A New Ethos

I look around the site and I see people downvoting stories just for the temerity of being part of X shared universe, or Y headcanon. I am trying to make a counter-wave against such (at least for new writers).

Every day (several times a day, in fact) I go through the new stories list and open ALL of them. For any user who has 10 or less stories published I hit upvote. The worst that comes from this? A new writer wants to write more.

Rock on, everypony, and I hope you all have great days (whenever they may start/end).

Comments

[rikusorasephiroth]

... You're a good person.
The world needs more people who are good.

I would say something a touch more philosophical or profound, but it's 4:25 am and my brain is somewhere between 'Blagh' and 'bleurgh'.

[rowantwig]

I very rarely downvote things, be it images, posts, stories or videos. I just shrug things I don't like off as "one mans trash, another mans treasure" and ignore it, blocking if possible. At most I might write an angry comment explaining why I don't like it. I only actually downvote something if it's so poorly made that they obviously didn't put any effort into it, or if it's deliberately offensive/trolling.

[Wild Zontars]

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Sounds like my downvote usage. Content I was warned about in the description / author's note? No downvote. Bad grammar but they're actually trying? No downvote. "This is a trollfic why are you even reading this?" No downvote.

Bait-and-switch gets a downvote. Suddenly taking the story off the rails and heading for Whatthefuckistan gets a downvote. I only downvote a couple of times a year.