DarcyLansdowne
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- Joined
- Dec 26, 2016
- Posts
- 11
Getting a 1 rating is like getting a slap in the face - the natural reaction is "what did I do?"
An extreme rating without a meaningful comment is pretty much worse than useless. How can I learn from "I hated it."
I would like to suggest that any rating of 1, and maybe of 5 as well, should not be accepted without a useful comment such as - Your characters are wooden -your dialogue is stilted - your plot is unbelievable- I don't like stories that have bears and cows in the same scene - your tag said it was about incest and there was't enough incest . something for the author to either reject - consider. Even "boring" might be a little useful.
comments like "It sucked" wouldn't be accepted.
A question - have any of you turned off the voting, and if so, has it affected the number of viewers you receive?
Another suggestion - why not have a system where the ratings are visible to only the writer and the administration. After all, from the way they are written the ratings are for the benefit of the writer rather than as endorsements or warnings to other readers.
Okay, you can call me a wimp now.
An extreme rating without a meaningful comment is pretty much worse than useless. How can I learn from "I hated it."
I would like to suggest that any rating of 1, and maybe of 5 as well, should not be accepted without a useful comment such as - Your characters are wooden -your dialogue is stilted - your plot is unbelievable- I don't like stories that have bears and cows in the same scene - your tag said it was about incest and there was't enough incest . something for the author to either reject - consider. Even "boring" might be a little useful.
comments like "It sucked" wouldn't be accepted.
A question - have any of you turned off the voting, and if so, has it affected the number of viewers you receive?
Another suggestion - why not have a system where the ratings are visible to only the writer and the administration. After all, from the way they are written the ratings are for the benefit of the writer rather than as endorsements or warnings to other readers.
Okay, you can call me a wimp now.