Weighted rating

[Bamagan]

I’m sleeping with the enemy, hun. Or at least the progeny of the enemy . Does that mean I get tarred and feathered? Not sure that’s my kink to be honest.

Em

They do tarring differently over there, you might enjoy it.

https://y.yarn.co/d7d9931b-3309-4094-a54a-9379982ff5bd_text.gif

 

[EmilyMiller]

They do tarring differently over there, you might enjoy it.

https://y.yarn.co/d7d9931b-3309-4094-a54a-9379982ff5bd_text.gif

It’s the same derivation, right? A metonym for a sailor?

Em

 

[Djmac1031]

I appreciate your thread is for fun, of course.

I'd do it, but math is hard lol.

I always find it funny, authors complaining or feeling anything under a 4.5 somehow "failed."

A 4 star rating means your readers LIKED it.

Shouldn't that be enough?

Not trying to debate or derail the thread.

Just expressing a thought.

 

[alohadave]

I downloaded my story list to Excel this morning, so as to add the word counts.

Where does it tell your word counts?

 

[EmilyMiller]

Not trying to debate or derail the thread.

Oh yes you are .

Em

 

[EmilyMiller]

Where does it tell your word counts?

It doesn’t - I just wanted a list. Then I added a column and looked up / manually transcribed my word counts. All on iOS. Excel on iOS is just a little fiddly.

Em

 

[Bamagan]

It’s the same derivation, right? A metonym for a sailor?

Em

As I understand it, it can mean a sailor or a ship. But in the context of tarring and feathering, it is rather more literal tar. I'm not sure if that's what you were asking, though.

 

[Paul_Chance]

Entertaining - my weighted average is 4.42.

 

[MelissaBaby]

Only in a playful, unserious, "smack-talk" kind of way. Americans love the Brits.

Don't tell them that on the south side of Boston.

 

[SimonDoom]

Don't tell them that on the south side of Boston.

I had not thought about that. Gotcha.

 

[EmilyMiller]

As I understand it, it can mean a sailor or a ship. But in the context of tarring and feathering, it is rather more literal tar. I'm not sure if that's what you were asking, though.

But sailors were called tars because they used (and allegedly smelt of) it, I think at least. To plugs leaks in the hull or something .

Em

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Emily, you are hereby sentenced to be either tarred or feathered, your choice. Feeling better about it now?

Edit. Tar was commonly used as a preservative on things like rope, sorry, line.

 

[MargotPayge]

I still haven't figured out how the score is useful to the author. I really think it is there for the readers.

When I was just an anonymous reader, I didn't even read how they arrived with the little red Hs next to them. But I was under the distinct impression that they were "hot." In my mind, that meant hot to read. More sex than plot. And well-narrated sex.

And I never really caught on, even then. because they didn't always have a lot of good sex in them. And some were downright bad. Although, in general, even the bad ones had more sex.

Now that I know what it actually means, I am even more confused. I still think it is to guide the readers rather than the authors. And its practical use to the authors is having one will more likely attract readers.

I also see now that each section has its regular visitors, regular raters, and regular commenters. So in a way, they are rating it for how well it conforms to their idea of what the category should be.

I don't think I've written enough or had enough votes at all for the score to be meaningful to me. One of my stories just slipped down into the pre-H area. I don't think it sat there and got worse. So...

I don't know. I don't want to give away the Hs I have for the reason stated above, but do they really mean anything useful to me for improving my writing? Probably not. But maybe useful in selecting material to write about...

 

[EmilyMiller]

Emily, you are hereby sentenced to be either tarred or feathered, your choice. Feeling better about it now?

I was helping a fellow author to write a restrained feather-related scene only the other day .

Edit. Tar was commonly used as a preservative on things like rope, sorry, line.

So, I was sort of right - I’ll count that as right .

Em

 

[Bamagan]

But sailors were called tars because they used (and allegedly smelt of) it, I think at least. To plugs leaks in the hull or something .

Em

Well, yes. Like you said, it became a metonym for them. But their use of tar wasn't a punishment. Or at least, if it was ever used as punishment, that wasn't the principal purpose of having literal tar on a ship.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Entertaining - my weighted average is 4.42.

That’s what it’s meant to be, hun .

Em

 

[EmilyMiller]

I still haven't figured out how the score is useful to the author. I really think it is there for the readers.

When I was just an anonymous reader, I didn't even read how they arrived with the little red Hs next to them. But I was under the distinct impression that they were "hot." In my mind, that meant hot to read. More sex than plot. And well-narrated sex.

And I never really caught on, even then. because they didn't always have a lot of good sex in them. And some were downright bad. Although, in general, even the bad ones had more sex.

Now that I know what it actually means, I am even more confused. I still think it is to guide the readers rather than the authors. And its practical use to the authors is having one will more likely attract readers.

I also see now that each section has its regular visitors, regular raters, and regular commenters. So in a way, they are rating it for how well it conforms to their idea of what the category should be.

I don't think I've written enough or had enough votes at all for the score to be meaningful to me. One of my stories just slipped down into the pre-H area. I don't think it sat there and got worse. So...

I don't know. I don't want to give away the Hs I have for the reason stated above, but do they really mean anything useful to me for improving my writing? Probably not. But maybe useful in selecting material to write about...

I’m aggregating a flawed metric, to create an even more flawed one. Fun, isn’t it?

Em

 

[EmilyMiller]

Because luckily you're not a narcissist. You won't find yourself obsessively checking the same stats day in and day out, as they rarely change. You don't rely on a shiny facade to mask any feelings of emptiness or self-loathing, nor do you depend on constant external validation just to breathe

Hey, lighten up. This is meant to be fun.

Em

 

[MargotPayge]

Because luckily you're not a narcissist.

I wouldn't go that far. I like to think that I've written something to help untold hundreds of people to Jack or Jill-off.
That's a rating I'd like to see. just a simple yes or no. "Did you masturbate while reading this?"

Beyond that, I guess I am mostly interested in the number of views and then the number of subscribers.

 

[MediocreAuthor]

So I did the math as best I could, and apparently my weighted average = "SYNTAX ERROR"

Hmmm. Is that good?

 

[MediocreAuthor]

Lmao

My weighted average is 4.60
That's around where I figured (honestly a little higher tbh).

[I forgot to add in my poem, but that's only 14 votes. I'm sure it won't raise it at all]

 

[SimonDoom]

Because luckily you're not a narcissist. You won't find yourself obsessively checking the same stats day in and day out, as they rarely change. You don't rely on a shiny facade to mask any feelings of emptiness or self-loathing, nor do you depend on constant external validation just to breathe

She's fortunate, because I've found that if I don't check my stats every single day, my breathing just stops cold.

I solved the emptiness/self-loathing problem by adopting a Golden Retriever.

 

[Bamagan]

So I did the math as best I could, and apparently my weighted average = "SYNTAX ERROR"

Hmmm. Is that good?

Remember your daily sex. That actually says "ORNERY X-STAR." That's pretty good!

 

[Trionyx]

Tar was commonly used as a preservative on things like rope, sorry, line.

Only a “Tar”nishedPenny would know that.

 

[AlinaX]

4.48 for me; not hot enough :-(