What Rating makes you happy?

[NuclearFairy]

The red "H" is a huge win for my confidence. I'm kind of conflicted about Lit's rating system. Because everyone wants the red "H" it feels like giving anything less than 5 stars hurts the author. I'd love to be one of those people who can say "I don't care what people think." But, that would be a lie. I do care. It feels amazing having a story be well-received. And yeah, the red "H" is the standard for many.

For that reason I have a hard time hitting anything lower than a five. Either I love it or I don't rate it. Unless I find it completely unreadable due to grammar, punctuation, or structure.

 

[WittyUserName]

For that reason I have a hard time hitting anything lower than a five. Either I love it or I don't rate it. Unless I find it completely unreadable due to grammar, punctuation, or structure.

Usually if I don't like a story I just close it and forget it exists. I need to rate and comment on stories I do like more. Especially since I know how great comments feel.

 

[THBGato]

What scores make you happy? Is hitting 4.0 or higher good enough for you? Do you want the red "H" or otherwise it's a bust? I'm curious on how others look at Ratings and how seriously you take them.

When I posted my first story, I told myself I'd be happy with anything above a 4.

I lied.

I've been ridiculously spoiled by my lovely lesbian readers, to the extent that now I see anything below 4.8 in that category as a bit of a fail. Which is stupid, but that's the problem I think with doing well with your first stories (my first twelve stories/chapters in that category all got over that mark) so after that what would be otherwise perfectly good scores seem bad in comparison.

 

[WordsIntheWyld]

Anything above the "Don't quit your day job, aka you suck" rating is acceptable to me.

 

[Agent0069]

I may not be the best author, or the most entertaining one, but if you need someone to reliably hit a 4.5-ish rating, then I'm your guy:

 

[YmaOHyd]

I don't know. My E&V 750 story is like a 3.6 or 3.8, and that's fine. It doesn't do much for me. The first part of my romance dropped from 4.8 to 4.5 in a day, and that's been quite disappointing, but it's fine. Both parts have received at least one very nice comment and that's more motivating than the slow sink in rating has been demotivating.

Going back to this from a couple weeks ago, my E&V story settled at 3.7, which is fine. That's better than I thought it'd do; I don't think it's an amazing story and it doesn't scratch that category's itch. So I'm happy with it. Part 3 of my romance is at 4.37, and that's very disappointing; an early one-star kept it from being above 4.5 during its only day in New and I think that really hurt reads (I also think I posted it to the wrong category). Personally, I think it's pretty good, more in line with the 4.6ish place parts 1 and 2 are in, which feels pretty decent for a sexless workplace romance. Ultimately, in terms of personal motivation, the comments are still more impactful than the rating.

 

[TheLobster]

I may not be the best author, or the most entertaining one, but if you need someone to reliably hit a 4.5-ish rating, then I'm your guy:
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In four different categories no less! Truly an ol' reliable.

 

[KingOfHalves]

For me, anything less than a 4.6 is something I know needs work. I've only had one chapter that wasn't HOT rated, and not-coincidentally it was the chapter with the most editing mistakes. After I cleaned it up and re-posted it the rating climbed up to where my other chapters tend to be.

 

[MillieDynamite]

You write to please... I write to stir emotions... At times, those emotions make people, shall we say, uncomfortable, angry, or enraged... Well, I'm an acquired taste!

For me, anything less than a 4.6 is something I know needs work. I've only had one chapter that wasn't HOT rated, and not-coincidentally it was the chapter with the most editing mistakes. After I cleaned it up and re-posted it the rating climbed up to where my other chapters tend to be.

 

[kitmarlowe]

I know I've only got one story up currently (although number 2 goes live tomorrow) but I think as long as I'm above 4 I'll be happy. I'm pretty sure I've already figured out that the score tends to drop over time, which is logical as you accrue more readers, so as long as people are mostly saying they either Liked or Loved a piece I'm good.

 

[Davidwa1]

Zero or above. I honestly could care less. I write stories i think weill be good, about subjects that are a turn on for me. If someone likes it good, if not, oh well. I look more at the number of comments, good or bad. But this is for fun, not for money.