On a practice I have noticed as being somewhat common.

[DireBadger]

I am reading stuff, and then rating based on Plot, Characters, Setting, Grammar, and Writing style. If they do one of them to an ok level (ex: Grammar being around the level required for passing required schooling) then I do half a star where if they do it to a “good” level (ex: Grammar varies depending on the character) then I give a full star. Seeing as this doesn’t have half star ratings I usually round down (most of the 1 star reviews are really 1.5).

Yeah, I have met plenty of people who self-gratify by convincing themselves that their nastiness is justified. The rest of the world refers to it as 'Karen'. Just make sure you clean up your keyboard afterwards.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Yeah that would have been simpler wouldn't it? It wasn't a bad story, it wasn't a great story. It was just...okay?

We can agree that, at best, SL is okay. It's not 10\10 and not even an 8\10. 5\10 at most, which is not how it is rated.

He's a new member too. He joined just to speedrun giving as many bad ratings as he could. ?

I won't lie or pretend like the guy did something horrible. Unless he rates one specific genre with 1-stars, for example BL, the man does more good than bad.

 

[Juia_Darkcrest]

You could just read the 5-10 chapters and then give it a rating.

I could and have before, but the vast majority of the time, I cant be bothered.

I also dont review things poorly just because what they are writing isn't my 'cup of tea'. My 'hot garbage' might be your 'The Catcher in the Rye'.

Now that said, if it a genre I normally enjoy, and it is crap or becomes crap once I invested 30-40+ chapters in, I've will make a review, along with my issue.

 

[IMWPersonal]

We can agree that, at best, SL is okay. It's not 10\10 and not even an 8\10. 5\10 at most, which is not how it is rated.

I won't lie or pretend like the guy did something horrible. Unless he rates one specific genre with 1-stars, for example BL, the man does more good than bad.

First time I’ve seen someone not be toxic about giving low ratings.

 

[DireBadger]

I could and have before, but the vast majority of the time, I cant be bothered.

I also dont review things poorly just because what they are writing isn't my 'cup of tea'. My 'hot garbage' might be your 'The Catcher in the Rye'.

Now that said, if it a genre I normally enjoy, and it is crap or becomes crap once I invested 30-40+ chapters in, I've will make a review, along with my issue.

Hehehe, it's almost like... if the writer started strong, and was doing really well, and then dropped the ball hard, that's a sin worthy of notice, otherwise you can't be bothered by idiots being idiots.

 

[IMWPersonal]

Yeah, I have met plenty of people who self-gratify by convincing themselves that their nastiness is justified. The rest of the world refers to it as 'Karen'. Just make sure you clean up your keyboard afterwards.

What nastiness? I’m pretty sure half of what I rated as 1 star are translations.

Most of the rest are fanfictions, which I do judge harsher than originals. Solely because there is a direct comparison for the characters, setting, and I guess the plot. Sorry, but if none of it is like in the source then that is just bad writing.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

First time I’ve seen someone not be toxic about low ratings.

Look, I don't know what exactly you do, so I'm not on 'your side'. You can still be a troll. But, in general, low ratings are vital. SH needs them because we have an absurd inflation of hollow 5-star.

 

[DireBadger]

What nastiness? I’m pretty sure half of what I rated as 1 star are translations.

Then report them as bad translations. That's a bannable offense on this website, and one of the first rules. However, badly-written by people who don't really understand the art is... well... they are not judged that hard here, in hopes that their writing improves. And sometimes it actually does.


Report is entirely different from rate.

 

[Gray_Mann]

SH needs them because we have an absurd inflation of hollow 5-star.

Lol. I'm ALL for this. The amount of 5 stars here is the main reason I trust RR ratings more. Sure, on RR SOME are definitely bullshit. But on SH, MOST are definitely bullshit. I hardly remember to rate or pay attention to ratings on anything on SH anymore.

Too much fake positivity. It can be nauseating reading the comments on occasions and just know half of them have to be lying through their teeth while trying to be nice.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Lol. I'm ALL for this. The amount of 5 stars here is the main reason I trust RR ratings more. Sure, on RR SOME are definitely bullshit. But on SH, MOST are definitely bullshit. I hardly remember to rate or pay attention to ratings on anything on SH anymore.

Too much fake positivity. It can be nauseating reading the comments on occasions and just know half of them have to be lying through their teeth while trying to be nice.

Simply rating everything 1-star to 'counter' fake 5-stars won't help either. There is nothing that will differ a person with higher standards and a troll in that case. At the very least people should make a couple of extensive reviews to get some credibility. I know how hard it is to praise bad works, but you have to squeeze some praise as well, highlight something good. Do not be a dick when you rate a story low either. It is something that ruins your credibility and makes you look like a troll even when you are not one.

Adjusting the score is also something you have to do. You can't just compare the first web novel of an 17 year old boy from Brazil with works of Sanderson, Abercrombie, Martin, or whoever you consider to be a good writer. I think you should compare web novel with other web novels.

