Crusade against Smuts?

senchou17

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I have come to notice that a lot of smut stories, either for having a sensual cover or going smutty right off the bat usually get slapped with heap of 1-stars within days of posting. For a site that embraced the premise of great freedom in posting, is this supposed to be a worrying trend?
 

Saileri

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It depends on expectations. But well, there are a lot of bombers. In my case, the "possible" smut came out as a lore heavy and slow slice of life story with a "bait" title so it got lotsa of onestars quickly, sometimes 5 during one night over trending. But there are also people who just do it because they can. After I posted my second story, it looked like some jumped ship and transferred their ratings instantly.

So, it's not exactly about smut I'd say, but it has higher chances to get bombed. And once you are branded, you are pretty much done. Some people drop onestars just because something is not up to their liking, like the premise or something. I completely expected getting blasted for having brothel in the title so I wasn't surprised. I actually was expecting more since I'm touching a lot of sensitive subjects now and in the future, sneaking them into the story.

Anyway, it really depends on the situation. I've seen many "normal" stories getting blasted too while they were decent. And naturally, most of onestarring happens during you getting to trending since the usual onestarrers are too lazy to go through the catalogue of novels and it's just a daily thing for them to drop some on the front page.
 

senchou17

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It depends on expectations. But well, there are a lot of bombers. In my case, the "possible" smut came out as a lore heavy and slow slice of life story with a "bait" title so it got lotsa of onestars quickly, sometimes 5 during one night over trending. But there are also people who just do it because they can. After I posted my second story, it looked like some jumped ship and transferred their ratings instantly.

So, it's not exactly about smut I'd say, but it has higher chances to get bombed. And once you are branded, you are pretty much done. Some people drop onestars just because something is not up to their liking, like the premise or something. I completely expected getting blasted for having brothel in the title so I wasn't surprised. I actually was expecting more since I'm touching a lot of sensitive subjects now and in the future, sneaking them into the story.

Anyway, it really depends on the situation. I've seen many "normal" stories getting blasted too while they were decent. And naturally, most of onestarring happens during you getting to trending since the usual onestarrers are too lazy to go through the catalogue of novels and it's just a daily thing for them to drop some on the front page.
Your story doesnt even have that much 1-star for such a blatantly named title anyways, i would say its above other smuts in terms of reader favorability
 

Monk_Origins

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Ya, I have to go with Saileri on this one. Its all about expectations you give to the read. For example, Tales of a Seductress, a masterpiece, has the rating of 4.5. And in my opinion, had Saileri chosen a more wholesome title fitting his story, he would have gotten 4.5-4.8 easily.
 

GDLiZy

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People are making it more damning that it actually is. Sexy covers and hot genres bring more eyes towards them, meaning more good and bad ratings. If you don't want attention, don't use baity covers.

Again, just because someone rates your story badly doesn't mean you're getting rating-bomb, don't be so egotistical.
 

BenJepheneT

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I have come to notice that a lot of smut stories, either for having a sensual cover or going smutty right off the bat usually get slapped with heap of 1-stars within days of posting. For a site that embraced the premise of great freedom in posting, is this supposed to be a worrying trend?
No, it's actually more like smut is an easier target to hit. It seems like smut gets the bulk of the one stars because most of the stories on this site has smut, one way or another.

Case in point; my own story. There isn't even any smut. It's furries beating the shit out of other furries. Yet, it still got hit with 4 one stars in a row.

I wouldn't worry about them. These one stars drive bys are just in it for cheap thrills. They'll move onto something new.

In fact, take it as a form of encouragement. Keep on that story of yours, attract new reviews and even out the playing field so hard that the one stars pale in comparison.
 

Freesia.Cutepearl

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I'll crusade your smut!
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OneRanter

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And then there is random people rating them with 5 stars :blob_whistle::blob_whistle::blob_whistle:
 
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