Stories I Suspect Have Been 1 Bombed

[BuckyDuckman]

Spiteful authors... over-enthusiastic fans... Deployment of alts... I don't know, but here's been my latest thought: without really trying, a good number of my stories include a lot of cum play. These are generally my higher scoring stories. They're also the ones that get hit with 1-bombs by people put off by otherwise heterosexual men who enjoy their women "used." Anyway - I seem to have attracted a following of like-minded people who enjoy my stories. It leads me to think, I should self-segregate my stories by using an alt. The problem is, I hate not getting credit for writing something. Dammit, I wrote it and whether the world at large likes it or not, it's mine!

I'm curious to hear from authors who write across a broad range of Lit's categories. Do you think it helps or hurts your scores/readership?

 

[lovecraft68]

Spiteful authors... over-enthusiastic fans... Deployment of alts... I don't know, but here's been my latest thought: without really trying, a good number of my stories include a lot of cum play. These are generally my higher scoring stories. They're also the ones that get hit with 1-bombs by people put off by otherwise heterosexual men who enjoy their women "used." Anyway - I seem to have attracted a following of like-minded people who enjoy my stories. It leads me to think, I should self-segregate my stories by using an alt. The problem is, I hate not getting credit for writing something. Dammit, I wrote it and whether the world at large likes it or not, it's mine!

I'm curious to hear from authors who write across a broad range of Lit's categories. Do you think it helps or hurts your scores/readership?

I don't know about broad.

I've written in mostly incest but in the last year have done
Mature
Group
Non-con
LW
Fetish.
BDSM

The one thing I am fairly certain of is the incest crowd does keep it in the family.

None of my other stories in different cats did above the average in that cat leading me to believe my following pays no attention to my work until I pop out another incest story.

Of course this is a guess with nothing to go by other than the numbers I can see. So if say average for a group is 200 or so off the bat I would have expected much more if my "fans" followed me over. Instead I feel I start from scratch in each category.

I also never see any of my regular incest commentors leaving remarks on non incest stories except for a couple of contest entries.

 

[sr71plt]

I'm curious to hear from authors who write across a broad range of Lit's categories. Do you think it helps or hurts your scores/readership?

My primary category under this name is a pretty small niche here. I think by writing also across about twenty-four categories has added readers and favoriting votes.

 

[ktmccoll]

I'm curious to hear from authors who write across a broad range of Lit's categories. Do you think it helps or hurts your scores/readership?

I've written across 8 categories (Erotic Couplings, 1st Time, Non-Human, Group Sex, Anal, Humor and Satire, Fetish, and Novels). With two series in the Non-Human category, I had a lot of cross-over. Between categories, not so much. What I have found is that Non-Human has enjoyed a higher than average number of hits and higher than average scores. For me, Novels and Novellas have gotten high scores but a relatively low number of hits (fear of commitment, maybe). Erotic Couplings is a tough category for high scores, but does get a fair bit of attention. I guess if I'd wanted to grow a readership, I would have stuck with multiple series in the same category but the spirit of nastiness didn't lead me that way.

 

[lovecraft68]

The problem with having a majority of your work in one category is when you venture into another and people like it and fave you for that story.....

Example I wrote one story here that although in mature was a sweet romance. It is my most successful story here, but every time some one made the remark

"I'm going to read the rest of your stories"

I was like, oh, jeez.

Sure enough I had a lot off added to and then quickly knocked off the same person;s list that month.

 

[stevieraygovan]

Stories that I suspect have been 1-bombed?

I'll play!

I'l go with...my entire catalogue, just moments ago.

Imagine that. Some cowardly asshat who is reading this forum just took it upon himself to grenade every one of my stories all at once. Or perhaps it was more than just one asshat. Judging from the sudden precipitous drop across the board, it may very well have been mulitiple petty cowards.

You know who you are, and you're absolutely pathetic.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Stories that I suspect have been 1-bombed?

I'll play!

I'l go with...my entire catalogue, just moments ago.

If you've been heavily bombed, you might PM Manu and ask for a sweep of your stories; don't know if it'll help but it can't hurt.