I don't know, I'm just rambling at this point.

 

[Enkiari]

What nastiness? I’m pretty sure half of what I rated as 1 star are translations.

As is, you have spent 4 days on site. I can't currently check, but based on others here you have poorly rated around 25 stories per day.
Assuming you DID read at least 3 chapters per story and the average chapter length was 2k words (which is a normal amount for webnovels), then you have spent a lot of time just shitting on others.
Let's see... A fast-ish reader reads 2k words in around 5min. You read 75 chapters per day and gave them rating.
5min x 75chapters = 6.25hours.
I will be generous and assume you are a very fast reader and won't account for the time spent in searching the novels and rating them.

HOLY SHIT! THAT'S A FULL SHIFT! It's your work or something?
How are you not a troll?
The thread is not breaking any rules, so I won't close it.
But I am reporting you to site admin.

 

[IMWPersonal]

Lol. I'm ALL for this. The amount of 5 stars here is the main reason I trust RR ratings more. Sure, on RR SOME are definitely bullshit. But on SH, MOST are definitely bullshit. I hardly remember to rate or pay attention to ratings on anything on SH anymore.

Too much fake positivity. It can be nauseating reading the comments on occasions and just know half of them have to be lying through their teeth while trying to be nice.

Royal Road? They have the most severe problem of this that I’ve noticed. Well, it’s really the “Traded Ratings” that are the problem. Not too long ago there was like a dozen people who took over the “Rising Stars” page. To be fair, half of them were decent writers but not enough to be in the top 5 for a month. The other half were people who would never in their lives hit a top 50 let alone stay in the top 10 for a few weeks.

Then please make your reading/ratings public again so that we can check.
As is, you have spent 4 days on site. I can't currently check, but based on others here you have poorly rated around 25 stories per day.
Assuming you DID read at least 3 chapters per story and the average chapter length was 2k words (which is a normal amount for webnovels), then you have spent a lot of time just shitting on others.
Let's see... A fast-ish reader reads 2k words in around 5min. You read 75 chapters per day and gave them rating.
5min x 75chapters = 6.25hours.
I will be generous and assume you are a very fast reader and won't account for the time spent in searching the novels and rating them.

HOLY SHIT! THAT'S A FULL SHIFT! It's your work or something?
How are you not a troll?
The thread is not breaking any rules, so I won't close it.
But I am reporting you to site admin.

Time wise, I have way more than you would expect. I work from home pretty much everyday (only needing to go to conferences or events once or twice a month), have really bad insomnia, and use 3 monitors. Pretty easy to multitask when most of your work is emailing and waiting for replies to emails too.

I read in a weird way (can’t remember the exact name of the method), where you basically disregard certain words. Words that, if you know the language, aren’t necessary to understand the content. By doing this you can cut the amount of words by anywhere between a quarter to a third. Most of the words you “skip” are extremely basic words that unskilled/untrained writers tend to use more than they should or need.

And I just realized I mostly use my linguistics degree is to read faster. I don’t think I could translate in conversation anymore either.

 

[Enkiari]

I read in a weird way (can’t remember the exact name of the method), where you basically disregard certain words. Words that, if you know the language, aren’t necessary to understand the content. By doing this you can cut the amount of words by anywhere between a quarter to a third. Most of the words you “skip” are extremely basic words that unskilled/untrained writers tend to use more than they should or need.

And I just realized I mostly use my linguistics degree is to read faster. I don’t think I could translate in conversation anymore either.

Even if you read twice as fast, I assumed just 3 chapters per story. Which, according to your list, is not true.
It ranges, but generally it will be at least a few chapters up to 20-ish.

I will put it this way - your obsession is rather unhealthy.
No matter how you spin it, it's hours and hours of reading just to drop a poor rating, not even explaining why you did it.

And that is assuming you are not just a troll, which I am rather inclined to believe you are.

It's also very cringe how you keep bringing up the 'I am very smort' card.
Being well educated doesn't excuse you from being a dick about what you do.

 

[IMWPersonal]

Then report them as bad translations. That's a bannable offense on this website, and one of the first rules. However, badly-written by people who don't really understand the art is... well... they are not judged that hard here, in hopes that their writing improves. And sometimes it actually does.


Report is entirely different from rate.

True, but in the time it takes for it to be banned you may as well give your thoughts on it.

Even if you read twice as fast, I assumed just 3 chapters per story. Which, according to your list, is not true.
It ranges, but generally it will be at least a few chapters up to 20-ish.

I will put it this way - your obsession is rather unhealthy.
No matter how you spin it, it's hours and hours of reading just to drop a poor rating, not even explaining why you did it.

And that is assuming you are not just a troll, which I am rather inclined to believe you are.

