Question about disabling voting.

[lovecraft68]

I know there is an option to disable voting and public comments and it as simple as clicking over to "No" however my question is when you disable the voting for a short period of time then enable it again do you lose the votes that the story currently has?

I would like to know how it works as over the last few days I have endured ridiculous trolling to the tune of waking up to a story a year old having ten additional votes and from the score all 1's. Lit "swept" them off within a day but it has happened to a couple of others since.

It's obviously personal and I have an idea of who it is, but in the meantime I am thinking of just shutting the voting down for a while but don't want to permanently lose the votes and scores

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Don't really know, but...the language on the blurb about disabling voting just says your story will not be considered or shown in the tops lists,etc.

 

[PennLady]

I know there is an option to disable voting and public comments and it as simple as clicking over to "No" however my question is when you disable the voting for a short period of time then enable it again do you lose the votes that the story currently has?

I would like to know how it works as over the last few days I have endured ridiculous trolling to the tune of waking up to a story a year old having ten additional votes and from the score all 1's. Lit "swept" them off within a day but it has happened to a couple of others since.

It's obviously personal and I have an idea of who it is, but in the meantime I am thinking of just shutting the voting down for a while but don't want to permanently lose the votes and scores

I don't think you lose your votes, but you will be off certain lists of stories and ineligible for contests, I believe, if you turn off voting. I think it's in the FAQ. Not sure what happens when you re-enable votes.

 

[lovecraft68]

I don't think you lose your votes, but you will be off certain lists of stories and ineligible for contests, I believe, if you turn off voting. I think it's in the FAQ. Not sure what happens when you re-enable votes.

Well I don't enter the contests and I'm not too concerned with top lists. It's more the pissed off factor than I'm that concerned about what my scores look like to others. Maybe I'll give it a shot with one story for a few days then enable them again and see what happens.

 

[LettersFromTatyana]

I can't answer your question.

However, if the votes are all being swept, why bother to turn off voting? By posting this, you're showing how much his or her behavior annoys you. By removing voting, you reveal that his little mind fuck is working amazingly well.

When I get annoyed with someone, this is exactly the type of revenge scenario I dream up in my mind. I'll want to do some silly little thing every day, like hiding a coworker's favorite pencil or moving a neighbor's flower pot by a foot or two. I'll want to watch them get more and more annoyed every day, and then I'll want to wait for the explosion when they do something like call a meeting demanding that whomever keeps hiding their pencil stop it, right now! Then I'll want to lay low for a few weeks and start the again. Imagine how much fun it would be!

The point being, if you disable your votes, he or she is just going to bide his time until you turn them back on. And then, because he knows he can get you to turn your votes off (because you already have), and because he knows it pisses you off, he'll keep giving you those ones until you turn your votes off again. The cycle will be endless. Think of the fun you'll provide him.

My advice would be to ignore him, and take away his fun.

Unless of course it's me doing to one-bombing, in which case, please play along!

 

[twelveoone]

I know there is an option to disable voting and public comments and it as simple as clicking over to "No" however my question is when you disable the voting for a short period of time then enable it again do you lose the votes that the story currently has?

I would like to know how it works as over the last few days I have endured ridiculous trolling to the tune of waking up to a story a year old having ten additional votes and from the score all 1's. Lit "swept" them off within a day but it has happened to a couple of others since.

It's obviously personal and I have an idea of who it is, but in the meantime I am thinking of just shutting the voting down for a while but don't want to permanently lose the votes and scores

Was it this guy?

Clearly he claims he's disabled, and now you want to disable his voting too.

Shame on you!

I think Literotica should seriously consider a weighing factor for anonymous voting. The sweeper just don't cut it by itself.

 

[lovecraft68]

I can't answer your question.

However, if the votes are all being swept, why bother to turn off voting? By posting this, you're showing how much his or her behavior annoys you. By removing voting, you reveal that his little mind fuck is working amazingly well.

When I get annoyed with someone, this is exactly the type of revenge scenario I dream up in my mind. I'll want to do some silly little thing every day, like hiding a coworker's favorite pencil or moving a neighbor's flower pot by a foot or two. I'll want to watch them get more and more annoyed every day, and then I'll want to wait for the explosion when they do something like call a meeting demanding that whomever keeps hiding their pencil stop it, right now! Then I'll want to lay low for a few weeks and start the again. Imagine how much fun it would be!

