Have you ever one-bombed anyone?

[Stella_Omega]

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I think it's pointless to have a 1 to 5 rating scale if 1's are never given out, for then it is truly a 1 to 4 scale and guideline adjustments should be made accordingly. So, I will and have awarded a 1 to those occasional stories that are honestly unreadable trash. Even with my train wreck mentality of wanting to see just how bad a story will get, there's always some persistently talentless author who can write below my generous level of tolerance.

I'm in total agreement. I've run across some abysmal, offensive work here and I do one-vote that. Come to think of it, if I read something that rates a three, I might not vote-- because by Lit standards, a three is just as bad as a one.

I've voted one before, but I don't think the counts as bombing, does it? If I'm not mistake that's when you go to lengths to vote several times for a story, rather than just once.

Yes, or when you've voted the story down because you don't like the author-- having noting to do with the story's merits.

 

[SamScribble]

No. I only get to finish about a third of the stories that I start reading. And If I can't finish a story, I don't give it any points. Nil points - as the Eurovision voters are wont to say.