Afraid to post here

[anthrodisiac]

If you enjoy posting here, you should. I think it's pretty straight-forward. Or sideways-back. Or left-up. One of those.

It's definitely not down-southeast, though, lemme tell you that.

 

[Imstillfun]

Don't be afraid of the dark AH. Post and be welcome. If you believe people are skipping to the end to one bomb you, report the story and get it checked. But I think it's more likely to be the LW genpop than someone from here.

I get comments from people saying that’s what they did. It’s both LW and here. I get enough votes/followers to counteract it. It’s just annoying.

 

[Cagivagurl]

The AH, is merely a condensed microcosm of Literotica.
So long as you go along with the male majority. You can exist unaffected.
Dare to post an opinion that does not support their opinions, and you have to live the consequences... There are vengeful trolls living in here.
I have more than ruffled feathers here with opinions that run against the flow.
Yes, a brief little flurry of 1* bombs followed...
Coincidence? Possibly...
Bullies, are just bullies...
Just my opinion of course...

 

[EmilyMiller]

But once you get to a certain number of votes, it takes a virtual army of them to affect the ratings much.

If you start with a rating of say 4.85️ based on 500 votes, one 1️ vote pushes you down to 4.84️, which is the difference between being in the all time top ten for lesbian and possibly not even in the top 100, given the prevalence of 4.84️ ratings.

I agree that if you have 5,000 votes, that’s an obstacle to bombing, but all that means is that legacy stories have a built in advantage.

 

[Imstillfun]

If you start with a rating of say 4.85️ based on 500 votes, one 1️ vote pushes you down to 4.84️, which is the difference between being in the all time top ten for lesbian and possibly not even in the top 100, given the prevalence of 4.84️ ratings.

I agree that if you have 5,000 votes, that’s an obstacle to bombing, but all that means is that legacy stories have a built in advantage.

I’ve had it done with stories between 2-5k votes. They’re 1* bombed down to between 4.49-4.47. It’s funny how fast they go down. With 5k votes it only takes 20 1* votes to get a 4.6 to a 4.49. So it’s a concerted effort. I used to have 76 of my stories in the 4.6 range. One day I logged in and 5 of them were 4.47-4.49. The drop was in one day.

All you need is 20 throw away emails and time.

 

[SmilingLez]

All you need is 20 throw away emails and time.

That makes me wonder how many actual members Literotica has

 

[EmilyMiller]

All you need is 20 throw away emails and time.

There are other ways to do it as well. But yeah it can be industrial.

 

[TheLobster]

That makes me wonder how many actual members Literotica has

Hey, people without members matter, too!

 

[pink_silk_glove]

Do you find that hangout trolls will go back and 1* your stories after you post here or they just do it to me?

Absolutely they do, 100%. There are some extremely petty people in this forum, most of them are concerned with top lists and the like. I know a couple of assholes by name who love to knock my 4.51s down to 4.45s just because I don't fall for their bullshit here. It doesn't stop me from posting here though, nor from publishing my stuff.

 

[StillStunned]

I had a troll who bombed my stories for several weeks. It was right after I reported someone's behaviour and they were banned.

I'm not certain the two facts were connected, but I have no regrets.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

There are other ways to do it as well. But yeah it can be industrial.

Yes, you seem to be quite the expert on that.

 

[MaudeBlack]

I've been informed a few times not to post in AH, either positively or anything that can be perceived as negative or troll bait.
I've posted in here a few times and never experienced anything significant with my story ratings.
TBH, the only time I've experienced a negative backlash is when I posted a story in LW and a few people swept through my entire story list and 1-bombed all of it.
I admire their commitment and it largely resolved itself over time.

Shit happens.

Xx

 

[Bamagan]

I wouldn't be surprised if there were people watching the forums (and probably not just AH) looking for targets. I'd expect they're probably mostly lurkers rather than registered, since a habit of vote-trolling probably goes along with a habit of getting into petty arguments in forums. Perhaps some were indeed banned. I suspect they tend to forget about certain authors, especially those who publish sporadically, until they see the name and remember they have some kind of grudge against them, so they trundle off to see if there's anything new to shit on. I also can't help but wonder how many of them follow authors with the express mission of downvoting. I suspect that was happening to me for a while, circumstantially. That kind of behavior probably gets detected by sweeps eventually, though, given it's not terribly subtle, even if the authors themselves don't have access to the evidence.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I've been informed a few times not to post in AH, either positively or anything that can be perceived as negative or troll bait.
I've posted in here a few times and never experienced anything significant with my story ratings.
TBH, the only time I've experienced a negative backlash is when I posted a story in LW and a few people swept through my entire story list and 1-bombed all of it.
I admire their commitment and it largely resolved itself over time.

