Crescent Pulsar S wrote:The rating is what informs most people on whether they should bother with something or not, regardless of whether they read the summary. I think we've interacted enough for you to know that I wouldn't actually believe the kind of statement I made, but if you want to take it seriously then there's no escaping the fact that the rating has a significant impact. True, it really shouldn't, and it's really superficial, yet we use democracy despite doing next to nothing to ensure that what makes it work will perform adequately at the very least. People are dumb, lazy and want to work in the comfort of opinion instead of fact.
Meh, i usually just take what people say at face value until given proof of otherwise, because on the one hand, i'm used to people saying and meaning just about anything, and on the other hand, i'm really bad at interpreting people.
Something to always remember though, you're part of "people" as well.
Anyway, what you said about democracy made me recall the video i watched just the other day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKaPeWoS7PQIt's a bit long, but he's a good lecturer and quite fun even. And he has experience that very few others have.
As he introduces himself, he's a contradiction in terms, a Greek economist...
Crescent Pulsar S wrote:I dunno about the link being download-only. I don't get that when I use it.
Actually, now that i was going to describe what i meant, i found that there IS a direct online link as well, i just didn't notice it before, which kinda says something why some people might miss out if they're unused to the site. Below that link to the right there is the Download button, which is clearly visible and up to the right there is a standard button where you can choose to download it in other formats, which is why i noticed both of those but not the direct link to the story.
The link to the story itself is
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/383824 ... eliveranceAnyway, something else i noted is that you have to be registered to use the like/dislike function. Even if i was interested in FIM fics, it's unlikely i would register just to give a like unless it was something truly exceptional.
And now, i have actually taken the time to read it, and there's nothing wrong with it, it's definitely not bad and i might be convinced to call it fairly good. I just have zero knowledge of the FIM-verse, limiting me in terms of context.
And i checked, the site "only" has 230k registered users at all, with about 1-2k users online most of the time, essentially the place is big enough that anything you post might get buried in the total on the site, but not big enough to guarantee that almost any and every story gets attention(which is a tendency on big sites like FFN, where sometimes even the most pathetic of stories can get way too much attention).
Unless you end up on the frontpage, most people wont find it. Simple as that. Annoying, but true.