Does SH have rating trolls like RR?

FGCCheckmate

Well-known member
Joined
Jul 31, 2021
Messages
108
Points
83
Just got bombarded with .5 star/1 star ratings on one of my stories for having a differing opinion on the forums.
Is SH known for doing the same thing?
 

T.K._Paradox

Was Divided By Zero: Found Glovebox Jesus
Joined
Nov 2, 2021
Messages
1,069
Points
153
Just got bombarded with .5 star/1 star ratings on one of my stories for having a differing opinion on the forums.
Is SH known for doing the same thing?
No, Scribble Hub doesn't do that.
Just got bombarded with .5 star/1 star ratings on one of my stories for having a differing opinion on the forums.
Is SH known for doing the same thing?
What could you have said that caused review bombs?
 

Renaxan

Enthusiastic about a lot of things.
Joined
Jan 2, 2019
Messages
131
Points
83
I am not sure, but I think trolls always exist everywhere.

They are just exist to ruin your own fun.

I remember getting rate 1* on my first publish without reason here. But again, I was writing fanfic, so it was understandable.
 

yinjenxie

Active member
Joined
Sep 6, 2020
Messages
29
Points
43
Same, although I didn't do any social stuff in RR, I was bombarded with 2 0.5 stars ratings. And same stuff happened in SH too (1 star rating).
 

Agentt

Thighs
Joined
Oct 8, 2020
Messages
3,533
Points
183
Don't worry OP, those stars would soon be removed, but only if multiple were given at the same instant, or if thry were given soon after you posted your series
 

FGCCheckmate

Well-known member
Joined
Jul 31, 2021
Messages
108
Points
83
Don't worry OP, those stars would soon be removed, but only if multiple were given at the same instant, or if thry were given soon after you posted your series
That didn't happen here. It happened on RR. And something in my gut tells me the mods won't do anything about it there. I'm just hoping the same doesn't happen on SH.
 

lnv

✪ Well-Known Hypocrite
Joined
Dec 24, 2018
Messages
487
Points
133
Just got bombarded with .5 star/1 star ratings on one of my stories for having a differing opinion on the forums.
Is SH known for doing the same thing?

I haven't seen or heard an instance here of people giving 1 star ratings due to different opinion. The last time something like that happened when people were 1 starring BL for example, Don Tony cleaned it up.

We won't stoop so low as to downrate people based on an argument. We handle things like real civilized human being here and hire assassins instead :P
 

Armorien

Well-known member
Joined
Nov 19, 2021
Messages
31
Points
58
ScribbleHub readers are generally also far less aggressive and more friendly arguably. And I think the whole rating system is used in the wrong way, whether it be them giving too high praise, or too low, people seem to think that a 0.5 = I don't like it, and 5 = I do, when there's a great deal of grey in the middle.
 

Cipiteca396

Monarch of Despair 🐉🌺🪽🌊🪶🌑🐦‍🔥🌈
Joined
Jun 6, 2021
Messages
2,700
Points
153
Just got bombarded with .5 star/1 star ratings on one of my stories for having a differing opinion on the forums.
Is SH known for doing the same thing?
I get in a lot of discussions, and so far only one of those resulted in a troll one star(that stayed long enough for me to notice it). Generally speaking, the people here are nice.

That said, if your opinion is inside the story, and it's shit like racism, sexism, or anti-LGBT stuff, people will definitely report and rate the story poorly if they find it. A couple genres like Boys Love and NTR also get ragged on quite a bit. A quick glance at your profile makes me think you won't have this problem.
 

InceTagn

A stranger passing by.
Joined
Oct 23, 2019
Messages
151
Points
83
SH has jerks who give my stories 5 stars.
Sorry, i feel guilty
No one explained
ScribbleHub readers are generally also far less aggressive and more friendly arguably. And I think the whole rating system is used in the wrong way, whether it be them giving too high praise, or too low, people seem to think that a 0.5 = I don't like it, and 5 = I do, when there's a great deal of grey in the middle.
 

bigbear51

Well-known member
Joined
Apr 19, 2020
Messages
193
Points
83
Well, if there's one thing I don't care for about seeing your story on RR would be calling yourself the #1 classic on scribblehub based on that specific tag ranking. It's about as dumb as that one random forum thread about some guy selling themselves as the first game based on a scribblehub story.

And I'm not going to say which one is "better" between SH and RR. If only because I don't really use the latter at all for writing or reading. I only know it because it's the place people here hate on because it's "meaner" than here.
 

SilvCrimBlac

A Historical Bastard
Joined
Apr 7, 2019
Messages
332
Points
103
Well, if there's one thing I don't care for about seeing your story on RR would be calling yourself the #1 classic on scribblehub based on that specific tag ranking. It's about as dumb as that one random forum thread about some guy selling themselves as the first game based on a scribblehub story.

And I'm not going to say which one is "better" between SH and RR. If only because I don't really use the latter at all for writing or reading. I only know it because it's the place people here hate on because it's "meaner" than here.
RR is more critical and has higher standards. The writing is also by far, on average, much better. People here can't handle the stricter standards and therefore tend to fall back on the classic "but trollz tho" and I've gotten to where I ignore these people. This thread alone is amusing. @Discount_Blade tends to have some amusing opinions about people who shout troll at the drop of a hat. Apparently, according to him, this forum used to be plagued with people making threads to cry about trolls the very second they got a 1-star.

Also, seeing as people drop 5's on stories that I very much doubt they deserved, I think people have very little right to lose their marbles over a 1 star. I mean...so much of the literature on this site is ranked at 4.5 and higher, and it's just...not deserving of that high rank. I mean stuff with obvious misspellings and grammar flaws in just the synopsis still have a 4.7!!! I mean seriously!!? Let's not even talk about the actual story content.....

Which is why, I like SH, but I like RR just as much because when you get a good rating on RR, you probably actually earned it and not because your popular and socialize frequently in the forums, which is something so many other writing sites fall victim too.

But still, SH is much more forgiving and kinder in its ratings. So if you don't want harsh criticism, or at least not as much of it, than here is your best bet.
 
Last edited:

Discount_Blade

Sent Here To Piss You All Off
Joined
Jul 2, 2019
Messages
1,347
Points
153
Oh gods, not another one of these stupid ass threads. I'll keep it short. If you don't whine about a random 5-star, shut up about a random 1 star because you most likely didn't deserve that 5 anymore than you don't think you did that 1. Okay? Okay.
 
Top