Rating Poll

[teyla]

In this post I mentioned the idea of a rating poll, which would give LJ user the possibility to click ticky boxes instead of leaving a comment.

Basically, I'd put a poll at the bottom of my fic entry with four or five rating options - from 'Hated the fic!' to 'Loved it more than I love my mom!' or something - so all readers would have to do to leave feedback is click one of the radio buttons. Of course, if people have got something more to say, they can still leave comments.

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ETA: I used radio buttons because thinking about the statistics of the multiple-answers-are-possible poll version makes my head hurt. If you can't really decide which answers to choose, leave me a comment telling me what you think! :)

Comments

[cryptictac.livejournal.com]

YOUR POLL IS VERY HARD TO ANSWER. BECAUSE I HAVE MIXED THOUGHTS ON THE WHOLE THING AND RADIAL BUTTONS SIGNIFICANTLY NARROW MY OPTIONS AND FURTHER MY INDECISIVENESS.

[teyla]

THEN YOU MUST LEAVE A COMMENT TELLING ME WHAT YOU THINK.

[cryptictac.livejournal.com]

OKAY, SO I BASICALLY THINK:

it's a good idea, just for the purpose of giving those actually TOO LAZY to leave even a three word 'this is good' comment, an easier/lazier option to comment. though, some people probably would view this kind of poll thing as attention whoring. i personally don't think it's attention whoring - it's giving people an easier option if they're just too lazy to comment. but other people would see it differently, perhaps.

thussss, some people might feel discouraged to leave any feedback at all if they think it's attention whoring. then again, those who don't may very well use the poll - but would you be satisfied with that? like, while people would have the option of leaving a comment, they likely wouldn't because "OH, WELL, I'LL JUST FILL OUT THE POLL BC IT'S EASIER". so would you be satisfied with knowing just how lazy people are with leaving feedback/potentially getting even less actual feedback?

for me... if i read a fic that had a poll system at the end, i would likely do what i always do - if a fic has kept me interested/if i liked it/if i absolutely despised it/if i know and trust the author and read them regularly, i will leave feedback. otherwise, if a fic is mediocre, doesn't really do anything for me, doesn't sustain my interest, doesn't really move me in any way, i generally don't comment because i usually have nothing to say in those instances. so, would i use the poll in a case like that? maybe. then again, i watch a lot of youtube videos and never opt to rate them. so, it's hard to say.

HAS THIS BEEN ANY HELP? I FEEL LIKE I'VE JUST RAMBLED FOR AGES ABOUT NOTHING (mainly bc it's 3AM here and i am tiiiiired)

[teyla]

though, some people probably would view this kind of poll thing as attention whoring
That's actually my biggest problem. I really don't want to end up having another j_b-style entitlement wank on my hands. I'm thinking maybe I could prevent that by pointing out in the AN that this is an experiment that I started because, as all fic authors know, the audience/comment ratio is quite low, and maybe this is a way everybody could be happy. And then link to this or a similar post, so people who want to tell me where exactly I should stick it have a place to blow off some steam and won't have to wank all over my fic.

but would you be satisfied with that
Well, I figure it'd work this way: the people who actually have something to say about the fic - those who actually want to tell me what they liked/disliked - those will leave a comment anyway. And I don't really care whether I get 5 'Loved it!' comments or 5 clicks on the 'Loved it!' option in my poll. The poll I won't have to reply to with 5 'Thank you!' comments ;).

I FEEL LIKE I'VE JUST RAMBLED FOR AGES ABOUT NOTHING (mainly bc it's 3AM here and i am tiiiiired)
HAH HAH I KNOW THAT FEELING ALL TOO WELL. But yeah, I found it helpful, so, thanks! :)