Wm_Sexspear
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- Mar 24, 2002
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I thought it might be fun to share our most horrible reader feedback experiences. I'm new at writing for fun. My first story was posted 4/6/02. Mostly my writing heretofore has been documentation and business communication. That said, I was very fortunate with my first story, I have many wonderful e-mail from readers, people offering heartfelt superlatives. The story is carrying a high rating after many votes.
I wrote an erotic story, not porn. That attempt at creating something with literary merit earned me this insightful feedback: CRAP… CRAP… CRAP… CRAP… CRAP… CRAP… CRAP… Dude!
A new story was posted this morning. It's garnered a "H" after many votes. Again, erotica. There is brief explicit sex, but I gave the reader a surprise ending. I gave them a chance to think about what might have happened next, instead of telling them. I got mostly warm e-mails, some wanting the story to continue. Some wanting more sex, some more of something else.
Then there was this feedback from a mental midget:
the story didn't suck your attitude did. The story is average and not credible. If its worth anything, it was not a waste of my time to read it. Normally it is. I voted you a one (1) for you remotely thinking that your story should be copyrighted.
So, anyone else have any good ones to share?
Before I close. I saw a post from Laurel bemoaning the fact that some negative voting occurs. I know that those who attempt to write higher quality material risk the wrath of the readership wanting every body part to be massive and f*** to be part of every sentence. I have a suggestion that might automatically avoid both problems.
Programmatically exclude the lowest 2 or 4, or whatever, percent of voting scores before computing every stories' ranking. If a story has mostly 1~3 votes, dropping some 1's won't change a thing. If a story has 500 votes, mostly 5 and 4's, dropping, dropping the lowest 10 or 20 votes won't radically change the ranking, unless that writer had been hit with some spiteful 1's. It might raise the ranking numbers slightly, but it would be equal for all.
I know the How To article I wrote was ranked at 4.87 after 35 votes. The next day with 38 votes, it had dropped to a mid 4. My calculator confirmed that two 1 votes had been tacked on from ignorance or spite because an H flagged "story" in the New section wasn't about sex. It would be nice if the computer could knock out hate votes without it being a chore for a poor site administrator. Larry
I wrote an erotic story, not porn. That attempt at creating something with literary merit earned me this insightful feedback: CRAP… CRAP… CRAP… CRAP… CRAP… CRAP… CRAP… Dude!
A new story was posted this morning. It's garnered a "H" after many votes. Again, erotica. There is brief explicit sex, but I gave the reader a surprise ending. I gave them a chance to think about what might have happened next, instead of telling them. I got mostly warm e-mails, some wanting the story to continue. Some wanting more sex, some more of something else.
Then there was this feedback from a mental midget:
the story didn't suck your attitude did. The story is average and not credible. If its worth anything, it was not a waste of my time to read it. Normally it is. I voted you a one (1) for you remotely thinking that your story should be copyrighted.
So, anyone else have any good ones to share?
Before I close. I saw a post from Laurel bemoaning the fact that some negative voting occurs. I know that those who attempt to write higher quality material risk the wrath of the readership wanting every body part to be massive and f*** to be part of every sentence. I have a suggestion that might automatically avoid both problems.
Programmatically exclude the lowest 2 or 4, or whatever, percent of voting scores before computing every stories' ranking. If a story has mostly 1~3 votes, dropping some 1's won't change a thing. If a story has 500 votes, mostly 5 and 4's, dropping, dropping the lowest 10 or 20 votes won't radically change the ranking, unless that writer had been hit with some spiteful 1's. It might raise the ranking numbers slightly, but it would be equal for all.
I know the How To article I wrote was ranked at 4.87 after 35 votes. The next day with 38 votes, it had dropped to a mid 4. My calculator confirmed that two 1 votes had been tacked on from ignorance or spite because an H flagged "story" in the New section wasn't about sex. It would be nice if the computer could knock out hate votes without it being a chore for a poor site administrator. Larry