Board Thread:Breaking News and Announcements/@comment-24596982-20190826032428

So I'm sure a bunch of you already know what's going on right now, due to the chats in the Discord (which you can join from the link on our main page, by the way -- and we encourage you to do so, to become a more vocal member of this community), but polls are being added to our current lineup of stories for user ratings to be voted on.

Essentially, the polls are being added to the main pages of stories, and the individual episodes/chapters/issues/etc. of those stories. On these polls, listed under "Your Rating" or "Ratings" or similarly named tabs in the Table of Contents, you can rate that story or episode on a scale of zero to ten. Then, said episodic ratings are calculated into an average.

You can also vote for what you think of the story as a whole on the main page of said story. These all calculate to average ratings that show up on the "List of Stories/By Status" page. The Average Rating is the rating of that series based on the average of each episodic/seasonal rating. The Audience Rating is the average rating calculated from how people rate that series as a whole.

When you post something on the internet for people to see, feedback is inevitable. As such, we encourage people to use these rating polls to give people an idea of what you think of that series, if you cannot put your thoughts into a written review. However, should you rate low, we also encourage you to expand on your reasons why in the comment sections. People will not know how to get better if they don't know what they're doing wrong, and your hopes of seeing a story get better won't come to fruition if you don't voice your criticisms!

You are not allowed to remove these polls from your stories solely because people are not voting how you want them to. The internet is full of opinions, and all kinds of feedback are inevitable. You will be warned if you remove these polls for such reasons.

Currently these polls are required to stay on the pages of your active stories. You may also place them on your ended/cancelled stories should you desire.

Why are these required to stay on your pages? Why can't you just decline to have them? It's like making a controversial youtube video but disabling likes and comments. When making content for the internet, people will react to it. Feedback is inevitable. Your works will be praised or critiqued.

And don't worry -- you won't be flamed at all, unless your behavior is shit. :P 