Apologies in advance; maybe the dumbest question, but I can't find the answer

[LilyWaters]

Hi there,

I'm a brand new author on here, and I was looking at my story stats and I don't understand one of the symbols.

Ok - so the icons going from left to right are:
Star - ratings average
Bar Graph - number of clicks
Heart - number of times "favourited" (helllooooo, weird verb)
Speech bubble - number of comments
Little page - ????????????

What does that little page mean? There's a number beside it but I can't figure out what it correlates to!

*Lily sits back, preparing to be fully embarrassed because the answer is probably so obvious and she is such a newb*

 

[ElectricBlue]

Hi there,

I'm a brand new author on here, and I was looking at my story stats and I don't understand one of the symbols.

Ok - so the icons going from left to right are:
Star - ratings average
Bar Graph - number of clicks
Heart - number of times "favourited" (helllooooo, weird verb)
Speech bubble - number of comments
Little page - ????????????

What does that little page mean? There's a number beside it but I can't figure out what it correlates to!

*Lily sits back, preparing to be fully embarrassed because the answer is probably so obvious and she is such a newb*

Folk who have you on a book-mark list. Faves mean they've read the story and liked it, book-mark means they're eager with anticipation!

 

[MillieDynamite]

Folk who have you on a book-mark list. Faves mean they've read the story and liked it, book-mark means they're eager with anticipation!

I did not know that, thanks now that helps me as well. I'd have to say your a helpful person electricblue66.

 

[SimonDoom]

Not a dumb question at all! Much about the Site is not obvious. You only learn it through experience and asking (not dumb) questions.

EB is right.

The bookmark feature was added not that long ago, to let readers mark a story for reading later without "favoriting" it. Now favoriting and bookmarking are different functions.

 

[NotWise]

The bookmark feature was added not that long ago, to let readers mark a story for reading later without "favoriting" it. Now favoriting and bookmarking are different functions.

As near as I can tell, a lot of readers haven't figured that out. A lot of readers might not even know they have a home page, much less what it's good for.

 

[LAHomedog]

Hell, this site confuses me all the time! I still don't understand why they added some of the features/icons that they did.

But, I also don't understand why a passed ball on a third strike isn't a strikeout in baseball, or why soccer/football games are settled in shootout rather than overtime on a narrower field, or why anyone cares who Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" is about. But that's me.

 

[ElectricBlue]

The bookmark feature was added not that long ago, to let readers mark a story for reading later without "favoriting" it. Now favoriting and bookmarking are different functions.

There used to be a time when readers would use the Favourite button to reserve a story for reading (bookmarking), and then when they'd read it, they'd un-fave the story, and you'd get a little broken heart on your dash.

Almost as sad as when Emily went to the prom with Johnny .

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Hell, this site confuses me all the time! I still don't understand why they added some of the features/icons that they did.

But, I also don't understand why a passed ball on a third strike isn't a strikeout in baseball, or why soccer/football games are settled in shootout rather than overtime on a narrower field, or why anyone cares who Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" is about. But that's me.

There used to be a time when readers would use the Favourite button to reserve a story for reading (bookmarking), and then when they'd read it, they'd un-fave the story, and you'd get a little broken heart on your dash.

Almost as sad as when Emily went to the prom with Johnny .

Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" is about Jack Perdant, a student in her senior high class. He wanted to impress Emily, the most desired girl in the school, so he tried out for a position as striker on the school soccer team. In his first game, the score was tied, and still tied at the end of extra time. He was the first kicker in the ensuing shootout. Unfortunately, instead of striking the ball, he passed the ball to a team mate, and so, sadly, he struck out with Emily. His poor little heart was broken as he watched her dance with Johnny Gagnant at the Senior Prom.

 

[PennameWombat]

Hell, this site confuses me all the time! I still don't understand why they added some of the features/icons that they did.

But, I also don't understand why a passed ball on a third strike isn't a strikeout in baseball, or why soccer/football games are settled in shootout rather than overtime on a narrower field, or why anyone cares who Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" is about. But that's me.

