Anonymously posting in your own story thread to incite discussion about something in particular, create new opinions - maybe even sway votes if they're being boringly unanimous.
Do you do it? What would you think of someone who did it? Is it a bad thing, or perfectly fine? Would you encourage it if the writer felt it'd make the voting process more interesting and allowed people new insight into the given options?
No. 4692
I am no writer, but I think it's fine as long as you don't manipulate votes by voting in your own story. That would be very pathetic. |
No. 4693
>Anonymously posting in your own story thread to incite discussion about something in particular, create new opinions - maybe even sway votes if they're being boringly unanimous. |
No. 4695
>>4691 |
No. 4696
File 127467508172.jpg - (244.87KB , 500x700 , 9459908.jpg ) [iqdb] ![]() Their story, their rules. I've suspected it on more than one occasion, and the notion hasn't really bothered me. If an author doesn't think they've effectively accentuated an important plot point in the story, and/or aren't comfortable enough saying as much as the author, I'm OK with them doing it anonymously. That said, I'm more comfortable with authors smacking the voting public upside the head, apologizing for something ill-stated, or clarifying a misinterpreted, misunderstood, or completely glazed over piece of information. No one's perfect, and we're more thankful for an update than anything else, regardless of slights real or imagined. If I paid for this I would feign outrage all over, but some guy/lady is providing me with free entertainment: do what you feel needs to be done. |
No. 4697
>>4696 |
No. 4699
There are many times a writer would like to write something for a scene, but can really only give standard options and the chance for a write-in. So long as it's inconsequential to the outcome (good or bad) and doesn't railroad one of the given votes, I think it's perfectly fine to anonymously vote for something else entirely and hope others bandwagon it. |
No. 4700
>>4695 |
No. 4701
I've never posted in a the way OP describes. Nor will I ever. Personally, if I found out that an author did so regularly I would stop reading the story. It's insulting to have either side of the writer-reader relationship overstep their bounds. |
No. 4702
I've used it to pick the reader's brain without inciting uneeded speculations before. |
No. 4704
File 127472343852.jpg - (71.73KB , 1028x716 , hellhathnofurylikeawriter.jpg ) [iqdb] ![]() >>4696 |
No. 4954
>>4704 |
No. 5074
I'm of the opinion that if you want to vote in your own story, show that you are. |