Every sub on the first writers' room page given one star... and only me and one other user online...
Hmmmmm...
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Return of the one star fairy...
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Feels like a flounce
If only. We're back to the perennial issue of weaponised stars. Those of us who have been here a few years (and some regulars recall this site when it was all fields - it was a metropolis when i joined) will take the stars with a pinch of salt. It would be nice if they meant something, but unfortunately they don't. It would be nice if you had to own up to awarding stars - making a comment at the same time is helpful but as Wren pointed out the other day, contributors sometimes don't have enough time when passing through. Others like to award stars without attribution - which is fine unless the award is malicious and unhelpful.
My concern is that newer contributors see their efforts one-starred and correlate that with a failure to be picked (on the surface, a reasonable link). The reality is that the editors frequently post good stuff that received zero or one stars because they've seen the merit in the post. One stars are often justified (I tend to none star them personally), but with supporting comments. My advice to writers new to this site is to not worry about random one-stars and keep trying.
Posted 6 months ago # -
This was a problem when I was a regular here - around 2008-10. There is no way you can have an open forum without risking this. You could have limitations on who can vote but then it puts new people off, which is exactly what everyone wants to avoid.
If it hasn't gone away in 8 years it's not likely to in a hurry. However, I think a few positive comments where they are justified do more to encourage new people than some obviously blanket 1* votes discourage them.
Just out of interest, how do you see who is online? There used to be a link to it on the forum page but I can't find it any more.
Ugi
Posted 6 months ago # -
Ugi
Welcome back - to see who is online you have to be logged in yourself and then if you click on the private messages tab at the top it tells you who is online and also who has been online that day (in most recent order of when they logged in or out I think)
Cheers
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Posted 5 months ago # -
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Posted 5 months ago # -
There clearly is a conspiracy to try, only to prevent the Punk Panther from posting on here, but even to deny the existence of the Punk Panther.
This is proven by the lack of posts here from the Punk Panther and by the absence of the Punk Panther from the list of members.
And absolutely confirmed by these denials of any such conspiracy. That's what they always say.
Posted 5 months ago # -
There clearly is a conspiracy to try, only to prevent the Punk Panther from posting on here, but even to deny the existence of the Punk Panther.
This is proven by the lack of posts here from the Punk Panther and by the absence of the Punk Panther from the list of members.
And absolutely confirmed by these denials of any such conspiracy. That's what they always say.
Posted 5 months ago # -
This is to certify that Titus has been sectioned under the NewsBiscuit Mental Health Act of 1983.
Aha! So now we know - it's the Russians who are the sinister secret force behind the scenes, trying to take control of NewsBiscuit.
Typical old Soviet trick - trying to confine dissidents to mental health asylums.
Free the Punk Panther now!
Posted 5 months ago #
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