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Why do some readers comment but not score?
Her Royal Spriteness
cause the scoring system only goes to 5 and they wanted to give you 6s. 
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Good question Trinket. I am one of those who comment but don't score. I've submitted a few scribbles on Lush and a few really good friends scored them as 5s. While I appreciate the support, I know they are really only 3.5s at best. There are some amazing writers here who clearly deserve high marks and it's embarrassing to be rated with them as I feel that I water down their deserved scores. The comments mean so much more to me personally, I just started to leave my thoughts on others work instead of a score. It's just more personal.
Active Ink Slinger
I'm not sure if you have these settings enforced, but I will sometimes write a comment on a story and then try to leave a score and then it prompts me for a comment.
Since I've already written the comment, I cannot bypass this unless I write another comment. So I just forget scoring it and go on about my day.
Since I've already written the comment, I cannot bypass this unless I write another comment. So I just forget scoring it and go on about my day.
Cocolicious
I do this sometimes when I know someone highly values high scores and I cannot give them a high score. There are other times when I simply forget.
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I've noticed on my last couple of poems, quite a few people comment on the story, but don't leave a score. I would have thought it would be more scores than comments. I'm wondering why some readers don't score if they have taken the time to leave a comment?
Everyone has their own way of telling you what they think - not everyone is alike.
Not everyone reads for the same reasons, to boot.
There are a variety of options for both readers and writers in the hopes of giving everyone a comfortable path to take, while trying to encourage as many responses as possible.
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I do this sometimes when I know someone highly values high scores and I cannot give them a high score. There are other times when I simply forget.
I was afraid someone was going to say this.
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Good question Trinket. I am one of those who comment but don't score. I've submitted a few scribbles on Lush and a few really good friends scored them as 5s. While I appreciate the support, I know they are really only 3.5s at best. There are some amazing writers here who clearly deserve high marks and it's embarrassing to be rated with them as I feel that I water down their deserved scores. The comments mean so much more to me personally, I just started to leave my thoughts on others work instead of a score. It's just more personal.
Thanks for your post playsit. I do think you're under-rating yourself if you think your stories/poems are 3.5 at best, I strongly disagree with you on that, but I know what you're saying about not wanting to be scored the same as other writers.
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I'm not sure if you have these settings enforced, but I will sometimes write a comment on a story and then try to leave a score and then it prompts me for a comment.
Since I've already written the comment, I cannot bypass this unless I write another comment. So I just forget scoring it and go on about my day.
I used to have forced comments on but don't anymore.
Well aren't you a sweetheart!
I thought about this further today and perhaps have changed my mind regarding voting. I struck me that reading others work is much like wondering through an art museum. Only a select few pieces might speak to me, but I really would never say something negative about those that don't. Just because a piece doesn't speak to me doesn't mean much, the next person may love it. I guess voting and commenting is a lot like that. Those to whom a piece speaks will respond positively, others just glance and move on. Maybe I should start voting again.
Thanks for making me think more about this.
I thought about this further today and perhaps have changed my mind regarding voting. I struck me that reading others work is much like wondering through an art museum. Only a select few pieces might speak to me, but I really would never say something negative about those that don't. Just because a piece doesn't speak to me doesn't mean much, the next person may love it. I guess voting and commenting is a lot like that. Those to whom a piece speaks will respond positively, others just glance and move on. Maybe I should start voting again.
Thanks for making me think more about this.
Active Ink Slinger
Sometimes I'll leave a "vanilla" like comment and then send the writer a PM that further explains what I really feel...expanding the comment the on the page. A lot of times I just wish there was a "like this" button rather than a scoring system...jmho.
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The Linebacker
I've noticed that sometimes the vote does not actually register. This is especially true if I use the vote box at the top right of the story.
Active Ink Slinger
I just forget sometimes honestly...
God Empress of Lush
I actually just sometimes forget to score, especially if I've enjoyed a story so much that I'm looking forward to leaving a proper comment. Sometimes I remember to score later, when I'm 're-reading a favourite.
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Active Ink Slinger
getting carried away by reading, and then commenting, just forgetting the score button!
Active Ink Slinger
When I joined Lush I read a story then the comments then moved to another story. Then I started to browse the forums and found my voice. Now I always put a score but not always a comment, don,t want to say critical things until I've had the guts to post a story but if it's good I'll let you know.
Active Ink Slinger
Scoring is more subjective than commenting. Against which guideline/standard do you measure? If each person applies their own base point the scoring becomes quite meaningless.
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Well, also, votes are anonymous to everyone else. Comments aren't.
I just had a thought about this and the votes aren't as anonymous as they were... with the timeline, quite a few times I have been able to figure a score someone gave me. e.g. on one story I had 21 scores of 5. Someone came along a few days later and all of a sudden I had 1 score of 4. Of course it doesn't bother me, but it's possible that might have something to do with it, if a friend doesn't want you to know they would give you less than a 5, which is silly, I know.
It doesn't matter to me whether people comment, score or both, I was only curious to hear why some people might do this. thank you all for your replies, it's helped me understand it all a bit more.
Asleep, I really liked the idea about a 'like' button
Big-haired Bitch/Personality Hire
Probably because they don't want to. Those who want to, do so. Those who don't want to refrain from doing so.
Some people are just fickle that way...or maybe they become so engrossed in commenting that they forget to score.
Some people are just fickle that way...or maybe they become so engrossed in commenting that they forget to score.
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Active Ink Slinger
I've commented without scoring, I think. Absentmindedness. The comments are more important anyway.
An old favorite story of mine: The Chaise Lounge
Some people read stories not being logged on. They might vote at time or just forget voting after leaving comment, thinking that already did so.
With me is the case, what I read, I vote and leave comment. I am extremely generous and supportive when it comes to voting and commenting. I am no literary critic and this is fun site for people to relax and have fun. We have mods who are trying to keep quality as Nicola wants, there is no need for me to be unsupportive. At least this is how I see it.
With me is the case, what I read, I vote and leave comment. I am extremely generous and supportive when it comes to voting and commenting. I am no literary critic and this is fun site for people to relax and have fun. We have mods who are trying to keep quality as Nicola wants, there is no need for me to be unsupportive. At least this is how I see it.
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Quote by Buz
I've noticed that sometimes the vote does not actually register. This is especially true if I use the vote box at the top right of the story.
I've heard this being an issue on phones as well. It doesn't register a lot of the times. When a few people tell me they've voted but it doesn't go through, they go back and vote. It's a little flaw.
Edit: If I comment, I vote, if I vote, I comment. Just makes sense to me. It's what I'd hope others do for me, so I do for them.
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My lil penneth .. I dont read many stories here and neither in real life either. On here I always leave a comment but not always a score. My reason for this is that I see the comment as my opportunity to express how much I liked or maybe disliked the story and just that so just a very personal view. However I see the score more reflective of a number of factors more related to the writers abilities as a writer and therefore I dont feel I should score since I know nothing about writing stories so it wouldnt be helpful to do so ... ugh I didnt express that very well but perhaps it makes sense.
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