What are those numbers under stories?

[MysteryJKR]

Hi, I got a story published on the site and I got a question for anyone who knows the site very well. I am wondering, when you are looking for a story, and it has the stories and a little number under it in parenthesis, like (4.21) or (0.00) ect. what does that mean? Also the numbers dont seem to go higher then (5.00) I dont understand what they are. I was thinking maybe a date, maybe a time, but I didnt see how either of those could fit.

 

[SweetCherry]

That's the ranking of your story. Just everyone's way of letting you know what they think of your work.

 

[chatbug]

0.00 means you haven't gotten 10 votes yet. Any other number is rating your story on a scale of 1 - 5. I'm not quite sure what the criteria is, since I have a 1.20 story and a 3.96 story. Can't be the writing quality

 

[HSWriter]

Everyone rates stories differently. Personally, a story is worthy of a 4 or 5 if it is well written, developed, and yet it still gets your blood pumping and it arouses you.. I don't give out anything below a 2 because I don't think that any story deserves a 1. I know how hard it is to write a story, and even if it isn't that good of a story, an author still deserves a little something for the effort.

 

[MysteryJKR]

Really? Geez.

I thought it was that as well but though there is nooo wayy mine could have gotten a 5 out of 5, but you all say it is so dang. I dont know how that happened. I think there has been a mistake. lol. Thanks all.