The point being, if you disable your votes, he or she is just going to bide his time until you turn them back on. And then, because he knows he can get you to turn your votes off (because you already have), and because he knows it pisses you off, he'll keep giving you those ones until you turn your votes off again. The cycle will be endless. Think of the fun you'll provide him.

My advice would be to ignore him, and take away his fun.

Unless of course it's me doing to one-bombing, in which case, please play along!

Hmmm nice try but I doubt I would take up enough room in your head for you to do that to me. As for your point it is well taken. However, writing here is my escape and I don't want it to become petty little games. As it is a took an extremely nasty anon. comment he posted on my last chapter, copy and pasted it into a comment on his last story and added "right back at you". I left this anon. even though it killed me to do so.

I have also had my wife who has a ID here but does not write stories leave him repeatedly annoying comments about how closely his story resembles mine but this is becoming the type of high school bullshit that I deal with every day in work and don't need here.

This has gone on a while and keeps escalating to the point he just introduced a new female character in his story with the same name as my lead female and even described her looking similar to her. This is also the author who accidentally let it slip he does not write his own fight scenes causing me to deliberately post a very long drawn out one in my last chapter and post on my home page that all scenes are written by yours truly with no outside help.

I have since removed that and am trying to go against my nature and act like the more mature person here (jeez I'm getting old). I figure if he sees the votes disabled for a bit he'll lose interest. It'll take up less room in my head if I am not looking for the next stupid thing.

 

[lovecraft68]

Was it this guy?

Clearly he claims he's disabled, and now you want to disable his voting too.

Shame on you!

I think Literotica should seriously consider a weighing factor for anonymous voting. The sweeper just don't cut it by itself.

Ummm no I think he is clearly disabled in a very special way.

 

[LettersFromTatyana]

I have since removed that and am trying to go against my nature and act like the more mature person here (jeez I'm getting old). I figure if he sees the votes disabled for a bit he'll lose interest.

Yay for being a grownup, but he'll probably think this is just another step in the game. Make a clean break and get a mantra. Just saying.

And psst. Anyone who reads around these forums and has a freakish little memory for posts (ahem) knows who your wife is, LC. You've stated her name before.

 

[lovecraft68]

Yay for being a grownup, but he'll probably think this is just another step in the game. Make a clean break and get a mantra. Just saying.

And psst. Anyone who reads around these forums and has a freakish little memory for posts (ahem) knows who your wife is, LC. You've stated her name before.

Pssst that is okay. She is spoiling for a fight with this idiot more than I am. She will defend my honor.

Umm okay I couldn't even type that with a straight face.

Besides I doubt he surfs here. This crap all actually started with an instigating "fan" it's a long dumb story that goes back a few months but escalated recently when he sent me what I think was supposed to be an anonymous comment on a story but he must have forgotten to click anon and I saw his name. I e-mailed him and told him to grow up and it has gone downhill since.

Sigh, maybe I'll introduce a character with his name and have him fucked with a strap on or something.

See, now I am curious about how this works and may disable one tonight. It was the second story I posted here and is this dumb little foot fetish story. If the voting gets screwed up I won't cry over it.

 

[bronzeage]

I know there is an option to disable voting and public comments and it as simple as clicking over to "No" however my question is when you disable the voting for a short period of time then enable it again do you lose the votes that the story currently has?

I would like to know how it works as over the last few days I have endured ridiculous trolling to the tune of waking up to a story a year old having ten additional votes and from the score all 1's. Lit "swept" them off within a day but it has happened to a couple of others since.

It's obviously personal and I have an idea of who it is, but in the meantime I am thinking of just shutting the voting down for a while but don't want to permanently lose the votes and scores

What difference does it make?

There is way too much noise about voting and scores. Any writer who has enough stories posted to have a following will have the same fans, regardless of the score. When a new story is posted, the same people see the author's name and read the story.

If someone has a personal grievance with a writer, it can't diminish the enjoyment anyone else gets from the story. Any anonymous scoring system is easy to abuse. There is no point in worrying about it.

