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A vote is encouragement and apprecuiation.
Quote by vines
I read and vote on a story to the people that put a happy face when they message me. Or if someone asks me to. I'll just up vote it even if I think it is shit and not in the good way. Before I would rate people on my own standard so it was unfair. And even my own stories I would only vote a 4 if I could vote on them.
After thought: Possibly, that is a pic of a pair of prefect titties. Who ever was the doctor I must say job well done.
Quote by GirlyWorld
As an author I love to get feedback on my stories, not just the votes. I appreciate people who take the time to write about why they did or didn't enjoy the story. To me, there is more value in a comment than the vote, whether it is a comment for a good vote or bad. There is nothing more annoying to me than somebody voting a story low and providing no commentary. Sadly, some individuals - including some authors - forget that stories may take several hours if not days to craft, and simply vote a story low and leave no comment. When I catch someone doing this I block them, because if they cannot have the decency to explain why they voted low, then I don't care to have them voting on my stories. The other thing that annoys me is when I have a rally of good votes, somebody invariably comes along and votes the story down, leaving no comment. Same solution, if I catch them they get blocked. You may think this is a rather dramatic move, but it is the only way I know to avoid rogue low-scorers who can't be bothered to comment.
On the other hand, when I see a pattern of people voting average to low on one of my stories, I take note and try to understand what was wrong with the story. With even just a brief commentary, it is easier to understand where the problem lies. I wrote a long time ago about how one person had commented that my story was "a bit boring", followed by another person who said "I agree, it was a bit boring." To me, that feedback let me know that there was a fundamental issue which needed to be addressed. When I can see that there is a clear problem with what I have written, I may go as far as to remove the story completely, or re-write it to solve the problem.
I don't expect nothing but 4's and 5's, but I do expect people to think about why they are voting one way or another, whether or not it is a fair vote, and whether they can provide some constructive feedback.
Quote by GirlyWorld
As an author I love to get feedback on my stories, not just the votes. I appreciate people who take the time to write about why they did or didn't enjoy the story. To me, there is more value in a comment than the vote, whether it is a comment for a good vote or bad. There is nothing more annoying to me than somebody voting a story low and providing no commentary. Sadly, some individuals - including some authors - forget that stories may take several hours if not days to craft, and simply vote a story low and leave no comment. When I catch someone doing this I block them, because if they cannot have the decency to explain why they voted low, then I don't care to have them voting on my stories. The other thing that annoys me is when I have a rally of good votes, somebody invariably comes along and votes the story down, leaving no comment. Same solution, if I catch them they get blocked. You may think this is a rather dramatic move, but it is the only way I know to avoid rogue low-scorers who can't be bothered to comment.
On the other hand, when I see a pattern of people voting average to low on one of my stories, I take note and try to understand what was wrong with the story. With even just a brief commentary, it is easier to understand where the problem lies. I wrote a long time ago about how one person had commented that my story was "a bit boring", followed by another person who said "I agree, it was a bit boring." To me, that feedback let me know that there was a fundamental issue which needed to be addressed. When I can see that there is a clear problem with what I have written, I may go as far as to remove the story completely, or re-write it to solve the problem.
I don't expect nothing but 4's and 5's, but I do expect people to think about why they are voting one way or another, whether or not it is a fair vote, and whether they can provide some constructive feedback.
Quote by dpw
Why don't you just make commemting compulsary if yot vote? I can't leave comments since the change so I only vote. I often send a pm but not always.
It seems a bit extreme to block everyone that scores three or lower. It gives you a false idea of how good your story is. Why block anyone, we are all adults not children, well usually.
By the way, you've used a double negative at the start of your last paragraph. I don't expect anything or I expect nothing.
Quote by GirlyWorld
I don't think I specifically stated that I block people who score 3 or lower, but maybe that's how it could be understood from the context. I didn't realize that you can make comments compulsory. Thanks for that tip. I really don't see anything grammatically wrong with my last sentence, and definitely not a double negative.
Quote by daddysweetheart
Since you said you don't expect nothing, that means you expect something.
I think it is a double negative.
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Quote by GirlyWorld
My original sentence: I don't expect nothing but 4's and 5's, but I do expect people to think about why they are voting one way or another, whether or not it is a fair vote, and whether they can provide some constructive feedback.
Please let me try to explain. I did not say "I don't expect nothing", which would be a double negative. I said "I don't expect nothing but..." which has an entirely different meaning. If you look up the meaning in a dictionary, you will find that saying "nothing but" is the equivalent of saying "only", and therefore I could have written "I don't expect only 4's and 5's, but I do expect people to think about why they are voting one way or another..."
It is grammatically equivalent to saying "I don't expect only perfect students, but I do expect everyone to study hard," or alternatively in my original style of writing, "I don't expect nothing but perfect students, but I do expect everyone to study hard."![]()
Hopefully that clarifies.