I cannot explain why much on this site works as it does nor have I ever given any thought to that song. But.

It is a strikeout. The pitcher gets the ‘K’ (how a baseball scorer marks it in the book) as does that batter for that plate appearance. MLB rule book, 9.15 Strikeouts.

It’s just that the batter isn’t ‘out’ if they manage to run to (an unoccupied if fewer than two outs) first base before the catcher can retrieve the ball and tag the now-runner or throw the ball to first base for a putout.

Yup, you can thus have four strikeouts in a half-inning, even more (although I can’t find a record of five ever happening in MLB.) According to the Baseball Almanac, four have happened not quite 100 times, five times (4 AL, 1 NL) in 2021.

But, you ask. WHY? Well, ‘strikeouts’ aren’t really outs, in the deepest logic of the game. An out is only when a batted ball is caught on the fly (whether in fair or foul territory) or a runner is put out at a base (on a force play) or tagged out while running. That we choose to record certain of these outs as ‘strikeouts’ is a statistical choice. Just like having things like sacrifices, fielder’s choices and unearned runs and more.

Thus, on a putative third strike it is the catcher catching the ball that is what puts the batter out. Not the fact of a third strike (whether swinging or called) but the ball being caught. This seems to derive from predecessor sports from which aspects of baseball evolved, because this ‘dropped third strike’ rule has been in baseball rules from the very beginning.

Utterly, perfectly logical :caning:

Now, does anyone really want an answer to the soccer part of the question?

 

[ElectricBlue]

Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" is about Jack Perdant, a student in her senior high class. He wanted to impress Emily, the most desired girl in the school, so he tried out for a position as striker on the school soccer team. In his first game, the score was tied, and still tied at the end of extra time. He was the first kicker in the ensuing shootout. Unfortunately, instead of striking the ball, he passed the ball to a team mate, and so, sadly, he struck out with Emily. His poor little heart was broken as he watched her dance with Johnny Gagnant at the Senior Prom.

And this is how urban legends are born .

 

[LilyWaters]

Folk who have you on a book-mark list. Faves mean they've read the story and liked it, book-mark means they're eager with anticipation!

Ohhhhh ok, thank you! And thank you to EVERYONE who made me feel better about not knowing! I am one of those people who reads the FAQ first, I promise!

Also, may I just say that I adore that this thread has become an analysis of baseball and Carly Simon and the spawner of sweet, swwet urban legends? You had me laughing out loud. All of you are now my very best friends.

 

[SimonDoom]

Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" is about Jack Perdant, a student in her senior high class. He wanted to impress Emily, the most desired girl in the school, so he tried out for a position as striker on the school soccer team. In his first game, the score was tied, and still tied at the end of extra time. He was the first kicker in the ensuing shootout. Unfortunately, instead of striking the ball, he passed the ball to a team mate, and so, sadly, he struck out with Emily. His poor little heart was broken as he watched her dance with Johnny Gagnant at the Senior Prom.

That's some high school student. He has his own Leer jet!

 

[Comshaw]

Interesting. I just checked my story list and I don't have any of the described icons. Does anyone know how long ago this was put in place? If a person goes back and reads the story, can they manually remove the bookmark or does it automatically disappear after they click on the story? Just a few questions that are poking at me.


Comshaw

 

[NotWise]

Interesting. I just checked my story list and I don't have any of the described icons. Does anyone know how long ago this was put in place? If a person goes back and reads the story, can they manually remove the bookmark or does it automatically disappear after they click on the story? Just a few questions that are poking at me.


Comshaw

Which story list are you looking at?

The icons appear on the "Works" page of your home page. The public list associated with your bio has no icons.

Correction. The page icon (and others) appears on the story hubs. It doesn't appear on the Works page.

 

[LilyWaters]

There used to be a time when readers would use the Favourite button to reserve a story for reading (bookmarking), and then when they'd read it, they'd un-fave the story, and you'd get a little broken heart on your dash.

