A real stupid question

[CharleyH]

Only once on one of my stories.

I know - I just left my mistake.

 

[cantdog]

It never crossed my mind. I did post a reply once to a PC, as a PC, but I don't remember what I did with the temperature thing.

 

[CharleyH]

It never crossed my mind. I did post a reply once to a PC, as a PC, but I don't remember what I did with the temperature thing.

The original question was if you vote on your stories or not? I think we all do at one point, and I question anyone who says otherwise. I also think a PC, if the need arises from the author to a reader, may be necessary to clarify, but never to debate or get angry in retort.

 

[cantdog]

Well, I never considered voting on my own. That's me. For months, I never even thought of it, and then it came up on one of the voting threads. I once attached importance to the ratings, too, until I had a few feedbacks and realized what a pack o wackos were doing the voting out there.

 

[Alessia Brio]

I one-bomb my stories and poems before they even hit 10 votes. I don't want them popping onto a Top List with a 4.9+ and then getting bombed into oblivion. By the time my own vote is swept away, they have enough votes that a trolling isn't going to have as much impact.

 

[RogueLurker]

i was told that votes by yourself on your own story get removed, so i never bothered... i suppose i could go to a different computer, and not log in, to vote on my stories. but then, it would not feel right. of course, i could also do that a lot of times - there are lots of internet cafes around. hm... actually... that sounds like a good idea...

Ah .. .but how does that work? Does the Lit sweeper look at who was logged in or at the actual IP address? My partner and I have seperate Lit accounts, and seperate computers, but we're both behind the same router. If the "sweeper" is looking at IPs, that means her vote for my story is swept.

 

[S-Des]

On the PC thing - I think it's good for authors to engage readers in PCs, and not necessarily just to correct negatives. I'm not sure how else the engagement could be, but it just seems nice somehow to make the thing a little bit interactive.

I'm assuming that I have the interpretation correct of how that works - if you haven't voted then your first PC "thermometer" counts as a vote, but if you have voted it does not count, and subsequent PCs do not count as a vote. If I got that right then it's a reason to vote the regular way - the convention on author PCs is to just leave the thermometer in the default neutral setting when posting them.

Because this is the single most misunderstood thing in Lit...I want to say it again. Whatever vote is cast first is the one that counts. If you make a comment before you vote a number, the thermometer setting is what counts (00%=1, 100%=5). If you vote first, then make a comment, the thermometer doesn't count. In a weird twist, Lit doesn't count the thermometer vote for several hours, so it appears that it didn't count (which is probably why it's so confusing to people). I've seen it pop up 6 hours later.

Charley is half right, I've always been told not to debate or try to explain things in the PC section (by people whose opinion I infinitely respect). Although LW is a bit more contentious than other categories, it's still a good rule. It's easy for an innocent comment to spark a debate and fighting on your PC section. Also, any troll you respond to will find you an irresistable target if they know that their comments get to you.

As far as voting on your stories, since votes aren't an issue on mine, there's no reason to worry about it (what's one vote going to do?). I always feel bad for authors who struggle to get votes. I don't see anything wrong for something like Ogg suggested. There shouldn't be a rule against voting for yourself. If you get that few votes, why make a big deal out of it? If you get more than 100 votes, what does it matter? It just shouldn't be a big deal. But now is a bad time to ask me about my opinions on Lit's voting practices. Over the weekend, my highest rated story lost 180 votes and dropped out of the top 10 for the first time since it was submitted. My second highest rated story dropped twice, even though the number of votes didn't change.

I think they do it just to piss us off.

 

[Munachi]

Ah .. .but how does that work? Does the Lit sweeper look at who was logged in or at the actual IP address? My partner and I have seperate Lit accounts, and seperate computers, but we're both behind the same router. If the "sweeper" is looking at IPs, that means her vote for my story is swept.

no idea. anyway, i decided going to an internet cafe is too much effort. so i guess i will continue not voting on my stories...