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RokofAges75:
LOL Stalker!
I'm glad they took off the stars. It just sparked too much drama and competitivenes s. Reviews are more meaningful. I'm glad they did away with anonymous reviews too, which was the subject of another thread.
I like the kudos on AO3 as a quick way to say "Hey, I read this," like a "like" on social media, but I also think it makes some people feel like they don't need to leave a review. I think that's one reason why readers as a whole seem to review less on that site than they did here.
RokofAges75:
Who was the person who kept lowering everyone's stars?
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on January 15, 2021, 11:03:58 PM ---LOL Stalker!
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Hahaha. I was going to ask if it was stalking if you knew about it, but... It probably still is. I'll stop stalking you. And letting you know about it...
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on January 15, 2021, 11:03:58 PM ---I'm glad they took off the stars. It just sparked too much drama and competitivenes s. Reviews are more meaningful. I'm glad they did away with anonymous reviews too, which was the subject of another thread.
I like the kudos on AO3 as a quick way to say "Hey, I read this," like a "like" on social media, but I also think it makes some people feel like they don't need to leave a review. I think that's one reason why readers as a whole seem to review less on that site than they did here.
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I hated it on the stories, but I like to know for my restaurants and Amazon products. Does that make me hypocritical? I struggled on AO3 whether to allow anonymous reviews or not... They have so many settings.
I like the kudos as well for that same reason, but it's also kind of disappointing to see zero comments. Then again, it's an old story in chunks, so maybe that's part of it. Who knows!
Or, maybe everyone read all our feelings about reviews over the years and finally decided that if they had nothing more to say than "Update soon" it was better to be silent? I don't know which I would prefer.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on January 15, 2021, 11:05:27 PM ---Who was the person who kept lowering everyone's stars?
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I don't even remember? Some Anonymous Aardvark probably?
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on January 15, 2021, 11:15:04 PM ---I hated it on the stories, but I like to know for my restaurants and Amazon products. Does that make me hypocritical? I struggled on AO3 whether to allow anonymous reviews or not... They have so many settings.
I like the kudos as well for that same reason, but it's also kind of disappointing to see zero comments. Then again, it's an old story in chunks, so maybe that's part of it. Who knows!
Or, maybe everyone read all our feelings about reviews over the years and finally decided that if they had nothing more to say than "Update soon" it was better to be silent? I don't know which I would prefer.
I don't even remember? Some Anonymous Aardvark probably?
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I also appreciate star reviews for products, hotels, etc. Maybe if we were charging money for our stories, it would make more sense. But reading through that thread, I understand why we were all frustrated. It wasn't that we all expected to get a perfect 5-star rating. It was that we wanted to know why we were getting less than 5 stars - and that they were being lowered for a legitimate reason and not as a flame.
As for AO3, having posted both old stories and current stories there in the last 9 months or so, I can tell you I've gotten a lot more reviews on the new stories. But most of those have come from people who have read my stories here or on my own site. I haven't gotten many from AO3 users I don't know on any of my stories. I'm not sure if it's because it just takes time to establish a reputation on a new site, or if what I write isn't popular there, or if the feedback culture is just different there (kudos instead of comments). But it makes me appreciate the people here even more.
Personally, I would prefer a generic "Great chapter!" or "Update soon!" over nothing. I at least like to know who's reading.
Mare knew then, but I'm not sure if she'll remember now LOL. Mare?
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on January 15, 2021, 11:29:57 PM ---I also appreciate star reviews for products, hotels, etc. Maybe if we were charging money for our stories, it would make more sense. But reading through that thread, I understand why we were all frustrated. It wasn't that we all expected to get a perfect 5-star rating. It was that we wanted to know why we were getting less than 5 stars - and that they were being lowered for a legitimate reason and not as a flame.
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I think that was it. I also hate bad reviews for restaurants where they just write "Bad one star," but then the owner presses and it turns out that "my sister tripped in the bathroom and we couldn't get a bandaid soon enough to order a beer before happy hour ended, but I guess the food was tasty." And then I'm like, your sister deserves the one star review, not this restaurant! If someone wants to lower my star rating because I did something wrong, I'd rather know. I think part of it might have also been, "this new thing is different and I don't like it!" based anxiety.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on January 15, 2021, 11:29:57 PM ---As for AO3, having posted both old stories and current stories there in the last 9 months or so, I can tell you I've gotten a lot more reviews on the new stories. But most of those have come from people who have read my stories here or on my own site. I haven't gotten many from AO3 users I don't know on any of my stories. I'm not sure if it's because it just takes time to establish a reputation on a new site, or if what I write isn't popular there, or if the feedback culture is just different there (kudos instead of comments). But it makes me appreciate the people here even more.
Personally, I would prefer a generic "Great chapter!" or "Update soon!" over nothing. I at least like to know who's reading.
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I'm curious how many of the people there are from AC or elsewhere? I'm guessing no one just started posting BSB fanfic on AO3 when they started writing since it's not that old... I don't think anyway. I would like to know who's reading too. Right now I'm just assuming it's all spam bots. If someone is enjoying it, I think I do want to know even though feedback isn't necessarily the main reason I'm posting.
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