짝...짝...짝... (slow clapping)

Congratulations to yet another story for buying your feature!!!! Really, great work!!!! 짝...짝...짝... ಠ_ಠ

 

 

 

*sigh* I find this so discouraging. As a writer who does things the "right" way, and let's the readers decide what's truly best, how would I ever get the chance to be featured when it keeps going to people like that? ( - . - )

 

Please guys, make sure you don't support (by unknowingly subscribing and reading) stories like that! An easy way to check for this is-

 

Take the story's ID number...

 

http://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/1072000

(I am using my own story's ID as an example)

 

And then copy and paste it here...

 

http://www.asianfanfics.com/vote/story_voters/              

 

So that it looks like this-

 

http://www.asianfanfics.com/vote/story_voters/1072000

 

Then simply look through the story's upvoters for ones that all have the same name with just a different number at the end (there is usually ten of these names right in a row). For example:

 

iamstupid01, iamstupid02, iamstupid03, iamstupid04, iamstupid05, iamstupid06, iamstupid07, iamstupid08, iamstupid09, iamstupid10

(These are merely example user names I made up... If they by some unlikely chance happen to be real accounts, please do not harass them! Thank you!)

 

If you find this, then please don't subscribe, comment, or upvote the story! (Please don't leave the author mean/hateful comments either. Not only is that not the way I would like to see people acting on this site, but it could also get you in trouble)

 

Let's all work together to discourage this kind of behavior by showing them (nicely) that it will get them nothing and is just a waste of their karma points!

 

Thanks~

                Miso ( ⌒_⌒)-

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Bystorm
#1
Gosh....I see the light now...
I never knew that shiz was going on...
musicmuscat
#2
Oh , no wonder man. I have always wondered why some stories got featured when they obviously arent up to the standard, guess i know now
_sleepingtodream_
#3
I've often wondered how stories that aren't very good even get featured. There are a few gems that do get featured (but veeery few in my opinion). Thanks to your post now I how they do it.
I think it speaks about the integrity of the author if he/she resorts to paying for /hisher upvotes.
This is why I've never taken the 'featured story' system in aff that seriously.
Sarissa
#4
OH. MY. GOD. GAME CHANGER RIGHT HERE. It always confused me how some of those stories got featured - I mean, even a kindergartener can tell that there's not a lot of writing skill involved in a lot of them. I swear that you've literally changed the upvoting game for everyone.
dbsk_cassie
#5
No wonder!!! I've always wondered how such chappy stories at always featured!! Some of the stories (no going to point out who) doesn't make sense, flow or even connect yet they're featured all the time!!
NoorKyra
#6
Wow...!!! I thought the featured stories are really good that they're featured in aff but I never thought about this kind of work to make the stories featured....
Hmmm.... I'm not yet encounter with some crappy stories that is featured before, maybe I'm a picky reader too... ? ^///^
But thanks for your infos and next time when I've see this..... I knew this crappy stories are not voted from our precious reader..... but in other way around...

•﹏•
carrots4life #7
Wow! I was wondering how in the world such awful stories could be featured sometimes. I'm going to be doing that whenever I read that stuff from now on ;) thanks!
musicislikemagic #8
Wo I didn't know that but I already came across some crappy featured stories and I was like "wait wut is this thing really featured" and other amazing but not featured stories :/
It's really not fair
Thank u for the info :)
stellaa
#9
Thanks for that :D I really did know any of that, I'll be more careful from now on :) Thank You :))
vividimole
#10
Let's all work together then! :)
ArmyPrincessSarah #11
I knew there had to be a catch! There are way too many crappy stories featured. I would get so upset when I see stories with bad grammar, plot holes & awful writing get featured while gems and diamonds in the rough go unnoticed. Now I know why. I'm so disappointed. AFF needs a purge and revamp.
BusyBaozi
#12
Come here unnie, I understand your feelings so much *opens arms wide* u_u
Vickey
#13
Oooh that was informative O.o