It's also very cringe how you keep bringing up the 'I am very smort' card.
Being well educated doesn't excuse you from being a dick about what you do.

I think I only brought up something relating to intelligence once, when I said I had a degree. Even that was only because my dictation app picked up something I said offhandedly.

And the amount of time I spend on this site is like 2 hours if you don’t include me passing time between emails. And most of the things I’ve rated do not have anywhere near the amount of words you assume they do.

 

[BigBadBoi]

Some will say they have high ratings because the story is good, which is true for many

I've seen a lot of abyssmal dogshit here that is rated highly. Low ratings aren't incentivized in this site because you have to add it in your reading list first before you can rate it so a lot of people can't be assed to rate dogshit lowly if they can just drop it, never read it again and forget about its existence.

 

[Enkiari]

True, but in the time it takes for it to be banned you may as well give your thoughts on it.

I think I only brought up something relating to intelligence once, when I said I had a degree. Even that was only because my dictation app picked up something I said offhandedly.

Oh, sorry. I coupled it up with your Profile info. My bad.

And the amount of time I spend on this site is like 2 hours if you don’t include me passing time between emails. And most of the things I’ve rated do not have anywhere near the amount of words you assume they do.

What the fuck are you talking about?
Out of interest, I checked your dropped list again and counted some of the chapters. I didn't even get through third of the list before it got to 222k words MINIUM. Which it was not. I counted each chapter as just 1k words. And they were not. I also checked that.
So... you are now... saying... 2 hours... for... something... like... 600k words a minimum?

The fuck do you mean?
Explain? Explain yourself now.

 

[IMWPersonal]

I've seen a lot of abyssmal dogshit here that is rated highly. Low ratings aren't incentivized in this site because you have to add it in your reading list first before you can rate it so a lot of people can't be assed to rate dogshit lowly if they can just drop it, never read it again and forget about its existence.

Kind of why I brought it up. Nearly everything on the top 100 list is really 3 or 2 stars. Some of them are actually good but what can you do when writers with hundreds of followers tell people to rate the shit they posted 3 chapters of. Literally saw something get one chapter uploaded and 2 hours later it had like 40 five star reviews.

Oh, sorry. I coupled it up with your Profile info. My bad.

What the fuck are you talking about?
Out of interest, I checked your dropped list again and counted some of the chapters. I didn't even get through third of the list before it got to 222k words MINIUM. Which it was not. I counted each chapter as just 1k words. And they were not. I also checked that.
So... you are now... saying... 2 hours... for... something... like... 600k words a minimum?

The fuck do you mean?
Explain? Explain yourself now.

I think, since it has being questioned by an admin, I should fully explain how I ended up creating an account.

So I basically always have this website open in the background. Most of my job is messaging/emailing people so I can either sit around doing nothing for half an hour (if I’m lucky) or I can flip through websites like this.

I created my account like a week after I started using this website. Before I was getting by with a notepad, writing down what I read, chapter I got to, and my general thoughts on the book.

Now, if I see something I read already, I speed through to where I ended and then I read little bit more just to make sure I wasn’t in a bad mood or that something else was taking my attention.

There are a few things that could be part of what you are confused about but I don’t want to bring up because apparently I’ve been bragging about my intelligence and they kind of have to do with my “smortness”.

 

[Juia_Darkcrest]

Simply rating everything 1-star to 'counter' fake 5-stars won't help either. There is nothing that will differ a person with higher standards and a troll in that case. At the very least people should make a couple of extensive reviews to get some credibility. I know how hard it is to praise bad works, but you have to squeeze some praise as well, highlight something good. Do not be a dick when you rate a story low either. It is something that ruins your credibility and makes you look like a troll even when you are not one.

Adjusting the score is also something you have to do. You can't just compare the first web novel of an 17 year old boy from Brazil with works of Sanderson, Abercrombie, Martin, or whoever you consider to be a good writer. I think you should compare web novel with other web novels.

I don't know, I'm just rambling at this point.

You just do the good ol' Shit sandwich method.

Say something nice, tear it to pieces, then say something nice...

 

[Enkiari]

There are a few things that could be part of what you are confused about but I don’t want to bring up because apparently I’ve been bragging about my intelligence and they kind of have to do with my “smortness”.

I mean... I did apologise about that part. My mistake.
Also. I am just a forum mod. The best I can do is to bring attention to something I or the community finds suspicious.

And wow... You are actually just being a dick out of choice.
I mean, okay. I have nothing to say to that.
Instead of helping, giving input or commenting really, you just give low ratings.
... to do what exactly?
I mean, really. Why? It is a genuine question.
If you are just giving a bad rating to everything without explaining anything how exactly are you different from a troll?

 

[RepresentingWrath]

You just do the good ol' Shit sandwich method.

Say something nice, tear it to pieces, then say something nice...

Ehh, usually you don't even need to tear it to pieces, most web novels fall apart on their own. But I digress.