It's not much better when the commentator leaves their name and an explanation. I have a 20 chapter novella posted. One person gave Chapter 5 a score of three and left a comment stating a chapter should stand on its own without having to read the preceding chapters. It's the nature of a novel, as opposed to a series. This is something like starting in the middle of War and Peace and wondering what the French Army was doing in Moscow.

The score a reader gives is personal, subjective and arbitrary. It's nice to get 5's and a little red H, but 5's do not improve a poor story, anymore than 1's make a story bad.

 

[lovecraft68]

What difference does it make?

There is way too much noise about voting and scores. Any writer who has enough stories posted to have a following will have the same fans, regardless of the score. When a new story is posted, the same people see the author's name and read the story.

If someone has a personal grievance with a writer, it can't diminish the enjoyment anyone else gets from the story. Any anonymous scoring system is easy to abuse. There is no point in worrying about it.

It's not much better when the commentator leaves their name and an explanation. I have a 20 chapter novella posted. One person gave Chapter 5 a score of three and left a comment stating a chapter should stand on its own without having to read the preceding chapters. It's the nature of a novel, as opposed to a series. This is something like starting in the middle of War and Peace and wondering what the French Army was doing in Moscow.

The score a reader gives is personal, subjective and arbitrary. It's nice to get 5's and a little red H, but 5's do not improve a poor story, anymore than 1's make a story bad.

All very true. Thing is I have no issues with a low score if I put a story out there and people seem to legitimately think it sucked and gave it a low vote. Where it is frustrating is the "trolling" when you know they did not even read the damn thing. When a story has garnered a decent rating and then just gets attacked.

Honestly that is why I shy away from the contests. Most of the abuse I would take there (especially writing in incest) would not be because the story blew but because I am not the person the trolls want to win. I don't mind the abuse I just want to earn it if that makes sense to you.

 

[TxRad]

Post a note to laurel and tell her what is going on with your stories. She will have a look at the voting trends and the isps associated with them. You might be surprised at how some people you never met disappear after such a request.

 

[lovecraft68]

Post a note to laurel and tell her what is going on with your stories. She will have a look at the voting trends and the isps associated with them. You might be surprised at how some people you never met disappear after such a request.

That's a great suggestion. Honestly I figured they were a little too busy to get into stupid shit like this but I will give it a shot. Thing is if it is the author himself I am sure this will work as you stated. However if he is getting his fans to do it that maybe more difficult. I will definetely try though. Thanks.

 

[estragon]

What difference does it make?

There is way too much noise about voting and scores. Any writer who has enough stories posted to have a following will have the same fans, regardless of the score. When a new story is posted, the same people see the author's name and read the story.

If someone has a personal grievance with a writer, it can't diminish the enjoyment anyone else gets from the story. Any anonymous scoring system is easy to abuse. There is no point in worrying about it.

It's not much better when the commentator leaves their name and an explanation. I have a 20 chapter novella posted. One person gave Chapter 5 a score of three and left a comment stating a chapter should stand on its own without having to read the preceding chapters. It's the nature of a novel, as opposed to a series. This is something like starting in the middle of War and Peace and wondering what the French Army was doing in Moscow.

The score a reader gives is personal, subjective and arbitrary. It's nice to get 5's and a little red H, but 5's do not improve a poor story, anymore than 1's make a story bad.

Bronze, I entirely agree...that is, until my latest gem gets throughly trashed.

 

[twelveoone]

What difference does it make?

There is way too much noise about voting and scores. Any writer who has enough stories posted to have a following will have the same fans, regardless of the score. When a new story is posted, the same people see the author's name and read the story.

If someone has a personal grievance with a writer, it can't diminish the enjoyment anyone else gets from the story. Any anonymous scoring system is easy to abuse. There is no point in worrying about it.

Oh, c'mon Bronze.

Problem can be minimized. Weighing. 50% the fans and trolls have to work twice as hard. 20%, 5 times as hard. Disable it entirely, and don't let anyone know it's disabled.

Ohh, that would be fun. I'll wager some will still be pressing the stars years from now.

Where is your sense of fun?

Let them get a "name" they're cheap enough.