OK, the one-bombing thing is really pissing me off.

[MrPixel]

Mentioned in another thread, I had a new story come online this morning. It was up for two or three hours, collecting two 5s and a one-bomb. Then another one-bomb. It is evident to me that my mistake was the description, alluding to wives/girlfriends going out to paint the town red without their partners. This type of thing apparently is an automatic trigger for the incel crowd, where they scroll through to the end based on the title/description alone to bomb it.

It is a good story, and a lot of fun, even getting my wife's seal of approval. What has me upset is that this out-of-control one-bombing torpedoes the score before most readers have even started their day. I know that in my reading I avoid stories much under 4 ('cept in LW), since I've run into some pretty crummy writing at that level. I expect most readers use similar criteria in picking stories.

I suspect - but don't know - that whatever process is used to neutralize the one-bombs has to have enough statistical weight to determine what are or are not outliers. In low traffic areas like GS, it's hard to make it to that level, so the one-bombs have greater influence than they should.

IMO, an improvement needs to be made in this area. Maybe something akin to the ratings system on yelp.com - if you have accumulated a reputation of one-star reviews for everything, your ratings count less, or don't count at all. That needs to happen here.

My two cents. Excuse me while I get a glass of chocolate milk to soothe my bruised ego.

 

[SamScribble]

Gosh, is it grumble-about-one-bombers-day again already? How time flies.

You are not wrong, Mr Pixel. But I fear that all of your careful consideration will amount to nought. I suggest you treat yourself to an extra glass of chocolate milk and then go and get your oboe out of its case. I like the oboe. I like the horn too. I'll give you a five without even hearing you play.

Cheers,

 

[MrPixel]

Thanks, Sam. Apologies for venting about an old chestnut. I knew I was preaching to the choir. Or orchestra, as the case may be.

Both the wife and dog are peacefully napping, so I'll hold off on the double-reeds for the moment. Warming-up the oboe tends to be a little squawky.

 

[TadOverdon]

Most of my recent chapters have settled into the Red H zone, and I've noticed that the couple that have fallen short of that attract a number of downvotes in the first day and feature some degree of cuckoldry. Or that may just be my confirmation bias, looking for an explanation where none can be known.

 

[Djmac1031]

My story ratings almost always fluctuate wildly on day one.

Especially a new chapter of my Jenna series.

My regular readers are always kind enough to give me high ratings but then it will drop drastically and suddenly when a one bomber comes along who probably didn't even read it and just hates anything with a "Part X" label on it because they don't wanna go back and start at the beginning. (My guess for their motives anyway. Maybe they did actually read it and hated it, I dunno lol.)

Usually by a day or two though it all evens out.

And enough of my stories have maintained their Red H status that I'm not worried that the few that don't will scare off any potential readers of my stuff.

They'll either like my stories or not.

 

[TadOverdon]

At first I thought I was getting higher rankings as I went along because I'm getting better at this. Maybe, but the larger part is obviously that with each chapter I have more followers, readers who are predisposed to like what I do and who show up quickly and reliably to read and vote.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Most of my recent chapters have settled into the Red H zone, and I've noticed that the couple that have fallen short of that attract a number of downvotes in the first day and feature some degree of cuckoldry. Or that may just be my confirmation bias, looking for an explanation where none can be known.

I discovered people don't like fruit. My latest, a short piece with lots of fruit, currently sits as my second lowest ranked story.

By comparison to surprise father son incest in erotic horror (my lowest score, what a shock), that's a bit unfair on strawberries. There's no accounting for taste .

 

[Lifestyle66]

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IMO, an improvement needs to be made in this area. Maybe something akin to the ratings system on yelp.com - if you have accumulated a reputation of one-star reviews for everything, your ratings count less, or don't count at all. That needs to happen here....

Such a rating system would be a great help, ... IF everyone had an account to be tracked for their trends.

Unfortunately, IMO most of those 1-bombs are from anonymous readers. Also, IMO some of those anonymous views and ratings are possibly named users here but using an unlogged in browser to click the 1.

Try getting into a heated debate with some people on these forums. Then within a day watch as each of your stories receives yet another one or two 1's. The pattern suggests someone is deliberately focus on the one author's listed stories, and merely opening, going to the end, and clicking a 1.

So, while some authors have established a good following, other newcomers are having more issues.

Don't get too worked up over it. Just use the site for what you can get out of it, then move on.

 

[lovecraft68]

I learned the best way to handle this is not hover over the score constantly. Especially when a story is on the new list you're going to see a roller coaster. The story settles in once it drops from that list and is no longer an easy target to find for the category-or if you have them, personal trolls-You see better scores from that point on and eventually a sweep will come along to get rid of some of the bombs.

So don't scoreboard watch, just give it some time.

I'll toss in that coming here and talking about one bombs can lead to more. We have some trolls who ghost here, and sad to say there's some authors here who will do it too

 

[SimonDoom]

Everybody hates the 1-bombs. They suck. The most frustrating thing about it, to me, is that this Site actually has a lot of readers who really enjoy these types of stories, but they and the authors who write them get screwed by the automatic downvoters.

Lovecraft is right, though. It sucks, but you can't do much about it, so it's better to just ride the wave and be patient. In the long run, if you write a good hot wife story, appreciative, positive readers will find your story, and some of them will say something nice about it. Play the long game and keep your eye on the prize.

 

[lovecraft68]

Play the long game and keep your eye on the prize.

Years ago I published an LW story a "burn the bastard story" had its share of nastiness, but after a month or so the story leveled off around a 4.15 it took several years of slow climbing, but its now over 4.5.