(And since we're currently arguing elsethread, I'll just note that it wasn't me.)

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Stories that I suspect have been 1-bombed?

I'll play!

I'l go with...my entire catalogue, just moments ago.

Imagine that. Some cowardly asshat who is reading this forum just took it upon himself to grenade every one of my stories all at once. Or perhaps it was more than just one asshat. Judging from the sudden precipitous drop across the board, it may very well have been mulitiple petty cowards.

You know who you are, and you're absolutely pathetic.

One bombing by AH trash is the elephant in the living room. Its their passive-aggressive way to oppose your forum ideas.

At LIT the system is geared to rewarding writers who get along and don't oppose PC rules endorsed by Laurel. She knows that her flying monkeys will mug you.

 

[lovecraft68]

Stories that I suspect have been 1-bombed?

I'll play!

I'l go with...my entire catalogue, just moments ago.

Imagine that. Some cowardly asshat who is reading this forum just took it upon himself to grenade every one of my stories all at once. Or perhaps it was more than just one asshat. Judging from the sudden precipitous drop across the board, it may very well have been mulitiple petty cowards.

You know who you are, and you're absolutely pathetic.

I know who its from.

Its from the asshole who repeatedly blames others for doing it to them. Ask yourself who was really getting snotty with you here?

Now what you do is in addition to sending Manu a pm explaining the trolling, open all your stories, click report story, and say you want a sweep on that story. Tedious, but it should work.

Also in a day or so it may get done anyway. I had this happen twice and both times, it got done without me asking.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I know who its from.

Its from the asshole who repeatedly blames others for doing it to them. Ask yourself who was really getting snotty with you here?

Now what you do is in addition to sending Manu a pm explaining the trolling, open all your stories, click report story, and say you want a sweep on that story. Tedious, but it should work.

Also in a day or so it may get done anyway. I had this happen twice and both times, it got done without me asking.

Naaah Grasshopper, its always the timid ones who do the passive-aggressive shit.

 

[lovecraft68]

Naaah Grasshopper, its always the timid ones who do the passive-aggressive shit.

You mean cowardly acts there can be no repercussions for?

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

You mean cowardly acts there can be no repercussions for?

Yepper.

 

[sr71plt]

Its from the asshole who repeatedly blames others for doing it to them. Ask yourself who was really getting snotty with you here?

Now what you do is in addition to sending Manu a pm explaining the trolling, open all your stories, click report story, and say you want a sweep on that story. Tedious, but it should work.

I'm game. Yes, ask Manu/Laurel not only to do a sweep but also to post on the forum all of the accounts under any ISPs that have bombed any of stevie's stories. What the hell. Ask Manu to post that for any accounts/ISPs that have even voted on a stevie story. I'd love for him to do that and then for you to eat the shit you produce. LC. (talking about the crap you post to the forum, not your stories--I don't read your stories and they may be pure gold for all I know/care.)

And, for good measure, throw in all of your stories as well. Tell him I think that's a great idea. How about a complete analysis on the accounts/ISPs/voting of both of your accounts? And, what the hell, mine too. I think we'd see some really interesting results.

 

[spankedboy]

I just wrote a story that I suspect is heavily 1-bombed.
http://www.literotica.com/s/the-rickshaw-drivers-wife-ch-01

My other stories have mostly high ratings, especially in the BDSM category, but the Loving Wives seem to be really spiteful these days. I don't understand, if you don't like it, don't read it! There's a reason why I don't read "same sex" stories - it's not my thing! I don't read it, masturbate, and then comment harshly on it!

 

[Tyro999]

You've been here a year and should know this already. Loving Wives is a cesspool populated by readers whose only interest is stories that meet their particular bent. The problem is that these readers are split into four or five categories of particular bends, and hate, vociferuosly and with 1-bombs, any story that does not cater to their particular bent.

 

[handysr]

Totally agree! Some of those people get their rocks off by being immature kids about their votes.

 

[CeasarBoobage]

You've been here a year and should know this already. Loving Wives is a cesspool populated by readers whose only interest is stories that meet their particular bent. The problem is that these readers are split into four or five categories of particular bends, and hate, vociferuosly and with 1-bombs, any story that does not cater to their particular bent.

