Comments vs scoring vs Author's feelings

[SimonDoom]

Perhaps literotica should implement a 2 tier rating system. Use the stars for the quality of the work and perhaps eggplant (males), peach (non binary) and taco (females) icons for "sticky fingers" ratings.

Somewhere, Manu and Laurel are reading that and doing tequila shots.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Tequila, instant hangover!

Somewhere, Manu and Laurel are reading that and doing tequila shots.

 

[WCSGarland]

 

[SmilingLez]

Somewhere, Manu and Laurel are reading that and doing tequila shots.

I hope so. It IS Friday

 

[MillieDynamite]

When you're a self-employed ghostwriter (and piddling authoress in erotica), Friday night is just another sleep period before you have work again.

I hope so. It IS Friday

 

[DHerbert]

On scores, it’s tempting to say that if someone votes three, that’s a neutral vote. But it isn’t. In the same way, a score just over four doesn’t mean that your story is in the top 20% of stories.

Okay, I'm missing something here. I give a 3 when I think the story is average as I'm rating from 1-5, and is that not the intention?

 

[Kelliezgirl]

Okay, I'm missing something here. I give a 3 when I think the story is average as I'm rating from 1-5, and is that not the intention?

It's exactly the intention.
For purposes of contests where you need to be in the 4.9 range to win, a rating of 3 takes a lot of 5s to average back up.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

Okay, I'm missing something here. I give a 3 when I think the story is average as I'm rating from 1-5, and is that not the intention?

It's the intention of the admin, but unfortunately the flaw in the system design is that it does not take into account that the vast majority of the voters do not share that intention at all.

Most voters vote 5 or nothing.
Then there is a group who vote 5 or 1.
Then there is a group who will vote 5 or 4 or maybe 1.
Waaaay down the list some of us vote 3 for average, 4 for good, 2 for bleh, 5 for awesome and 1 for terrible.

 

[DHerbert]

It's the intention of the admin, but unfortunately the flaw in the system design is that it does not take into account that the vast majority of the voters do not share that intention at all.

Most voters vote 5 or nothing.
Then there is a group who vote 5 or 1.
Then there is a group who will vote 5 or 4 or maybe 1.
Waaaay down the list some of us vote 3 for average, 4 for good, 2 for bleh, 5 for awesome and 1 for terrible.

Ah. I'm an oddity then, not that this is a surprise. I'm an accountant, and I give 1-5 depending on what I think of the story, and always vote on everything I read. Partly to leave feedback, but also as it marks a story as having been read so I don't come back to it again later - if I'm not sure I'll look to the rating at the end and skip it if I've already rated.

 

[Voboy]

Okay, I'm missing something here. I give a 3 when I think the story is average as I'm rating from 1-5, and is that not the intention?

That's the intention, but of note is that the site has a red H that it pins onto stories whose mean score is above 4.5. MANY writers feel that the red H is a driver of eyes to their stories, meaning that any score below 5 (since you can't rate in decimals) is a de facto punishment in that it creates an uphill climb to get them back to the red H, and thus increase that story's visibility.

As a reader, I confess that I do gravitate toward red-H stories in particular categories. So, as a writer, I naturally value my own red Hs.

It took me quite awhile to grasp this dynamic. Obviously, if you gave the story a 3, you don't think it deserves the red H. Well and good. But if you think the story or its writer had some redeeming qualities, a 4 might have been kinder and achieved the same result as far as you keeping it out of red-H territory.

Some writers probably don't care about red Hs, at which point? None of the numbers have much meaning, other than contributing to whatever motivates that writer. They'll have their own ideas about how they view their numbers, as is their prerogative.

 

[DHerbert]

That's the intention, but of note is that the site has a red H that it pins onto stories whose mean score is above 4.5. MANY writers feel that the red H is a driver of eyes to their stories, meaning that any score below 5 (since you can't rate in decimals) is a de facto punishment in that it creates an uphill climb to get them back to the red H, and thus increase that story's visibility.

As a reader, I confess that I do gravitate toward red-H stories in particular categories. So, as a writer, I naturally value my own red Hs.

It took me quite awhile to grasp this dynamic. Obviously, if you gave the story a 3, you don't think it deserves the red H. Well and good. But if you think the story or its writer had some redeeming qualities, a 4 might have been kinder and achieved the same result as far as you keeping it out of red-H territory.

Some writers probably don't care about red Hs, at which point? None of the numbers have much meaning, other than contributing to whatever motivates that writer. They'll have their own ideas about how they view their numbers, as is their prerogative.

I can see how a writer wants higher rating - I am one and would like lots of 5's myself, and the red H is pleasing! However, I give what seems fair, although I very rarely go below 3. I'll also round up, so if I'm swithering between a 3 and 4 I'll give the higher rating.

 

[Voboy]

I can see how a writer wants higher rating - I am one and would like lots of 5's myself, and the red H is pleasing! However, I give what seems fair, although I very rarely go below 3. I'll also round up, so if I'm swithering between a 3 and 4 I'll give the higher rating.

More of us should use "swithering."

 

[WCSGarland]

More of us should use "swithering."

Some of us prefer our quandaries over swithering.

 

[FrancesScott]

Okay, I'm missing something here. I give a 3 when I think the story is average as I'm rating from 1-5, and is that not the intention?

Not everyone else does. This is not rocket science. It’s a J curve as has been pointed out by me and others many times.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_curve

 

[designatedvictim]

More of us should use "swithering."

You're right.

I usually dither, but this has a better flavor to it.