Newbie Support Forum

[Black Tulip]

B-T, thank you for taking over newbie duty. *smooches*

From lurking on the Mood thread, I figured you have enough on your plate.

 

[Dana Gallagher]

I've got a question.

Not so much a newbie, but I got a question that you may be able to answer.

I want to dissociate my erotica writing side from the missygail username. I want to go under a pen name Dana Gallagher.

I actually have a blogger spot named Dana Gallagher and I'm playing with the idea of buying a domain name of the same.

http://danagallagher.blogspot.com/

I'd like to link back to my writing on literotica, but I want it to say Dana Gallagher.

How do I go about changing my username on here, but still keeping my stories and my posts where they are. I don't want to lose anything.

Thanks,

Missygail aka: Dana Gallagher.

 

[gauchecritic]

Probably the simplest (and paradoxically most cumbersome) is to have your stories deleted and then repost them under your new name.

I'd imagine that it's probably possible for the site owners to actually just re-assign your membership but I have no idea how much work that would require or if it is possible anyway.

 

[jomar]

Not so much a newbie, but I got a question that you may be able to answer.

I want to dissociate my erotica writing side from the missygail username. I want to go under a pen name Dana Gallagher.

I actually have a blogger spot named Dana Gallagher and I'm playing with the idea of buying a domain name of the same.

http://danagallagher.blogspot.com/

I'd like to link back to my writing on literotica, but I want it to say Dana Gallagher.

How do I go about changing my username on here, but still keeping my stories and my posts where they are. I don't want to lose anything.

Thanks,

Missygail aka: Dana Gallagher.

Probably the simplest (and paradoxically most cumbersome) is to have your stories deleted and then repost them under your new name.

I'd imagine that it's probably possible for the site owners to actually just re-assign your membership but I have no idea how much work that would require or if it is possible anyway.

I'm aware of one person who I believe had his name changed by Manu. You could always pm Manu and ask.

 

[Black Tulip]

Bumperdebump

 

[oggbashan]

Bumperdebump

Thank you, Black Tulip.

This thread is needed.

Og

 

[Darkniciad]

*Sigh* I miss Jammies' posts ( and stories ) That's the one bad thing about bumping the legacy threads.

 

[baphemetis]

What does rated "H" mean? How does that work?

 

[Darkniciad]

What does rated "H" mean? How does that work?

Stories that have a red H have a score of at least 4.50, and at least 10 votes.

N = New ( less than 7 days old )

W = Winner ( monthly contests or themed contests like the current Winter Holiday one )

E = Editor's Choice. The moderators who approve stories found these especially intriguing for one reason or another.

 

[oggbashan]

Stories that have a red H have a score of at least 4.50, and at least 10 votes.

N = New ( less than 7 days old )

W = Winner ( monthly contests or themed contests like the current Winter Holiday one )

E = Editor's Choice. The moderators who approve stories found these especially intriguing for one reason or another.

N lasts a few days.

W is a permanent marker, as is E.

But H causes grief to writers because it can easily be taken away by a few low votes.

Og

 

[Just-Legal]

Bumping this thread back up to visibility!

 

[Guest]

Fantastic

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[Darkniciad]

This is something that I asked for when they started a thread about how to improve literotica, and I'm so glad that they did it. I read the first few pages of links and loved the way that you responded to questions. So thank you for this kindness.

I have to ask about an upcoming chapter to a series I'm writing. I'm convinced that it will either do very well, or that it will be my demise on the site. There is a section in the chapter that has a direct biblical quotation and I can see the trolls killing me for it. I don't mind the scores for that chapter being low, but I don't want my other works to be suddenly lost to obscurity. Is there a way to protect my other stories without just turning off the votes?

Nope. Once a troll decides to go on a vendetta against you, they have unfettered access.

The ray of hope is that such bombing runs are usually so obvious that the vote sweeper wipes them out in short order.

 

[Dual_Triode]

Question About Editor's Choice

So, I'm not a complete newb; I understand how most things work here. One mystery, however, is how the site editors (presumably Laurel) decide on awarding the Editor's Choice (green E) designation.

I ask because I received one back in September of 2009, yet that submission is my lowest rated story. A quick survey of the 40 most recent Editor's Choice stories reveals that 19 of them were voted Hot and just one was a contest winner.

So, it seems that the editor's preferences don't necessarily align with the readers. I've always wondered why I got the green E. Is it a particular writing style?

Inquiring minds want to know...

~Dual

 

[oggbashan]

So, I'm not a complete newb; I understand how most things work here. One mystery, however, is how the site editors (presumably Laurel) decide on awarding the Editor's Choice (green E) designation.

