Inferiority Complex?

[CrimsonMaiden]

Har! you purposefully typed "hard on"

So? It only bothers you because you don't have one.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Don't know if this is happening to other authors here, but I've noticed that just as soon as one of my stories goes "hot," someone slips in and votes it a 1. Almost never fails. Do you think they think that makes their stories any better in comparison or that this is an adult thing to do? (Those were rhetorical questions.)

Hs get your story more visibility. Therefore, it is natural that more people click on its title to see what all the fuss is about. It is also natural that some of them don't like your story and consider themselves tricked by the H-status, therefore voting it down more harshly than usual.

Most of your readers are just that: anonymous readers with opinions. It's a nice ego-cushion trying to convince yourself that any negative comments or votes must come from jealous authors, but that's simply not true. So yeah, grow some balls.

(Are rhetorical questions in an open forum really that adult?)

 

[Lauren Hynde]

They're not griping about legitimate votes. It's troll votes that are being discussed.

You don't know that. It's just always assumed to be so for the sake of the newbie's ego. And the newbie wasn't seeking discussion, he was posing rhetorical questions.

 

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So? It only bothers you because you don't have one.

I wasn't "bothered". I was amused! hense the "har!"
Haven't got one now, but can be arranged on short notice.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

You said "short"

 

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(Are rhetorical questions in an open forum really that adult?)

Har! also.

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

I wasn't "bothered". I was amused! hense the "har!"
Haven't got one now, but can be arranged on short notice.

Well yeah. It usually doesn't take much, in my experience.

 

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You said "short"

heehee! I did.
short and soft.

 

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Well yeah. It usually doesn't take much, in my experience.

Uh oh! Now where did I run into CrimsonMaiden?

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

You don't know that. It's just always assumed to be so for the sake of the newbie's ego. And the newbie wasn't seeking discussion, he was posing rhetorical questions.

Assumed yes... but most of the time, 1 votes are troll votes. As I said before, most stories on this site aren't hideous enough to deserve a one.

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

Uh oh! Now where did I run into CrimsonMaiden?

I'll never tell...

 

[CharleyH]

Well yeah. It usually doesn't take much, in my experience.

If you are all amused? Why complain? Why not just call yourselves, enablers? Should we encourage bad writers to continue to be bad - or should we encourage more?

 

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I'll never tell...

I'm sure I'd remember!

Har! remember.

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

I'm sure I'd remember!

Har! remember.

Well I would hope so!

 

[WARNINGWARNING]

If you are all amused? Why complain? Why not just call yourselves, enablers? Should we encourage bad writers to continue to be bad - or should we encourage more?

Give constructive criticism, humbly.

I was not amused by the trolls nor the deserved 1's

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

If you are all amused? Why complain? Why not just call yourselves, enablers? Should we encourage bad writers to continue to be bad - or should we encourage more?

That's the thing, Charley dear... your posts in these type threads don't encourage anything.

Ugh, forget it. Arguing with you is like arguing with a sign post.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Assumed yes... but most of the time, 1 votes are troll votes. As I said before, most stories on this site aren't hideous enough to deserve a one.

I didn't say they were hideous enough to deserve a one, but getting it anyway doesn't automatically make it a troll vote. It's a matter of context. Anonymous readers with strong opinions probably don't like feeling tricked by Hs, Es and Ws. It's natural that they make that disappointment felt. Does that make them trolls? (Rhetorical question)

 

[sr71plt]

Ah, I see, some of you like the troll voting, and it's ball-less whining if someone points out that they have a little inferiority complex about their own work when they do it. Don't bother trying to tell me that a story having a 5 rating with eleven votes and gets registered "hot" and a 12th vote immediately takes it down to 4.67 means that there's something wrong with the story rather than the voter. The point, as made earlier, is that the registered "hot" stories get the most readers. And I don't think it's whining if an author points out some nincompoop doesn't seem to want readers to see stories nearly everyone else sees as hot highlighted.

But, then, perhaps it's showing more balls here to just not pretend this juvenile behavior is not going on here. Or maybe those making fun of the "whiners" are the trolls.

OK, whatever. Carry on.

 

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YIELD!

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

Feeling like you've been tricked doesn't give you the right to vote a story lower than it deserves. If you don't think it deserves the H, that's fine and dandy. Give it a 3... or even a 2, but a one is just being heavy handed... and yes, trollish (in my opinion.)

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Ah, I see, some of you like the troll voting, and it's ball-less whining if someone points out that they have a little inferiority complex about their own work when they do it. Don't bother trying to tell me that a story having a 5 rating with eleven votes and gets registered "hot" and a 12th vote immediately takes it down to 4.67 means that there's something wrong with the story rather than the voter. The point, as made earlier, is that the registered "hot" stories get the most readers. And I don't think it's whining if an author points out some nincompoop doesn't seem to want readers to see stories nearly everyone else sees as hot highlighted.

But, then, perhaps it's showing more balls here to just not pretend this juvenile behavior is going on here. Or maybe those making fun of the "whiners" are the trolls.

OK, whatever. Carry on.

Yes, we're all trolls. Well, most of us.

Carry on as well. (If it were a question, it would be rhetorical. Alas.)

 

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Ah, I see, some of you like the troll voting, and it's ball-less whining if someone points out that they have a little inferiority complex about their own work when they do it. Don't bother trying to tell me that a story having a 5 rating with eleven votes and gets registered "hot" and a 12th vote immediately takes it down to 4.67 means that there's something wrong with the story rather than the voter. The point, as made earlier, is that the registered "hot" stories get the most readers. And I don't think it's whining if an author points out some nincompoop doesn't seem to want readers to see stories nearly everyone else sees as hot highlighted.

But, then, perhaps it's showing more balls here to just not pretend this juvenile behavior is going on here. Or maybe those making fun of the "whiners" are the trolls.

OK, whatever. Carry on.

Now Now! 12 VOTES? Those could be from your friends and relatives. Certainly, it is very possible that it is a good story, maybe even
Hot!, but... hey! Can a story even get an H with only 11 votes?


PSSST! Now you are sounding a bit whiney

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Feeling like you've been tricked doesn't give you the right to vote a story lower than it deserves. If you don't think it deserves the H, that's fine and dandy. Give it a 3... or even a 2, but a one is just being heavy handed... and yes, trollish (in my opinion.)

In my opinion, the reader has every right to vote a story in any way he/she feels it deserves. And if he feels like voting it with a 1 just so that it loses that Hs vote that tricked him/her, well, it might not be fair to the story or the author, but it is certainly legitimate.

 

[CharleyH]

Yes, we're all trolls. Well, most of us.

Carry on as well. (If it were a question, it would be rhetorical. Alas.)

Why are you so beautiful?

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

In my opinion, the reader has every right to vote a story in any way he/she feels it deserves. And if he feels like voting it with a 1 just so that it loses that Hs vote that tricked him/her, well, it might not be fair to the story or the author, but it is certainly legitimate.

We'll just have to agree to disagree on that.