Fic Talk > General Discussion
Why can't the stars go away?
RokofAges75:
Well, the sites that used to do it took their sweet time (like a thousand years, right Mare? LOL), so I don't think that would be a problem. But if course, if you allow a month per story, you'd get really backed up unless there were a lot of reviewers. And if there were a lot of reviewers, it would be harder to compare stories to each other objectively based on reviews, cause everyone would rate a little different.
But maybe we could have one reviewer per genre (maybe two for the more popular genres on AC), and that way at least stories could be compared within their genre. And also, reviewers could just read stories in a genre they like. (So Mare, no romance for you! LOL)
honey:
I think that sounds like a great idea! If it happened, I would help out anywhere I could. Just don't ask me to proofread -lol I SUCK at grammar!
RokofAges75:
Nah, it wouldn't be any kind of proofreading, but I think the grammar stuff should be an area of the review. Like if you noticed that it was really bad, that would be an area for improvement. Even if you're not a good proofreader, you can probably recognize when a story is not well-written in that aspect.
nicksgal:
Well, then a month is totally not a long tiem at all. :D
I like that per genere thing....
but I don't know if it should be the genre of the reviewer's expertise though... Because they might be biased... Or they would know how to better avoid the cliches... It's really a toss up there....
julilly:
I just noticed another very stupid use of the star system.
Why is it, that people who write clear, concise, thought out plots with chapters that have correct grammar and punctuation, either get flamed or have people tell them all the little flaws when people who write the biggest, pieces of shit (sorry, it's true) fics with horrible punctuation, and a complete lack of plot line, and SENSE... have perfect stars and a bajillion reviews. Obviously I won't mention what fic I'm talking about (because I value my life) but that really bugs me. I try to give fics like that constructive criticism and tell them that maybe they should spell check, or that commas and periods are their friends but they only pay attention to the 5 star UPDATE MOAR!!!!!!!11111!
...but I'm not bitter or anything. :-\ Though it's very hard to have the power of delete and not use it sometimes!
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