I ask because I received one back in September of 2009, yet that submission is my lowest rated story. A quick survey of the 40 most recent Editor's Choice stories reveals that 19 of them were voted Hot and just one was a contest winner.

So, it seems that the editor's preferences don't necessarily align with the readers. I've always wondered why I got the green E. Is it a particular writing style?

Inquiring minds want to know...

~Dual

The Green E is a favourite target for trolls. Getting an E means that the story will attract low votes, some of it because the readers do not agree with the Editor's opinion, but also some because trolls hate success.

My E has never had an H, and probably never will have.

Og

 

[Just-Legal]

Nope. Once a troll decides to go on a vendetta against you, they have unfettered access.

The ray of hope is that such bombing runs are usually so obvious that the vote sweeper wipes them out in short order.

Indeed. I've had one or two stories subject to bombing runs and they perked up quite quickly afterward. Generally if it's blatant troll downvoting, the system catches it. If it's downvoting due to being crap (not meaning yours will be!) then it stays.

 

[vrosej10]

N lasts a few days.

W is a permanent marker, as is E.

But H causes grief to writers because it can easily be taken away by a few low votes.

Og

I got the dreaded H bomb. i had a great poem that got trolled hard. I look at it this way. If it was good enough to get a H in the first place all the trolling action on earth cannot undo that.

 

[oggbashan]

I got the dreaded H bomb. i had a great poem that got trolled hard. I look at it this way. If it was good enough to get a H in the first place all the trolling action on earth cannot undo that.

Many stories start with an H when they reach 10 votes and their rating becomes generally visible [see Note below], because those who like the author's work tend to read and vote first. A fair number even reach 10 votes with a perfect 5.00 rating.

Then reality sets in. Readers see an H and a perfect 10, look at the story and perhaps think "That was good, but not perfect", and post a lower vote. The rating should stabilise to indicate what people really think, but if a story has only a few votes, one or more trolls can distort the rating rapidly.

Og

Note: Changes to the list of an Author's submissions mean that even one vote produces a visible rating. Look at "Oggbashan's long list of stories" in my signature and you will see ALL the ratings. The later chapters of Shelacta have only one or at most two votes so show as 3.00 or 4.00.

 

[Guest]

Troll Traps

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[Just-Legal]

So how do we capture and punish these pesky varmits? It's a shame that people can vote anonymously. A little accountability would put an end to their nefarious ways.

Generally the voting software catches 1-bombs and removes them. It's not perfect though.

 

[Guest]

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[Just-Legal]

That does make sense, and I do think that category does have a strong effect on a story's rating and views. Some people are just kinky fuckers

 

[LettersFromTatyana]

Surelywilder-

You might find Owlwhisperer's Literotica Numbers essay interesting. It addresses your comment about category scores:
http://www.literotica.com/s/literotica-numbers

It doesn't get to the views, but others have noted that this matters (incest=high, letters & transcripts=low). If you're interested in particular categories, an easy way of looking at this would be to go to the thirty day top lists, find stories of similar rank posted on similar days, and compare the views.

I didn't get the sense that you were tearing your hair out over this, but I find it helps to think of trolls as over-enthusiastic fans. [Or you can make them funny; since I have only written in romance so far, I have "romantic trolls," tee hee.] Sometimes they are your fans and click on that five multiple times hoping to help, and sometimes they are someone else's fans and they click on a low score to help their author. That's why your score can go up or down. FWIW, my scores almost always go down as votes are removed. [shrugs] It is what it is.

 

[Just-Legal]

Surelywilder-

You might find Owlwhisperer's Literotica Numbers essay interesting. It addresses your comment about category scores:
http://www.literotica.com/s/literotica-numbers

It doesn't get to the views, but others have noted that this matters (incest=high, letters & transcripts=low). If you're interested in particular categories, an easy way of looking at this would be to go to the thirty day top lists, find stories of similar rank posted on similar days, and compare the views.

I didn't get the sense that you were tearing your hair out over this, but I find it helps to think of trolls as over-enthusiastic fans. [Or you can make them funny; since I have only written in romance so far, I have "romantic trolls," tee hee.] Sometimes they are your fans and click on that five multiple times hoping to help, and sometimes they are someone else's fans and they click on a low score to help their author. That's why your score can go up or down. FWIW, my scores almost always go down as votes are removed. [shrugs] It is what it is.

Ooh, thanks for the link, I'll have to save that for future reference.

 

[Darkniciad]

Owl Whisper is actually working on #3 of the Literotica Numbers series ( mentioned in the Earth Day thread ) going into some different data, as well as some updated figures.

The older numbers, while still quite relevant, have probably changed quite a bit with the burst of popularity in a couple of categories ( interracial and non-human ) on the back of very popular authors with some long running, regularly updated tales.

Likewise, the new star voting system is changing things as well.