Devils.Advocate
An objectionable existence
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First, to be clear, I have not published anything, I am not an author, I read, but largely I don't rate, I don't comment, and I don't write feedbacks unless I am asked directly. Because I don't give out unsolicited feedbacks. Soooo.... I am not too hung up on the ratings, the trendings, the troll, the non-trolls, the harassments, the discriminations, the blind rabid fans, the hatred, the love, the lust and the repulsions.
BUT I do I like seeing if it is possible to create the best human experience.... where possible
And honestly, I have no idea if this is a good idea.
This idea is based on the line of thought, "IF YOU PUBLISH ONLINE YOU MUST BE WILLING TO ACCEPT ALL FORMS OF CRITICISM" While I am not sure if the is a good line of thought, I find this world view to be too... lazy? Irresponsible? Heartless?.... and authors lose some part of what makes writing joyus by subscribing to this paradigm.
BUT IF I were to run with it.
This is the system I can propose.
Authors have the power to manage the following settings
Opt-out of the rating system completely.
Opt-out of all comments on chapters.
Opt-out of reviews
Opt-out of trending
Secondary settings
Authors can:
exchange star ratings for a Like / dislike system
This is, of course, a feature moves the author more into isolation from the readers. HOWEVER, that has traditionally been how authors worked., works are assessed after it is done, and often are quite distant from the consumer.
Also, I am not saying we should be silencing the reader's comments, but readers have a wide variety of options to make their voices heard. they free to make a thread and we've dedicated websites to voice their thoughts, etc etc.
But I do think, in this line of thought, authors should not feel obligated or forced to hear it. Therefore, an author should have the freedom to choose to hear all feedback or not, good and bad.
At some time if they opt-in to be rated, to have the highs, they will need to accept the lows....?
Is this a good train of thought? For authors that turn off feedbacks and get feedback only when they ask for it, what is the downside of it? Can someone troubleshoot this?
Yes, and of course should an author opt-out they will still be in searching ranks under View counts, trending (unless they are opt-out) and other pure numerical stats.
Which lead to a follow-up question, should authors in this modular system, have the ability to Opt-out View count ranking, and Tag rankings as well??
EDIT:
Suggested addition
@LostLibrarian: Opting out of any review and ratings also link to opting out to treading, can't do one without the other
@Aaky: block patreon, paypal, and ko-fi whenever you disable comments and reviews
@UYScuti instead to just make ratings and review invisible to the writer/author
BUT I do I like seeing if it is possible to create the best human experience.... where possible
And honestly, I have no idea if this is a good idea.
This idea is based on the line of thought, "IF YOU PUBLISH ONLINE YOU MUST BE WILLING TO ACCEPT ALL FORMS OF CRITICISM" While I am not sure if the is a good line of thought, I find this world view to be too... lazy? Irresponsible? Heartless?.... and authors lose some part of what makes writing joyus by subscribing to this paradigm.
BUT IF I were to run with it.
This is the system I can propose.
Authors have the power to manage the following settings
Opt-out of the rating system completely.
Opt-out of all comments on chapters.
Opt-out of reviews
Opt-out of trending
Secondary settings
Authors can:
exchange star ratings for a Like / dislike system
This is, of course, a feature moves the author more into isolation from the readers. HOWEVER, that has traditionally been how authors worked., works are assessed after it is done, and often are quite distant from the consumer.
Also, I am not saying we should be silencing the reader's comments, but readers have a wide variety of options to make their voices heard. they free to make a thread and we've dedicated websites to voice their thoughts, etc etc.
But I do think, in this line of thought, authors should not feel obligated or forced to hear it. Therefore, an author should have the freedom to choose to hear all feedback or not, good and bad.
At some time if they opt-in to be rated, to have the highs, they will need to accept the lows....?
Is this a good train of thought? For authors that turn off feedbacks and get feedback only when they ask for it, what is the downside of it? Can someone troubleshoot this?
Yes, and of course should an author opt-out they will still be in searching ranks under View counts, trending (unless they are opt-out) and other pure numerical stats.
Which lead to a follow-up question, should authors in this modular system, have the ability to Opt-out View count ranking, and Tag rankings as well??
EDIT:
Suggested addition
@LostLibrarian: Opting out of any review and ratings also link to opting out to treading, can't do one without the other
@Aaky: block patreon, paypal, and ko-fi whenever you disable comments and reviews
@UYScuti instead to just make ratings and review invisible to the writer/author
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