Got 1 star because of a comment in forum.

[RepresentingWrath]

If the author wants to lose all the credit and respect of his readers by doing it, I have no problem with him trying. As I said, Reddit has had this system for almost two decades. It works just fine, giving you an idea of how valid someone's opinion is.

Reddit is not a good site. I honestly don't use it. But virtually everyone say it's a cesspool. So I don't know about making SH more like Reddit.

We have come full circle. I've already explained why we can't depend on Tony to solve all our little problems. It's called micromanagement. I doubt he has the time to read a novel for each complaint to determine whether the review is valid. That's why it's so easy to exploit if you are smart and evil enough.

Then we should get one more mod. I would rather have a partial mod than authors do it themselves. I can't trust authors as a reader, and as an author I don't want to compete with people who have even more tools to cheat. Also, it's not easy to exploit. It's fairly obvious what kind of review should be removed, and what kind should stay, even without reading a story.

This is why I suggested letting everyone downvote the author's comments as well, so they can't wiggle out.

Who is going to do it? You see a review, and then you see author dismantling the review. You are going to read the novel, WASTE YOUR TIME, and after that you are going to dislike the reply. Thank you, no.

that's why there are so many complaints about 1-star ratings.

No. There are so many complaints because authors have barely any skin at all, and because they are two-faced. They are okay with unfair 5-stars, but not okay with 1-star ratings. It's that simple. The amount of complaints about real trolls against those who have thin skin is one in a ten.

No one is forcing anyone, only improving UI for everyone's good. When I ask for a review or rating at the end of a chapter, is that considered forcing? No, of course not. It's simply a call to action that does bring positive results. Why a website can't do it automatically is beyond my understanding.
I'm asking for a simple "Did you enjoy this novel? Consider leaving a rating: ☆☆☆☆☆". Pretty much every iOS and Android application does it because no one wants to waste their time opening the app store to do it manually.

And pretty much every other site still have the same ratio, or just a tad bit higher. People selfplug on YT all the time, yet the amount of viewers that gives likes is around 10% all the time. And all you have to do is click one button. I struggle to comprehend how UI is going to change anything. Unless you do a popup or something, which will make readers irritated rather than compelled to rate.

Partaking in any kind of entertainment is inevitably a gamble. No matter how many ratings you slap on something and how detailed they are, there's no 100% guarantee that someone is going to enjoy it. So their precious time will always be in danger.

That's not even taking into account that if someone reads 20 chapters and they stop enjoying it at 21, then it's still 20 chapters of entertainment they got. Again, for free.

People go to bookstores and buy physical books, based on nothing but a cover and synopsis on the back and you don't see them malding because they spend 1 day reading a book they didn't like. Even though they had even more valid reason for it--paying their hard earned money for it.

All that it takes is a couple of glances at tags and skimming through a chapter or two to know if you're going to enjoy the story or not. And if you can't do that, then all I can say is: skill issue and git gud.

Yeah, and that's why we should not change anything. Case closed.

 

[Seaspecter]

 

[LuoirM]

If Hopper isn't here in 6 hours, I'm ignoring him in PE class.

 

[Nolff]

Just to flip her off, I gave her a 5.

For this guy though, it's a 1.

After rereading it once more, I assume Hopper gave 1 star to K5. She asks for 1 stars.

I also understood it like this

Apparently follow up on the other rating thread?

@Hopper come and get burned at the stake

@Hopper did you give a rating to @K5Rakitan? If so, that’s acceptable, she has asked us to.

If not, why did you do such a petty rating for @HuaiChi ? It feels like the site has explicitly told people they shouldn't needlessly do a 1-star just for the fun of it, even implementing the VPN-detection and the need to add the novel to a reading list. You should now just change to a 5-star, or ask to remove the rating. Though, did you give a rating to @K5Rakitan ?

Alright then.

But first! Let me read his stories.

This ain't just a trolling thing now, @Hopper is a functioning member in society and this is a very serious accusation, the man should own up and/or clear things out.

I kinda forgot that adults tend to be serious with they're passion, whoops.

If Hopper isn't here in 6 hours, I'm ignoring him in PE class.

I doubt @Hopper will appear after so much drama ?

Maybe a second scr***ler phenomenon will happen. (Old users will understand who I mean)

People should ping @Hopper more for public execution.

It is too easy to make an account in SH. He could just make an account and shower me more 1 star. I will just ask Tony to remove them.
@Tony can you remove the one star rating given by Hopper.

Even though I bring chaos I did not expect someone to bring the headmaster himself.

Let me read through them chaps first, alr? I'll give an honest review this time.

 

[Deleted member 84247]

If you can't figure out such a simple thing... Well, let's just say, I prefer to keep fanfics and Originals seperate.

If you can't answer a simple thing… Well, let’s say you're an ass. Don't belittle me because you don't want to answer a question.

 

[KoyukiMegumi]

It's getting spicy now.

 

[Nolff]

That asshole said already that he's a troll on another tweet.
I just take everything from him as a joke.

Oh, thank you very much.

