Ral
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This.Some people are really, really, really bad at receiving reviews. You can even see it here on the forums when people get negative reviews or ratings. I've seen too many authors to count who act like receiving a negative review is literally a death sentence for their story, or it enrages them to the point of wanting to track the person down to harass them, causes them to get depressed and consider dropping the story, and so on. As for positive reviews - well, I never really see people bring those up since they tend to focus on the negativity. I'll see authors who receive a single negative review and act like it's the end of the world, but then when I go to look at their review section, the vast majority of the other reviews are glowingly positive. There are definitely authors who 100% care far more about reviews, and both positive and negative reviews (but mainly negative ones) can have a massive impact on them. I try to tell these authors not to take reviews so personally, but it rarely works.
I am so not going to review any story anywhere anymore. Sometimes I slipped but I try to stop myself. This is easy to do in SH since it is kinda a hassle to write reviews here.
And those kind of stories won't find success in other platforms.Everybody else I've talked to regarding SH, both other authors and readers, are pretty much all in agreement that SH is for "weeb" stories.
It is not bad that SH would provide a platform for the "leftovers;" for stories that don't find success elsewhere or not wanted elsewhere.The only way that SH is really gathering "leftovers" is in regard to sexual and LGBT content that is either banned or heavily discriminated against elsewhere, in which case I am happy to let SH be for those "leftovers."
The problem though with that is, it results to SH being kinda incoherent. There is little to no unity in its users both the writers and readers. In other platforms you can feel some energy there, the passion. Authors would be inspired by each other. Heck, even Patreon and Discord would provide more energy even though they aren't platforms dedicated to stories.
Members in SH just clashes with each other. I don't mean they fight each other. What I mean is that it doesn't feel comfortable to talk. This is kinda changing though. Maybe one day SH will be full to the max with energy.
Did they change their trending algorithm?Also, hey, Ral. I still have fond memories of that way-too-lengthy discussion we had that one time in RR's suggestions about Trending = P
Eh. Still a waste of effort. These kind of detailed and nuanced review might be hard to come by, but they are also rarely appreciated by the authors. If you wanted something that they would appreciate? Write a review that applaud them. Less effort but more successful in getting the appreciation you wanted.100% agreed that reviews should be for other readers. But it shouldn't be too harsh on the content either. Of course unless its a very detailed and nuanced review, which are hard to come-by.
The very authors who would not appreciate any criticism. The very sort of authors that you should not give reviews to.Majority of the authors here are amateurs in their starting steps or passion-writers. For them reviews could mean a measure of affirmation.
I think it was all gone now. I deleted, at least my part of the discussion. Though we do talk about the maths and the algorithms.Link please?
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