Not scoring and commenting on stories.

I comment but as a nonsubscriber, I forfeit my right to vote.

I like every story that I read and enjoy. I also try to comment on every story. Even if it is a simple “great story!” I know that the author appreciates it and I appreciate seeing the stories I love with many likes and comments. The author has put in enough work to give us their story, I do not expect a thank you for reading, liking, or commenting. It is the least we can do as readers.

Quote by Icarus4

I comment but as a nonsubscriber, I forfeit my right to vote.

How so? Any registered member can hit the Like and Favourite buttons. There's no requirement that you be a paid member to do that (unless something changed and I missed it).

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I like every story that I read and enjoy. I also try to comment on every story. Even if it is a simple “great story!” I know that the author appreciates it and I appreciate seeing the stories I love with many likes and comments. The author has put in enough work to give us their story, I do not expect a thank you for reading, liking, or commenting. It is the least we can do as readers.

I always comment. The author did a lot of work. I would like to show them that it did not just disappear into the void.
On the other hand, if I comment on several stories and there is no 'like' or 'thanks', I assume they would prefer to be ignored, so I do.

As a reader, I certainly don’t Like every story that I read. But when I do, I almost always try to leave a few words as a Comment.

As an author (and, not fully understanding the etiquette, I didn’t necessarily do this the first year I was on here), I try to reply to absolutely every comment, without exception. I don’t usually PM, which never occurred to me might be expected, but I have started to post thank-you messages on the Walls of readers who’ve Liked or commented on my stories. Seems a nice practice.

When I read a story I will sometimes "like" and if I really enjoyed it I will "like" and comment. While I don't expect a "like" of my comment, a PM or a reply comment, it is nice to know they acknowledged my comment.
As a writer, I appreciate those who score and comment on my stories. WTS, I simply do not have the time to write a reply comment or PM to every reader. I do try to "like" their comments so they know I read it.

As a reader, if I enjoy a story, I will "like" it, and if I really enjoy it, I will also click on the "favorite" star. I try to always leave a comment on a story that I've liked. If I'm short on time, my comment might be short. But I want the author to know that I appreciated their hard work and effort in creating and sharing their story.

As a writer, I do my best to reply to every comment in a timely manner. I don't post thank you messages on profile walls because I've thanked them directly by replying to their comments. I know a lot of authors do both. I don't always have the time to do so, and I don't want to be inconsistent and make any reader feel as though their comment was less important to me than someone else's. I don't feel it necessary to PM every reader, for that same reason.

When I read a story I always like if I've enjoyed it along with leaving a comment to show that I've appreciated the writers work. With my own stories I always like and usually respond to any comments left by the reader.

Not everyone is on this site for the community. I love getting comments and likes on my stories, and do my best to leave them when I read stuff I like.

That said, I would never be upset at someone who's not looking to engage, just to read. That's fine! I have no expectations of readers beyond hoping they enjoy what I'm putting out there.

I've never posted on anyone else's wall, and I never DM anyone about stories. I think that's what the story comments are for.

Seems that less than 5% of people who read stories give them a like it comment. Many times, it’s even less if you look at the stats for most stories. If someone comments on my stories, I typically leave them a return comment of at least Thank you 🙏