scouries
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good for you...finally!!!
Hi, it’s [size=+2]Gabby[/size] again.
Thank you Mr. Alien! You know sir, after reading your previous posts, I hadn’t been particularily impressed with you. I’d lumped you in with the ‘cutesy’ posters. And even though you seem to still find it difficult to refrain from trying to be ‘cute’ when posting, your recent comment have raised you up a notch or two in this young girls eyes.
I had actually been starting to lose hope. I mean the boss had warned me but still, the level of comments has been pretty feeble. And when I read the following from the PILOT I was ready to go in and tell the boss to shove the job: As far as the best indicator of a good read, if you could subtract out the factor of the author and friends leaning on the "open" and "5" buttons (which you can't), the combination of "most story reads" and "highest combined rating," would seem the best guide to readers looking for the stories others have been attracted to the most and liked the best--and Lit. already has those lists.
The utter xxxdeletedxxx of the above is enough for any halfway intelligent young girl to simply throw up her hands in despair!
However, your: …what you really need to work on is a table that shows the number of "views," the category (so we can take account of the fact that incest and mature stories attract an enormous number of views, and romance readers tend to rate their stories a little higher), the votes (since that seems to be important to your friend, and since, together with the number of views, would tell us the percentage of viewers who actually made it to the end (or skipped there) and felt strongly enough about the story to vote), and the score (since that would tell us what they did when they got there). This might actually be a useful table…is a brilliant analysis of the problem!
Literotica measures three things: 1)VIEWS, 2)NUMBER OF VOTES, and 3)AVERAGE SCORE. Mr. Scouries believes, and I agree with him, that all three are important in guiding readers to the very best stories.
“NUMBERS OF VOTES” is extremely important for a couple of reasons. First, as any one who has any understanding of mathmatics and statistical sampling knows, sample size (in this case the number of votes cast) is of paramount importance in evaluating the results you receive (in this cast the average score).
Secondly, the total number of votes cast (as you point out) is the best indicator of how many people actually read the story in question. And, as you say, felt strogly enough to take the time to vote.
As a Literotica reader myself, with over 110,000 stories to pick from, I can tell you that I want to read the stories that have evoked some response among the general public. And so far, with some exceptions, the list that I am now in charge of maintaining has been very useful to me in choosing excellant stories.
Mr.Moon DELETED SEPT 14
I’d like to make one final point to all of you who have been criticising my efforts: Mr. Scouries, and then subsequently I, simply set out to produce a list of the “Most Voted” on stories in Literotica’s history. Nothing more, nothing less!
And you know what? Every question on this subject could be easily answered – all Literotica has to do is push a button and produce a 100% accurate list. As most of you know Mr. Scouries has asked management to do this quite often in the past.
Have a nice evening,
[size=+2]Gabby[/size] with two b’s mr. alien…
Hi, it’s [size=+2]Gabby[/size] again.
Thank you Mr. Alien! You know sir, after reading your previous posts, I hadn’t been particularily impressed with you. I’d lumped you in with the ‘cutesy’ posters. And even though you seem to still find it difficult to refrain from trying to be ‘cute’ when posting, your recent comment have raised you up a notch or two in this young girls eyes.
I had actually been starting to lose hope. I mean the boss had warned me but still, the level of comments has been pretty feeble. And when I read the following from the PILOT I was ready to go in and tell the boss to shove the job: As far as the best indicator of a good read, if you could subtract out the factor of the author and friends leaning on the "open" and "5" buttons (which you can't), the combination of "most story reads" and "highest combined rating," would seem the best guide to readers looking for the stories others have been attracted to the most and liked the best--and Lit. already has those lists.
The utter xxxdeletedxxx of the above is enough for any halfway intelligent young girl to simply throw up her hands in despair!
However, your: …what you really need to work on is a table that shows the number of "views," the category (so we can take account of the fact that incest and mature stories attract an enormous number of views, and romance readers tend to rate their stories a little higher), the votes (since that seems to be important to your friend, and since, together with the number of views, would tell us the percentage of viewers who actually made it to the end (or skipped there) and felt strongly enough about the story to vote), and the score (since that would tell us what they did when they got there). This might actually be a useful table…is a brilliant analysis of the problem!
Literotica measures three things: 1)VIEWS, 2)NUMBER OF VOTES, and 3)AVERAGE SCORE. Mr. Scouries believes, and I agree with him, that all three are important in guiding readers to the very best stories.
“NUMBERS OF VOTES” is extremely important for a couple of reasons. First, as any one who has any understanding of mathmatics and statistical sampling knows, sample size (in this case the number of votes cast) is of paramount importance in evaluating the results you receive (in this cast the average score).
Secondly, the total number of votes cast (as you point out) is the best indicator of how many people actually read the story in question. And, as you say, felt strogly enough to take the time to vote.
As a Literotica reader myself, with over 110,000 stories to pick from, I can tell you that I want to read the stories that have evoked some response among the general public. And so far, with some exceptions, the list that I am now in charge of maintaining has been very useful to me in choosing excellant stories.
Mr.Moon DELETED SEPT 14
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I’d like to make one final point to all of you who have been criticising my efforts: Mr. Scouries, and then subsequently I, simply set out to produce a list of the “Most Voted” on stories in Literotica’s history. Nothing more, nothing less!
And you know what? Every question on this subject could be easily answered – all Literotica has to do is push a button and produce a 100% accurate list. As most of you know Mr. Scouries has asked management to do this quite often in the past.
Have a nice evening,
[size=+2]Gabby[/size] with two b’s mr. alien…
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Hey Lady C. Long time no see. How are you doing? I hope a lot better than the last time we talked.
