Who has the most stories on Lit?

[MagicFingers]

Off topic

SR, I think you will find (If you could) that the majority of the mass sweep numbers comes from other authors in the contest. From what i could see in the Nude Day contest. every vote I made on a contest story was swept.

Also now there must be at least three different types of sweeps.

Hey, you're the guy who wrote the wonderful short-track racing story about SE Texas? and the one about Seka? Loved 'em!
Hey, did you ever see/meet Friday Hasler? If so, PM or e-mail me.

Don't know how contestants could sweep their own stories? How do you know your votes were swept?
I think only a moderator or Lit employee could do that. I know I have lost two red "H's" after a sweep, probably of the IP addresses?
It's a shame that two different people from the same household cannot, apparently, vote for the same story?

 

[MagicFingers]

There might be some truth in this

I think anyone with total or near total red H's is just awarding those him/herself somehow. I find the ones that are half and half a lot more believable.

Of course, common sense would indicate that running around and scratching others' backs with nice comments/votes is a good nice vote generator of your own stories. This, however, just further makes the red H irrelevant to the real quality of the story.

I know that if someone gives my stories praise, I might be inclined to go read their stories in return. (Because I know they have good taste! )
But I have never voted a "5" for a story that I didn't think deserved at least an "A" or a 4.5. (Still wish we could have a 10 point scale, but it is what it is)
Many times, if I thought a story was ok, but had too many errors, or I didn't like the category, or content, I would just leave no vote at all, not wanting to mess up their red "H". Or, sometimes, I might give a "4" if it really didn't deserve a "5".

But I can see that some people might abuse the comment thing to better their own stories ratings. I still think that the red "H" is an indicator that the story is at least worth checking out, and the writer must have SOMETHING going for him or her.

 

[MagicFingers]

A tad bitter sr, and I think slyc summed it up well. Stories here get high votes if they fit well in the category, are well written - in that they avoid the obvious no-noes - and are enjoyable to read.

Except for contests, I think there is less manipulation than you believe. I would love someone to explain to me how so many people are clued up to get round the IP filters.

The list of favorite authors is a reasonable guide to whom the readership relates.

This is where I got the question from: I checked out other peoples favorites and saw one guy seemed to mark all the people that had a lot of stories.

MagicFingers, the number of stories is pretty irrelevant (though BOSTONFICTIONWRITER must be a candidate for most). Accept no-one's view and find your own favorites by dipping into as many different writers as you have time for. The 'Top Lists' are not a bad place to start

I was just curious about who wrote the most stories, not that I wanted to use that for my own reading. I remember ol' Boxlicker101, who wrote a lot of stories and admitted that they were all "stroke" stories. But they were enjoyable. Yes, I like to use the TOP lists if I am in the mood to read a certain type of story. That's always a good place to find what I want.

At least this thread sparked some interesting discussion and that's a good thing, so I'm glad I asked, and thank you all for responding. Keep up the writing.