Ahhh...Sweet competition....

magmaman

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{POUT}....I have written a few little short stories, stuff that pops in my head..

Keeps me out of the bars at night...LOL...

But I noticed something. Every once in awhile something runs out of my fingers that ain't half bad if I do say so myself, which is neat because if it was all as bad as I think it is, I would quit writing.

Anyway, I let folks vote and make comments, (shouldn't since some of them piss me off).

Then I notice the votes, pretty good, getting up towards the top. Yesterday, DANG! I checked the "non-erotic" board and here I sit on top of the mountain with my "Opportunity" piece, just a ditty about two souls seeking, both wanting the same thing but passing in the night without taking the chance. First time I was up there, hell, it was only with 10 votes, but still...poured me a snort to celibrate...

Gauranteed...the instant one starts to get a bit too high, along comes the guy with the sackful of low votes.

Anyone ever wonder if perhaps...just perhaps...it is some of the very folks who are ALSO high on the list? A bit of friendly unfair competition?...Now I have read some that are higher than any of mine that are full of mispelt werds, dang if i mispels just ONE I gets a rejection notice telling me to learn to spel! (If I could spel I COULD SELL THIS STUFF dang, instead of having enough rejection slips to insulate my dang HOUSE!).

You guys and gals know what I mean huh?

Oh, well. Suspicious here....Not something I would do because I just am not mean..(What am I talking about..YES I AM!..heehe..)

Naw...I will just go write something else, 9 out of 10 ain't bad at all....

MGM
 
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So has it been, so it will always be.

There isn't actually any concensus about the whys and wherefores of the one-bomb, but your theory has been mooted regularly. Those at the top don't want you at the top.

The friends of those at the top don't want you at the top. I once saw it mentioned that money could be a reason. Monthly awards, yearly awards etc.

Occasionally it happens that you don't actually receive a one-bomb just honestly voted 3s and 4s.

Take heart in the fact that the site owners regularly sweep up on the lists and remove obvious bombs and occasionally obvious lifts.

It could just be that someone read your top-rated story and without malice didn't think it deserved to be there.
 
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