Likes and Faves

Ok, here's something interesting. With "Suck" up to Chapter 2, I got 45 faves for it. However, I have only 30 likes against 7 dislikes. Who faves without liking? And why? Wouldn't you like it if it were a favorite? Or am I missing something?

Comments

[Vivex]

With the lack of track function, some people do not rate until the series is complete. Fav has become just a track function, especially if you want an email about it.
I haven't read it yet, but it's on my Read Later list.

[YukoAsho]

331640 OK, that makes enough sense, I suppose.

[Breath of Plagues]

Yeah, I have a story with the same thing going on. It has 20 favs, but 13 likes. It's wierd...

My best guess is that people are undecided on whether they truly like it, and just want to see where the story goes. It's more of a tracking thing. I often fav stories when I see potential, and don't vote until I see the story unfold.

[Percy_Vee]

331640 Ditto. I liked and fav'd, but at chapter 1, it's, IMHO, too early to fav. I fav'd to track, liked because I liked it, and wanted more. I had to fav to get the "more" sent right to me. *lazy pony*

[Posted]

What everyone else has said, favorites are meaningless. As the site admin made clear Favorite is the term that Internet Explorer uses for Bookmarks and we should use it as such.

I hate to thumb up something early because if the story changes and I no longer care for it (but don't hate it) there is no way to get rid of the thumb up without changing it to a thumb down (which a lot of times is to harsh).

[bloodwolf432]

Really? For one of my stories, a cross over of MLP and Tom and Jerry, I got fifty four likes, two dislikes, and fifty five favorites. Now tell me who favorites a story without liking it?