educated and informed (all above posters) thanks for your opinions, they’re valued and appreciated.
However, the crutch of the question remains unanswered.
Can you give a five if the content touches your heart yet the technique is lacking, thoughts?
Wow, I’m delighted that, people’s I view to be well educated and informed (all above posters) thanks for your opinions, they’re valued and appreciated.
However, the crutch of the question remains unanswered.
Can you give a five if the content touches your heart yet the technique is lacking, thoughts?
Wow, I’m delighted that, people’s I view to be well educated and informed (all above posters) thanks for your opinions, they’re valued and appreciated.
However, the crutch of the question remains unanswered.
Can you give a five if the content touches your heart yet the technique is lacking, thoughts?
Can you give a five if the content touches your heart yet the technique is lacking, thoughts?
Wow, I’m delighted that, people’s I view to be well educated and informed (all above posters) thanks for your opinions, they’re valued and appreciated.
However, the crutch of the question remains unanswered.
Can you give a five if the content touches your heart yet the technique is lacking, thoughts?