Question on user ethics.

[Madmcgee]

So, I'm no stranger to getting low ratings on stories; it's a good way to learn, especially when people offer comments as to what they didn't like; honestly, it's one of the best ways to learn where you lose people or what you can improve!

But, I got hit by a drive-by 1* on one of my stories and went, 'damn, that sucks,' lol. But oh well, w/e, right?

Ofc I took a look to see who my recent readers were and didn't see anyone who left a low rating, so I chopped it up to trolling and carried on.

Well, aren't I looking through all the new stories to see a bunch of brand new and poor books getting dumped on by 1* ratings, it made me curious. So I took a peek, and, damn man, some of these stories only had 2 readers, one of which offered 5 stars, the other had no indication of the story in their reading list, yet the books got a 1 star and a 5-star rating.

Saw four stories that followed this trend with the same user in each one without the story in their list, and funny enough, I remembered the same user on my own story shortly after I noticed the rating drop.

Is this normal for SH? Crazy to think people are just going around dropping that stuff on random people... Dosent get much more mean-spirited for a place where everyone just likes to share their creativity.

 

[ignova]

Some platforms deliberately lack (or got rid of) downvoting features, because they get abused by trolls or brigades. One star reviews have similar abuse potential. For that reason, I'm not a fan of star based review systems. But what can you do. ?

 

[RiceballWasTaken]

Some platforms deliberately lack (or got rid of) downvoting features, because they get abused by trolls or brigades. One star reviews have similar abuse potential. For that reason, I'm not a fan of star based review systems. But what can you do. ?

Do you think there might be a motive behind these trolls / brigades? If there is a motive, then we could get to the bottom of if it and if possible, negotiate a solution, or well by the very least understand them.

So, I'm no stranger to getting low ratings on stories; it's a good way to learn, especially when people offer comments as to what they didn't like; honestly, it's one of the best ways to learn where you lose people or what you can improve!

But, I got hit by a drive-by 1* on one of my stories and went, 'damn, that sucks,' lol. But oh well, w/e, right?

Ofc I took a look to see who my recent readers were and didn't see anyone who left a low rating, so I chopped it up to trolling and carried on.

Well, aren't I looking through all the new stories to see a bunch of brand new and poor books getting dumped on by 1* ratings, it made me curious. So I took a peek, and, damn man, some of these stories only had 2 readers, one of which offered 5 stars, the other had no indication of the story in their reading list, yet the books got a 1 star and a 5-star rating.

Saw four stories that followed this trend with the same user in each one without the story in their list, and funny enough, I remembered the same user on my own story shortly after I noticed the rating drop.

Is this normal for SH? Crazy to think people are just going around dropping that stuff on random people... Dosent get much more mean-spirited for a place where everyone just likes to share their creativity.

Yeah earlier, someone gave me a one star but when this thread opened up they removed their rating.

 

[vzymmer]

Let's name the guy serial 1* rater.

And an infamous legend was born on scribblehub this day.

On a serious note, yup that guy is a menace, best to just ignore the guy.

Anybody know the id though?