Not voting

[LargoKitt]

This is quite similar to me. I don't like leaving lower scores that might hurt a story's rating if I think it may be a matter of my personal likes or preferences, so I'll skip in such cases, thought I'll occasionally leave a hopefully helpful comment about some point without voting. However, as far as I remember, I've never favorited without leaving a vote.

Regarding the all-time lists, 100 votes is the published minimum to be included, but it can be less than this in less-frequented categories such as Letters & Transcripts.

This raises an interesting scenario: That a few people, early on, love a story enough to tip it into 'hot', but then dozens of other readers say, "What? Not so much." And don't vote at all because they don't care to trash the existing enthusiasts' ratings. I know, don't bother your brain with speculating. Just write good stuff.