In a quandary~ to vote or not to vote

[FatBttmGrl]

Okay so I have to ask—do you vote on your own stories? I am trying to decide if I should or not. I mean if I am honest I would give myself an okay rating because I am a perfectionist and never quite happy with what I write. Anyone else like me out there?

If so, what do you do?

 

[Cruel2BKind]

I feel fine voting on my stories. I can only vote once after all.

And I give myself 5 *, why would I write something if I didn't love it?

Also, you get so many votes that one ends up not mattering so much. If my story is shit, one fiver isn't going to change anything.

 

[lovecraft68]

Okay so I have to ask—do you vote on your own stories? I am trying to decide if I should or not. I mean if I am honest I would give myself an okay rating because I am a perfectionist and never quite happy with what I write. Anyone else like me out there?

If so, what do you do?

No, and I'm not saying this is true, but in my opinion it just seems kind of tacky. Others may see it another way.

 

[Stella_Omega]

I give myself onebombs when I'm mad at something I've said in the forums.

 

[Boxlicker101]

No, and I'm not saying this is true, but in my opinion it just seems kind of tacky. Others may see it another way.

It might also be rather pointless. I believe those votes either don't get counted in the first place or get swept.

 

[estragon]

No, but that's just me.

 

[sr71plt]

I think Box is right. I think any votes from yourself and from any alts the system has identified (so probably anyone voting from your ISP as well) are swept.

 

[carlieplum]

I always assumed votes for yourself got swept.

 

[soflabbwlvr]

I think Box is right. I think any votes from yourself and from any alts the system has identified (so probably anyone voting from your ISP as well) are swept.

I always assumed votes for yourself got swept.

It might also be rather pointless. I believe those votes either don't get counted in the first place or get swept.

I think after what we all recently learned about the "bots" doing initial story scans, we might want to be a little more circumspect in making assumptions about which votes get swept. Sometimes, "I don't know" really is the best answer.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Why should you not vote for yourself? Voting is part of free speech, after all.

if you think your story is worth five, vote that way. If you think it's worth less, vote less. If your vote gets swept, it gets swept. Big whoop, yeah?

 

[mynameisben]

I write because it's fun to write, and I post because it's fun to give others something I've written to read. I don't post stories because I want to make a number on a web page climb as high as it can get. I do find value in looking at the rating associated with my stories, though. A Literotica story rating is a rough indicator of the general acceptance/merit of one's work. I emphasize "rough," because there are many ways in which that number can be fucked with by some of the folks on Lit who have nothing better to do. I have better to do.

Why would I want to self-bias my own story ratings? I'm interested in what others think. I already know my own opinions about my stories. Voting for my stories myself would only muddy what is already a crude indicator of what others think, and to do so seems both pointless and delusional.

 

[sr71plt]

I think after what we all recently learned about the "bots" doing initial story scans, we might want to be a little more circumspect in making assumptions about which votes get swept. Sometimes, "I don't know" really is the best answer.

You are referring to two different processes. There is no doubt that votes are swept. That doesn't have anything to do with reviewing of the stories before they are posted.

If you'd like to bet that one's own vote won't be swept from a story, I'd be happy to take that bet up. I initially tried voting for my own stories but when I go back to them, my voting stars had been blanked out after a sweep. Try it, and then if you don't think your votes are being swept from your stories, set the bet--and we'll ask Laurel (who may or may not respond).

 

[HeyAll]

I vote for myself and I find that they get swept eventually.

 

[lovecraft68]

I give myself onebombs when I'm mad at something I've said in the forums.

Self Flagellation at it's finest. You're a true masochist Stella.

 

[lovecraft68]

You are referring to two different processes. There is no doubt that votes are swept. That doesn't have anything to do with reviewing of the stories before they are posted.

If you'd like to bet that one's own vote won't be swept from a story, I'd be happy to take that bet up. I initially tried voting for my own stories but when I go back to them, my voting stars had been blanked out after a sweep. Try it, and then if you don't think your votes are being swept from your stories, set the bet--and we'll ask Laurel (who may or may not respond).

I think that's a 50/50 bet

I believe your voting stars are blacked out because you are only allowed one vote per IP address on a story. Unless you have alts then I think each one can vote but only once.

You're stars being blocked out may have nothing to do with a sweep it simply means you have already voted on your story(any story actually)

And we can assume voting for yourself would be a swept vote, but then again, why? It's only one vote. One vote per IP is legit, it's multiple votes and suspicious votes that get swept.

But again, no one will ever know for certain.

 

[Saxon Stonedyke]

I don't vote on mine but can't see anything really wrong with anyone that does vote on their own stories.

I have to wonder how anything based on IP address deals with me personally, because I am on a satellite connection. For instance, though I am in Tennessee, Face Book thinks I am in Portland and the MMORPG I play thinks I am in some little town in Texas.

 

[soflabbwlvr]

You are referring to two different processes. There is no doubt that votes are swept. That doesn't have anything to do with reviewing of the stories before they are posted.

If you'd like to bet that one's own vote won't be swept from a story, I'd be happy to take that bet up. I initially tried voting for my own stories but when I go back to them, my voting stars had been blanked out after a sweep. Try it, and then if you don't think your votes are being swept from your stories, set the bet--and we'll ask Laurel (who may or may not respond).

Actually, it's two different examples of the same process: the repetition of speculation as fact. As for testing, I'll leave that to "Myth Busters." I've got more important things on my agenda.

 

[lovecraft68]

I'll leave that to "Myth Busters." I've got more important things on my agenda.

Hey the bot myth was finally busted. Who knows what revelations will be next?

 

[sr71plt]

I'll leave that to "Myth Busters." I've got more important things on my agenda.

As I said, vote for one of your stories. Come back after a sweep and see if a vote is still registered. I did, and that's why I think they are swept. Come back and report on what you found.

This isn't at all the same thing as a bot checking the stories or not before the stories are accepted for submission. This is a process that we each can check for ourselves. I did.

And what do you propose the regulars do here with all the questions on submissions that pop up--multiple times in a week? Just ignore them? Obviously the website administration isn't going to address most of them or clean up its FAQs or make its FAQs easier to see.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Self Flagellation at it's finest. You're a true masochist Stella.

it only happens when I ignore my own limits...

 

[Ironiclaconic]

That is the silliness of the sweeps. They only do it 1-2x per month and the rejected voter is free to vote again. I swear I have a personal troll who resubmits his one bomb to one of my stories within a couple hours of every sweep, which then persists until the next sweep weeks later.

 

[sr71plt]

That is the silliness of the sweeps. They only do it 1-2x per month and the rejected voter is free to vote again. I swear I have a personal troll who resubmits his one bomb to one of my stories within a couple hours of every sweep, which then persists until the next sweep weeks later.

I was sort of hoping no one would point that out. Not all of the voting trolls here are smart enough to have thought of that on their own.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I do because somebody has to. It gets really tiresome seeing that some thousand people at least looked at the story but no more than 8 could be bothered to vote.

 

[lovecraft68]

I was sort of hoping no one would point that out. Not all of the voting trolls here are smart enough to have thought of that on their own.

This makes me wonder if the guy who started the thread about having a 5 after 60+ votes woke up to see his story at a 4 today.

 

[beatrice_dreams]

You guys actually vote on your own stories?

Hm. I suppose if the president can vote for himself...