You'd think with my Forum post count over the years ------->, that I'll have said something at least once that would have upset some fragile soul, and they'd go wreck my scores, leave shitty comments. Apparently not. Other than one clown who sent me feedback years ago, pretending to be anonymous, but who was very obvious, I seem to be immune from skullduggery.

I really do think it's your category of (poor) choice that determines whether someone wearing clown shoes and a water squirting flower will go hassle you.

Mind you, watch my scores suddenly drop, haha.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

You'd think with my Forum post count over the years ------->, that I'll have said something at least once that would have upset some fragile soul, and they'd go wreck my scores, leave shitty comments. Apparently not. Other than one clown who sent me feedback years ago, pretending to be anonymous, but who was very obvious, I seem to be immune from skullduggery.

I really do think it's your category of (poor) choice that determines whether someone wearing clown shoes and a water squirting flower will go hassle you.

Mind you, watch my scores suddenly drop, haha.

Nope. I know damn well that there are AHers who habitually bomb me for what I say here. I even know exactly who some of them are.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

Nope. I know damn well that there are AHers who habitually bomb me for what I say here. I even know exactly who some of them are.

I post this and two hours later I get home to see my catalog is bombed to fuck again.

Naww, no one in the AH, naww. : P

There are SEVERAL people in the AH who will do this. We are not above the dregs here - like at all.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

So the lesson here is that if you want higher scores, don't speak your mind and never counter anyone's opinions in this forum. Instead, pretend that you're a girl and flirt with your readership to gain popularity for your stories.

 

[Imstillfun]

Absolutely they do, 100%. There are some extremely petty people in this forum, most of them are concerned with top lists and the like. I know a couple of assholes by name who love to knock my 4.51s down to 4.45s just because I don't fall for their bullshit here. It doesn't stop me from posting here though, nor from publishing my stuff.

Do any start with a 26?

 

[nice90sguy]

I love this forum, which provides an endless and varied source of tedium. It calms me, like when I stroke my Weimerauner. Oops, wrong thread

 

[SimonDoom]

Nope. I know damn well that there are AHers who habitually bomb me for what I say here. I even know exactly who some of them are.

How would you know that it's somebody contributing here rather than, as Bamagan suggests, lurkers who watch but don't participate in this forum?

I have no idea of Bamagan is right--I don't see how any of us could know--but it seems plausible.

 

[TheLobster]

(…) pretend that you're a girl and flirt with your readership to gain popularity for your stories.

Online Content Creation 101, tbh.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

I post this and two hours later I get home to see my catalog is bombed to fuck again.

Naww, no one in the AH, naww. : P

There are SEVERAL people in the AH who will do this. We are not above the dregs here - like at all.

Went to sleep, woke up and I've been hit heavily again. My stories are getting absolutely crushed today, hopelessly ruined. My newest 3 days old had a perfect 5 from 6 votes, is now 3.78/9. My oldest story was 4,59/39 now 4.41/41. 4.2 down to 3.6. 4.55 down to 4.35/46. 4.55 down to 4.39.

All because some asshole here is afraid of me.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

How would you know that it's somebody contributing here rather than, as Bamagan suggests, lurkers who watch but don't participate in this forum?

I have no idea of Bamagan is right--I don't see how any of us could know--but it seems plausible.

What lurker would have an axe to grind? Someone here in particular today is afraid of me and strafing me out of spite. I'm 99% sure of it. If I was 100% sure, I'd tell you the name.

 

[Ian_Snow]

If someone's so insecure about their own writing that they feel the need to one star mine, go for it. I hope that tiny bit of petty bitch dopamine makes you feel better about life. In the meantime, I'm gonna work on my craft while you stew in your juices.

 

[Stanfield2025]

You mean we could all be confident, not so egotistic, self-obsessed writers who are just happy with their work and not looking for outside validation? How novel of a concept. As we've already established, couldn't be me

Definitely a novel concept. Maybe in another life for me, perhaps.