Whoo... I can't believe I've disrupted some of you guys' activities. xD

I just don't get why people troll in internet, aren't you guys scared of retaliation?

What if the guy you trolled decided to dedicate all his time to learn hacking? He will learn your IP, passwords, emails, and when he saw you being in your happiest moment he decides to go to your house then kill you.

I'm fine with it.

I deserved it then, didn't I?

I thought me and Huachi had come to understood each other, but no.

Stop using logic here! And stop speaking in truth bombs!

You too! Let me have my drama; I am feeding well right now! This thread turned out to be a gold mine. My drama laddle is overflowing!

GUYS, LET THE PROPHET COOK

It's getting spicy now.

LES GOOOOOO

I HAVE MADE HISTORY IN THE MANKIND OF SH FORUM
Hey, @HuaiChi.

Welcome.

 

[KoyukiMegumi]

Welcome.

I love this song!

 

[RepresentingCaution]

 

[Nolff]

I love this song!

Agree, this is what the guy I trolled should watch first.

Yes, there are laws to help you here in the world of anonymity, but none of that is going to prevent the bad, the funny, and the worst from disturbing you.

 

[LuoirM]

Why would you said you were misunderstood tho, in the profile post. If here you seems like you did it intentionally, so which one was it my nbba

 

[Zinless]

Why would you said you were misunderstood tho, in the profile post. If here you seems like you did it intentionally, so which one was it my nbba

Just trying to justify their childish actions, nothing profound here.

 

[Xcalibur_Xc]

If you can't answer a simple thing… Well, let’s say you're an ass. Don't belittle me because you don't want to answer a question.

Did I use any bad word in my reply? I even said the reason. Grow up, kid. Just because you want something doesn't mean you will get that thing. Now, throwing fit. Cry me a river.???

 

[Deleted member 84247]

Did I use any bad word in my reply? I even said the reason. Grow up, kid. Just because you want something doesn't mean you will get that thing. Now, throwing fit. Cry me a river.???

Don't play dumb. You know what you do when you say “if you can't figure out a simple thing…” How about you grow up and just come out and say I'm stupid? Instead of being a coward.

 

[ZukoMee]

He really gave it. One of the story has just 3 chapters

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Meh. It's gender bender nonsense. No harm done.

 

[Deleted member 19066]

coward

Stop rummaging thru assholes, all you end up with is a hand full of shit.

 

[Deleted member 84247]

Stop rummaging thru assholes, all you end up with is a hand full of shit.

I'm sorry. You right.

 

[KoyukiMegumi]

Stop rummaging thru assholes, all you end up with is a hand full of shit

A good advice!

 

[ZukoMee]

Posting for such a small reason.??? It must be the first time this happened to you. Just check my books lol. They followed me from Webnovel and RR to troll. Very common thing. Fake ratings and reviews. I did report them, but no one cares lol. So, in my opinion, Webnovel has the best rating system, you can just delete those troll reviews, but here, noooo. You need admin to remove them.

Getting one star has 0 impact on whether someone reads your story or not at least in SH. Most stories sit at 4-4.5, and they're either good and bad despite their rating. A one star on your story is inevitable. If you ever get big enough, you're bound to get a few of them. Tbh, just take it as as sign that you're big enough to attract people outside your audience (and also bots).

I don't even take the ratings here seriously because far too many are 4 stars and up when I personally don't believe even half of them deserve a 2-star, much less a 4. So I just skip the ratings and start reading and form my own opinion. SH ratings are mostly a polite/buddy system with no real authenticity.

Yep. Let's see here: Wattpad, RoyalRoad, WebNovel, Inkitt, ScribbleHub, Honeyfeed, Penana, Medium, Booksie, SpaceBattles, Sufficient Velocity, Reddit Serials, and then there's my Patreon. They all have different pros and cons, different genres they mostly cater to, and different audiences that overlap to varying degrees. They also have different rules and you have to carefully read through them to make sure you don't run into any issues. However, if you want your work to be discovered by more people and direct a larger audience to a Patreon, you have to post to as many sites as you reasonably can. Obviously, this exacerbates the issue when readers you block on one site follow you to the others, but that's just how it is, I guess.

I know a few more you might want to try.

How is this a "personal opinion"??

Personal or not, he wasn't wrong. She is what she is and seems to be proud of it.

 

[Verdant]

Webnovel’s rating/reviewing/commenting system sucks.

Pirates often delete all the reviews, ratings, comments that regular users post on those novels pointing out that they stole someone else’s work, and the admins of Webnovel refuse to respond or delete those pirated novels for months, and even years at a time, if they ever do decide to remove the novels from the site.

I really don’t see how that fosters a good look?

At least on SH, our moderators actually take the time to humanly look through reports. I would say it’s the same on RR, with actual mods that do care. Webnovel has a horrible rating system.

I never liked Webnovel for numerous reasons, including the review system and lack of inbuilt glossary (last time I checked), but I did not know this. Are there seriously people copying and pasting other author’s stories and deleting the evidence? A medium wage pay at max does not justify this behavior…