Omg!

[cloudy]

Was going to bed, and just out of curiosity, I checked something I hadn't checked in months, and look!

It won't last...somebody screen capture it for me?

 

[Weird Harold]

It won't last...somebody screen capture it for me?

Here:

 

[Misty_Morning]

Was going to bed, and just out of curiosity, I checked something I hadn't checked in months, and look!

It won't last...somebody screen capture it for me?

trying to send the captured file...appropriately named..."Cloudy's Dream".....

 

[Guest]

Was going to bed, and just out of curiosity, I checked something I hadn't checked in months, and look!

It won't last...somebody screen capture it for me?

Love that poem.

Tried to vote but apparently I already have.



(Well done!)

 

[Lee Chambers]

I voted so hopefully that will keep it up there a little longer.

 

[tickledkitty]

That's awesome, Cloudy. Congratulations!

 

[somberReality]

congrats!

 

[starrkers]

Fantastic Cloudy!

The AH is well represented in the top 5. Boxlicker is second and Jomar fourth.

 

[AnonymousTroll]

Oh don't worry Cloudy, I'll stop over there and fix that little problem for you.



ANT

 

[cloudy]

Knew it wouldn't last.

Thank you to whoever just had to vote it down this morning.

 

[CorsetLvr]

Knew it wouldn't last.

Thank you to whoever just had to vote it down this morning.

That's usually what happens, at least to my stories. There's always some one that comes along and tank the score with a 1 vote. The only realy way to keep the score up in that riarified air is to have so many votes that those "tank scores" become statistically insignificant. To be honest, I have just given up caring for the most part.

 

[cloudy]

Oh, I don't really care that much. Knew it wouldn't last, and in fact, was inviting a low vote by posting this thread.

*shrug*

 

[CorsetLvr]

Oh, I don't really care that much. Knew it wouldn't last, and in fact, was inviting a low vote by posting this thread.

*shrug*

What I am really curious about is the motivation of these folks:

1. Other "jealous" writers?
2. The friends or fan club of #1?
3. People who lack any sense of literary taste?
4. People with low self-esteem that just like to rain on someone else's parade?
5. Ignorant people that think 1 is a high score?
6. Just plain mean people.

Perhaps its just a P.T. Barnum type of thing, i.e., "You can't please all the people, all the time."

 

[Vermilion]

What I am really curious about is the motivation of these folks:

1. Other "jealous" writers?
2. The friends or fan club of #1?
3. People who lack any sense of literary taste?
4. People with low self-esteem that just like to rain on someone else's parade?
5. Ignorant people that think 1 is a high score?
6. Just plain mean people.

Perhaps its just a P.T. Barnum type of thing, i.e., "You can't please all the people, all the time."

mostly '4' and '6' with perhaps a seasoning of '1', though I can't imagine there are many '1's about really...

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[jomar]

Way to go cloudy! Now quick - how do I do a screen capture!

 

[cloudy]

Way to go cloudy! Now quick - how do I do a screen capture!

I've got it for you. Send me a PM with your email addy, and I'll email it to you.

 

[jomar]

I've got it for you. Send me a PM with your email addy, and I'll email it to you.

Thanks.

 

[CorsetLvr]

mostly '4' and '6' with perhaps a seasoning of '1', though I can't imagine there are many '1's about really...

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I would hope not. Personally, if I can't give a story a 5, I don't vote at all. Perhaps I am just being a coward and letting someone else do the dirty work.

 

[Liar]

Oh, I don't really care that much. Knew it wouldn't last, and in fact, was inviting a low vote by posting this thread.

*shrug*

Well, not even a 1-bomb would have knocked it down *that* far... Can't see it anywhere on the list. You sure it just hasn't been purged of double-votes and thus the vote count dropped below 10? Happens to my poems all the time.

 

[Liar]

Box is topping the list right now, btw.

 

[Weird Harold]

Well, not even a 1-bomb would have knocked it down *that* far...

The top 500 poems are all 4.75 or better. Cloudy had 12 votes and a 5.00 score yesterday; a single additonal one vote would bring the score down to 4.69 -- which is completely out of the top 500 by at least .06

What I am really curious about is the motivation of these folks:

In this particular situation -- a story or poem that emerges onto the top lists with a perfect score -- the motivation is generally, "Nobody is Perfect" and/or "Adverse Reaction to 'false' advertising" (i.e. it's not as good as expected based on the score.)

It is a difficult phenomenon to explain because it's NOT entirely a voluntary reaction; a perfect score causes a subliminal expecation of "perfection" that is impossible to meet.

 

[cloudy]

Well, not even a 1-bomb would have knocked it down *that* far... Can't see it anywhere on the list. You sure it just hasn't been purged of double-votes and thus the vote count dropped below 10? Happens to my poems all the time.

No. When it was there, it was at 5.00 with 12 votes, then 5.00 with 14.

Now it sits at 4.67 with 18. Shouldn't have ever said anything, although it doesn't really matter in the end.

 

[Belegon]

No. When it was there, it was at 5.00 with 12 votes, then 5.00 with 14.

Now it sits at 4.67 with 18. Shouldn't have ever said anything, although it doesn't really matter in the end.

ah, fuck that. celebrate when you have something to celebrate. joy shared is magnified, pain shared is lessened.

 

[CorsetLvr]

The top 500 poems are all 4.75 or better. Cloudy had 12 votes and a 5.00 score yesterday; a single additonal one vote would bring the score down to 4.69 -- which is completely out of the top 500 by at least .06

In this particular situation -- a story or poem that emerges onto the top lists with a perfect score -- the motivation is generally, "Nobody is Perfect" and/or "Adverse Reaction to 'false' advertising" (i.e. it's not as good as expected based on the score.)

It is a difficult phenomenon to explain because it's NOT entirely a voluntary reaction; a perfect score causes a subliminal expecation of "perfection" that is impossible to meet.

I realize you were referring to this particular scenario, however, I have tracked the scoring on a few of my recently posted stories on a slow weekend when I didn't have a lot else to do. You can pretty much figure out individual votes early in the voting process. I wasn't referring to a story with a 5.0, but rather to one in the high 4's that suddenly takes a dive after a 1 vote. Like I said earlier, these are statistically related because there are simply not enough votes to counteract a single low vote. I think this is more common in story categories with a low number of votes. I had one like that was #1 in the toys and masturbation category.

I think it also to occur more frequently when a story climbs to the top of the Top List for its category. It's as if a bulleseye was painted on the story that makes it a target for being "tanked."

I think the real question is why so few readers take the 2 seconds necessary to vote, even when stories start and end with a plea for votes. A statistician would tell you that the less then 0.5% of readers that vote is not an adequate sample size and thus the voting process itself is statistically invalid. I have a feeling that the majority of people that do vote, either love or hate a story and those in the middle are never counted. Go take a look at the number of views and number of votes on your stories sometime and calculate the percentage of readers that actually vote. I think you will find the resulting percentage a little bit of a shock.

 

[Guest]

Was going to bed, and just out of curiosity, I checked something I hadn't checked in months, and look!

It won't last...somebody screen capture it for me?

Are you masochistic?

Anyway, there are always sweeps.

Maharat