Bugs 1-star Rating Bomb from a suspicious account

velwoven

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Hello, guys. I'm not sure where to post this, but am feeling a little desperate and lost here, so please bear with me.

Today, I saw a 1-star rating from this following account. This account only has 1 book read, created on the exact same day that 0.5-star bomb dropped on my book on the other platform called Royal Road.

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This happened on the exact same day a 0.5-star rating was dropped on my book's RR serialization. Attaching a screenshot of my Royal Road stat here.

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What is the best course of action I should take here?
 
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L1aei

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For someone to drop a bomb on you, they don't require having to identify themselves as a reader. So if that account had read fifteen of your chapters and didn't like, then it's a legit rating from them. But that doesn't mean it was them. I could rate your novel without ever having seen the title, let alone viewing a chapter. That's how easy it is to abuse the system here.
 
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Since it was a brand new account, I guess it made sense. Nice that it got removed. Though sooner or later, you will get a legit 1-stas. We've all been through this, and while it sucks, that's how things are.

This wasn't a Review bomb, though, because it was only one account, right? Your story is back to a 4.9.

Maybe it was just one person who really hated your story. I'm a little surprised that you actually got it removed. Tony is really accommodating lately. The man is the GOAT.
 
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Yep, also found another hater that targeted me. Added both of my stories at the same time, read 1 chapter, instantly dropped them, and gave me a 1-star rating on both. All in a span of a single minute.
He has rated one story with a 5/5 and 40 other stories with a 1/5. Those are his only reviews.
1 x 5-star
40 x 1-star.
A nice, fair, balanced average rating of 1,09 stars.

@CountVanBadger You also got a present from that guy.

Lunarheart's Profile | Scribble Hub

www.scribblehub.com www.scribblehub.com

Really wonder why people do it. It's quite sad.
 
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@Fairemont

It's the same guy.

He rated your story at the same time as mine.

He added a bunch of stories 3 hours ago, and all instantly added them to his "dropped" list and left 1 stars left and right.

This might be worth a report, since he could never realistically read so many stories this fast.

Doesn't even hide his reading list; he just openly goes on a 1-star rampage.

@Juia_Darkcrest @JayMark @CharlesEBrown, @Envylope, @Tempokai, @Zinless, and many more Forum users also got hit.

That guy voted on ALL of @Juia_Darkcrest's stories, giving them all 1 star.

This seems to be a forum user targeting active people he doesn't like.
100% worth reporting. These are clear hate votes.

Needs a ban now.
 
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It may not be so simple. It is entirely possible that they read things, then drop what they don't like, and anything they drop just gets a 1-star automatically.

They obviously don't provide positive ratings of any sort, but its very possible they did read, or started reading, didn't like it, and then dumped it.
 
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Fairemont said:
It may not be so simple. It is entirely possible that they read things, then drop what they don't like, and anything they drop just gets a 1-star automatically.

They obviously don't provide positive ratings of any sort, but its very possible they did read, or started reading, didn't like it, and then dumped it.
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He added all of the 40 stories 3 hours ago, and he voted all 3 of @Juia_Darkcrest stories 1 star. There is not even room for doubt. Angry butthurt forum user. Just report. All of his 1-stars are from people active on the forum.
 
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All of his 40 hate 1-star ratings got removed by Tony/Admin. The stories are still on his reading list, so that means he still gave out 40 "drops," but that's fine.

Don't forget to block the account.

Thank you, Tony/Admin, you are the GOAT.

Thank you to everyone who dropped a quick report. Everyone's rating should be back to normal now.
 
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FRWriter said:
Yep, also found another hater that targeted me. Added both of my stories at the same time, read 1 chapter, instantly dropped them, and gave me a 1-star rating on both. All in a span of a single minute.
He has rated one story with a 5/5 and 40 other stories with a 1/5. Those are his only reviews.
1 x 5-star
40 x 1-star.
A nice, fair, balanced average rating of 1,09 stars.

@CountVanBadger You also got a present from that guy.

Lunarheart's Profile | Scribble Hub

www.scribblehub.com www.scribblehub.com

Really wonder why people do it. It's quite sad.
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Peeps desperate to push their own works up will always have a reason to pull others down.
 
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