Almost as sad as when Emily went to the prom with Johnny .

Would also like to say that I am very glad they changed this; I would be forever obsessing over the little broken hearts.

 

[Comshaw]

Which story list are you looking at?

The icons appear on the "Works" page of your home page. The public list associated with your bio has no icons.

That's the page I was viewing. None of those icons in sight on any story. I don't have many really long stories or multi-chapter ones. And the multiple chapter ones are only 3 to 5 chapters. So maybe the readers don't use that feature because most of mine aren't long enough to stop and come back to? Not that it really makes a difference, but it's one of those questions that pop up.

Comshaw

 

[NotWise]

That's the page I was viewing. None of those icons in sight on any story. I don't have many really long stories or multi-chapter ones. And the multiple chapter ones are only 3 to 5 chapters. So maybe the readers don't use that feature because most of mine aren't long enough to stop and come back to? Not that it really makes a difference, but it's one of those questions that pop up.

Comshaw

Interesting. I just checked one of your stories (first on the list), and the top right of the first page shows all the icons except the page icon. It's the same set of icons (star, bar graph, heart, speech bubble) that should appear on your Works page, but in a different order.

 

[PBAnnie]

But, I also don't understand why a passed ball on a third strike isn't a strikeout in baseball, or why soccer/football games are settled in shootout rather than overtime on a narrower field, or why anyone cares who Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" is about. But that's me.

It was Warren Beaty (in case anyone really does care.)

 

[LAHomedog]

It was Warren Beaty (in case anyone really does care.)

Yeah, Just going for the joke. For years the smart money was between Warren and Mick Jagger. (She dated both) Now most agree it's about Warren. But there are a bunch of people including knowledgeable rock journalists who say that it's a different man with each verse.

Maybe Carly will give us a "deathbed" confession.

Also, another fun fact: The song, "What's New Pussycat" happened because Burt Bacharach was standing in the lobby of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel with Warren Beatty. Warren tried to pick up a hot looking girl and said, "What's new pussycat?" Voila. A hit for Tom Jones.

 

[NotWise]

Yeah, Just going for the joke. For years the smart money was between Warren and Mick Jagger. (She dated both) Now most agree it's about Warren. But there are a bunch of people including knowledgeable rock journalists who say that it's a different man with each verse.

Gee, I hope I'm not one of her verses . I was seventeen when the song was released.

 

[LAHomedog]

Gee, I hope I'm not one of her verses . I was seventeen when the song was released.

Yet, your horse was running in Saratoga that year.

 

[Rustyoznail]

Yeah, Just going for the joke. For years the smart money was between Warren and Mick Jagger. (She dated both) Now most agree it's about Warren. But there are a bunch of people including knowledgeable rock journalists who say that it's a different man with each verse.

Maybe Carly will give us a "deathbed" confession.

Also, another fun fact: The song, "What's New Pussycat" happened because Burt Bacharach was standing in the lobby of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel with Warren Beatty. Warren tried to pick up a hot looking girl and said, "What's new pussycat?" Voila. A hit for Tom Jones.

Didn't Carly auction off the real name?

 

[NotWise]

Yet, your horse was running in Saratoga that year.

I was precocious.

 

[LAHomedog]

Didn't Carly auction off the real name?

Yeah. I want to say for $50,000 for a charity she supports. The auction was she'd tell the winner and the winner only and he or she would have to sign an NDA.

 

[MillieDynamite]

It was Warren Beaty (in case anyone really does care.)

this is from an article on Richard Nixon, I know weird right?

"Carly Simon was riding the top of the charts with her hit song “You’re so vain.” A song that has kept people guessing who she’s singing about to this day. Is it Warren Beatty? Mick Jagger? David Cassidy? Cat Stevens? David Bowie? James Taylor? All of whom have been accused. Carly has never fessed up, although she once admitted that the subject’s name contains the letters A, E, and R."

So clearly not David Cassidy or David Bowie.