 

[JaxRhapsody]

Turn off voting, or stop caring about it. Go touch grass. Eventually the score will go up, or will be fixed with sweeps. My scores seem to never change or get votes after a few days of going live, so I don't check them but every few weeks, and they're the same score they have been for weeks, months, years. And the red h's I had were from a fan fic I put here, that was removed, I don't complain about it. It is what it is.

 

[MrPixel]

Thanks to everyone for the advice, I appreciate it. I got my comeuppance, however. Apparently "a sweep" or whatever the process is to fix the outliers ran overnight (US time). It went from a 3 yesterday morning to an H.

Serves me right for complaining.

 

[windar]

Unfortunately, IMO most of those 1-bombs are from anonymous readers. Also, IMO some of those anonymous views and ratings are possibly named users here but using an unlogged in browser to click the 1.

I have yet to hear a rationale for allowing anonymous votes and comments. This is the only site I've ever been on, whether erotica, politics, food, what have you that allows that.

This isn't a personal complaint-the anonymous comments I got were very favorable and the one commenter who disliked the story did so by name. But what is the rationale for allowing it? I note that here on the boards they are not allowed...

 

[MadeleineSinha]

I have yet to hear a rationale for allowing anonymous votes and comments. This is the only site I've ever been on, whether erotica, politics, food, what have you that allows that.

This isn't a personal complaint-the anonymous comments I got were very favorable and the one commenter who disliked the story did so by name. But what is the rationale for allowing it? I note that here on the boards they are not allowed...

When all is said and done this is an ‘adult’ site, I can imagine a whole raft of different reasons why lots of readers may not want their details registered.

I don’t object to anonymous comments, if they are negative I take the view that if someone doesn’t have the courage to invent a username and register a free gmail account then their comment can be safely ignored or deleted

 

[windar]

When all is said and done this is an ‘adult’ site, I can imagine a whole raft of different reasons why lots of readers may not want their details registered.

Go to any other "adult" site and you will find that you have to sign up to vote or comment. You can certainly read all you want without registering. The cam sites that pay the bills require you to sign up to chat with the models (or so I've been told).

 

[geronimo_appleby]

Go to any other "adult" site and you will find that you have to sign up to vote or comment. You can certainly read all you want without registering. The cam sites that pay the bills require you to sign up to chat with the models (or so I've been told).

I write up scenes for a producer. there’s a comment section for each stream title. there’s always someone not happy with something in the shoot. always. as for lit? i turn off voting and comments. voila! no stress.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

I would point out, folks, that trolls are like toddlers spouting potty words. They live for the reaction their cr*p brings. The more we whinge and complain on this forum, the more satisfied hand-rubbing takes place in musty basement apartments.

One-bombing is a fact of life. Nobody likes it and authors have been complaining for years without much change. Asking for a sweep is possible, but otherwise we can accept it or we can turn off voting or we can go somewhere else. Complaining just plays into their hands.

Peace.

 

[yowser]

Just sing the 'One Bomb' song.

Softly, to yourself.

 

[oggbashan]

Just sing the 'One Bomb' song.

Softly, to yourself.

Use this song but replace Ying-Tong with One-Bomb...

https://youtu.be/qWM0WiVaEvY

 

[windar]

I write up scenes for a producer. there’s a comment section for each stream title. there’s always someone not happy with something in the shoot. always. as for lit? i turn off voting and comments. voila! no stress.

I didn't turn anything off. No stress because (a) I haven't been one-bombed and (b) Wouldn't really care if I were because I posted a story here and got what I came for..

Those who want to find me can do so...

 

[SimonDoom]

Go to any other "adult" site and you will find that you have to sign up to vote or comment. .

This might be one of the reasons Literotica is far more successful than the other sites, which in turn makes it more rewarding for authors because the readership is so huge.

The Site has made it very clear that most comments are anonymous. If the Site banned anonymous comments, then the number of comments would drop dramatically, and it's possible some readers and authors might leave because of unhappiness with that fact.

It's never, ever, ever going to happen. Laurel or Manu made this very clear.

 

[JuanSeiszFitzHall]

Thanks to everyone for the advice, I appreciate it. I got my comeuppance, however. Apparently "a sweep" or whatever the process is to fix the outliers ran overnight (US time). It went from a 3 yesterday morning to an H.

Serves me right for complaining.

There may have been a wider sweep. Since yesterday, one of my old stories got a rating increase of three tenths of a point, on the removal of five votes. Several months ago, I requested a check for invalid votes on that story, through the ‘Report’ function. The wheels may turn slowly, but turn they do, apparently, eventually. (Sorry about that, adverb-dislikers.)

 

[geronimo_appleby]

Use this song but replace Ying-Tong with One-Bomb...

https://youtu.be/qWM0WiVaEvY

the genius of spike milligoon.

thanks for the earworm…

 

[Djmac1031]

This might be one of the reasons Literotica is far more successful than the other sites, which in turn makes it more rewarding for authors because the readership is so huge.

The Site has made it very clear that most comments are anonymous. If the Site banned anonymous comments, then the number of comments would drop dramatically, and it's possible some readers and authors might leave because of unhappiness with that fact.

It's never, ever, ever going to happen. Laurel or Manu made this very clear.

I totally get that. There's a lot of people out there that wanna read their porn without a "paper" trail. Search, read, delete history.

Sure, you could create a burner email, but again most people aren't interested and certainly don't want to have to do it just to read a spank story.

So if they can't read and post here anonymously, they'll just go elsewhere.