Exactly! My latest story (http://www.literotica.com/s/paying-a-football-debt) was posted to LW this morning, and it has no cheating or revenge (silly me). I've been tracking my stats recently in a spreadsheet, and I am getting bombed right now. I average maybe 2-3 votes a day, but in the past three hours I've got 15. All of them are ones based on the scores dropping.

Ya, I think it's time to request a manual sweep.

 

[2981notrohrm]

Some people just have nothing better to do that trash other people's stories when they should know they couldn't hope to do better. And it isn't just 1-bombs, either - some illiterate person typed a poorly-spelled critique of my third Raven story, predicated on a few story elements that are either you-like-them-or-you-don't, and then threw in a little barb about the use of a "black slave" at the end.

I challenge anyone who goes through and 1-bombs or comment-blasts a story for a stupid reason to do better.

 

[littlecordelera]

You've been here a year and should know this already. Loving Wives is a cesspool populated by readers whose only interest is stories that meet their particular bent. The problem is that these readers are split into four or five categories of particular bends, and hate, vociferuosly and with 1-bombs, any story that does not cater to their particular bent.

Oh great. Now you tell me.

 

[MichaelWest]

My perspective is that a one-vote is often the highest praise you might receive. If your writing effects someone so profoundly that they become obsessed, their emotions boil over and they must lash out, you likely have made art. Art has that power. When I get a one-vote, or better yet the ranting comment, I tremble with glee, I actually wrote masterfully enough to derail another, capture them, control their world until they had to struggle and fight for freedom. And if they do it over and over and over, my writing has enslaved them. That is intoxicating. Then I know that I am going done the correct paths.

 

[stevieraygovan]

Except that the majority of the time 1-bombs are given by asshats who don't even bother to read the story. Relying solely on deeply ingrained biases, they usually go after perceived premises rather than any actual content.

 

[sr71plt]

Except that the majority of the time 1-bombs are given by asshats who don't even bother to read the story. Relying solely on deeply ingrained biases, they usually go after perceived premises rather than any actual content.

Bingo. Or they are reacting to the author or to the genre with no other reference to the specific story.

 

[stevieraygovan]

Yep, those would be the "perceived premises" I specifically had in mind. These people go after the brand, not the product. They see a certain author's nic...automatic 1-bomb. They decide that a story is likely to offend their delicate sensibilities...automatic 1-bomb. A squirrel dashing across the lawn captures their attention as they're scrolling through the latest 'Loving Wives' stories with finely honed poutrage...drop a few more 1-bombs.

Where 1-bombing is concerned, I suspect that the transcendent "power of art" scenario described by MichaelWest is rare indeed.

 

[MichaelWest]

Where 1-bombing is concerned, I suspect that the transcendent "power of art" scenario described by MichaelWest is rare indeed.

Well perhaps, but based on the rabid comment or rarer Feedback message, I have sunk a harpoon in their brain. In any event you "can't fix stupid."

Erotica requires one can still read, comprehend and have enough experiences to fuel an imagination. Let them watch porn or be hand fed the word "fuck" so they know it involves sex, see if I care. I am unimpressed by the vote tally so I turn it off, I find statistics boring. I seek the few who read and enjoy what I write, the asshats are simply turds in the road easily avoided as I find diamonds still tumbling before my every step.

 

[Swilly]

I think there may be two other types of 1-bombs. The first are those that read a story, and expect...or should I say desire...the story to take a certain turn that it doesn't take. Erotica being what it is, that can end up being a turn off for a reader, who might then punish the author who ruined the reader's mood by not writing what that particular person wanted to see. Many of the comments and messages to my stories are readers telling me what I should have done.

The other 1-bombers may be real writers. There are many people on here with varying skill levels. Some can barely get out a few intelligible words, but post anyway. Others, like me, have had no real training as writers, but can spin a bit of a tale and be understood. We may even have a few really well written paragraphs in a story, which is probably more by accident than design. I think some people that are trained writers and editors who write for a living may be unduly harsh on writers such as myself. There may well be a snobbishness at play here that is unwarranted on a site such as this.