On vote watching. What is probably really happening behind the curtain...

[VallesMarineris]

Actually we can't see that. Other combinations (e.g. 22 x 5* + 14 x 4*) gives the same result for Ch2.

Not saying that you have not been 1-bombed, just that the numbers don't show it.

Sorry if I wasn't clear. I was checking daily and sometimes more often, so I saw each time the counter incremented, almost always by one. So, for example, when the score went from 5.00/5 to 4.33/6 I could tell that someone had given me 1 star. I've been doing that for these stories from the day each was published. I saw the 1-bombs happen.

 

[Cagivagurl]

I think it's important to note.
Some people will read and dislike for whatever reason, and they may vote with a 1.
It's not always malicious. Sometimes, it just presses the wrong buttons.
I have posted stories I thought would maybe do okay to find that mostly, all I did was antagonise a few readers.
That's OK. I know just because I liked it. Not everybody will.
The important take away is. Did you as the writer enjoy writing it?
If the answer is yes, then you're already a winner.
High scores are a nice to have, but they rarely tell the whole story....

Enjoy your writing.

Cagivagurl

 

[TheLobster]

I must be doing something wrong

You don’t have 1600 followers like @ShelbyDawn57.

Or 600+ followers like @AwkwardlySet, who are there mostly for the SF&F because that’s the majority of his catalog.

Instead, you have 400 followers spread over a diverse sampling of categories. Only a portion of them is interested in your fantasy stories; others just want you to write another episode with Sally.

 

[StillStunned]

You don’t have 1600 followers like @ShelbyDawn57.

Or 600+ followers like @AwkwardlySet, who are there mostly for the SF&F because that’s the majority of his catalog.

Instead, you have 400 followers spread over a diverse sampling of categories. Only a portion of them is interested in your fantasy stories; others just want you to write another episode with Sally.

Very true. Of my 436 followers, 400 are there just for Sal. She's probably feeling quite smug about that.

 

[Bazzle]

I have 151... sob sob sob

 

[Writer61]

Sorry if I wasn't clear. I was checking daily and sometimes more often, so I saw each time the counter incremented, almost always by one. So, for example, when the score went from 5.00/5 to 4.33/6 I could tell that someone had given me 1 star. I've been doing that for these stories from the day each was published. I saw the 1-bombs happen.

Fair enough.