So I was going over some of my stories the I previously posted on here, and I noticed that three of my scories were scored from thirty to forty times and I look at the scores most were either one's two's and three's. Well, idk about you but when I get a low score, I want to know why I got it in the first place. Some of my other friends too, have random stories of theirs that was given multiple low scores without reason. So I believe there is some one or some group of people trolling the site, and so I was wondering if it was possible to see who scored on the stories and what their score was.
I know it is supposed to be anonymous and private for people to score stories without persecution, because no doubt some people are childish and would go after the person for a low score. But when forty score low on single random stories, that is suspicious and needs to be dealt with.
My advice is simple: Just don't go there. Everything is monitored, so if there is a troll, it will either have been dealt with or is in the midst of being dealt with.
This has, and always will be, an issue on sites like this...if you go to "Settings" then "Settings/Privacy" you can set it so that only members can vote on your stories...
I did that myself a while back after a similar experience to yours btw...not much you can really do about it otherwise, I'm afraid...
I once knew a drinker who had a moderating problem...
That's awful..thanks for the heads up..
I switched my settings on both sites..
Alright thanks, D_M I hope this doesn't remain an issue for long.
It's an issue we're aware of and we are looking into it. The low scores are all anonymous votes and that should not even be possible - it's not possible to score a 3 or less while not logged in. I assure you this will be sorted, but I cannot tell you how long it will take to investigate the matter. The only solution I can offer right now is for you to inbox me the links to the affected stories and I will remove all anonymous votes.
“Many people hear voices when no one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing.”
Reb and I talked about this on Friday and I have seen the same behavior on three of my stories too. May I have the anonymous votes removed? One of my stories got hit with 75 votes. I knew right away trolls were at work.
One suggestion I can make is to make only members score the default setting when establishing a membership.
Cal Erickson
I just keep hopping from place to place.
I never stay too long.
I just keep moving singing a song.
So you better stop me if you want to chat.
Or you will never know where I am at.
I, too, have been trolled on some of my stories. There's not much point in moaning about it because somehow the trolls have found a way around the safeguards put in place. Nothing is infallible, after all.
Sadly there isn't much we can do about it other than removing the scores. Even some of my stories have been targeted. I will check on your stories, Andrew.
“Many people hear voices when no one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing.”
I think I have mentioned this before and it would address both the dumping (giving a low score to drop average) and the pumping (stampeding high scores to friends).. dumping and pumping has always been an issue on both sites.. make all scorers leave a mandatory comment and place the score they gave next to their comment.. only authors can vote.. members who only read but don't post anything can only "like" (thumbs up) or "dislike" (thumbs down) another persons work.. just sayin'..
Everyone is entitled to their opinion.
Doesn't make sense to me.
Hugs. You write amazingly and beautifully.
I love your work.
