One of many shelters intended to house Equestria's population was subjected to an experiment: Unleashing a potion-based mutagen which transformed every pony it touched into another random animal.
...I'm confused. What would the point of that experiment be?
11105585 To see if a Stable full of non-ponies could function well together. And restore Equestria's supply of non-mutated animals. However, those in charge of the experiment forgot to account for what making large swaths of the population into dumb, panicky animals with but a semblance of the typical pony mind would do to society. Bigger-brained animals had their intelligence improved, but the rest... Not so much. They might live in Stable 69, but they're fucked in a whole new way. No wonder the Nobles were able to take over... I just hope someone else can set things right. Someone like... Sparky, or Twilight.
11106312 While I view criticism as a useful thing to help writers improve, I don't think I'd want to know what somebody thinks about my story, if he's going to be turned off by something so silly.
11106776 Its a red flag because most people that turn off ratings also tend to not be receptive to criticism, so a lot of people are gonna immediately assume that when they see your story. Also I could pull the same thing on you and say that its silly to disable those since its just a rating system, not a big deal if you get some downvotes or something
11122161 A lot of people like this website over others because the community surrounding it tends to be more critical and less hugbox-y than other fanfiction websites, so that's just how it is. Anyway its your call to make
11123212 "Critical", huh? I didn't notice. Seems like trying to get worthwhile story criticism out of a community used to expressing itself through numbers is like trying to get blood from a stone. I welcome criticism of my story that could help it improve, but "I didn't like your story so there" is not my problem.
...I'm confused. What would the point of that experiment be?
11083866
Most people won't read stories with ratings disabled, which means you won't get comments, either.
11105585
To see if a Stable full of non-ponies could function well together. And restore Equestria's supply of non-mutated animals. However, those in charge of the experiment forgot to account for what making large swaths of the population into dumb, panicky animals with but a semblance of the typical pony mind would do to society. Bigger-brained animals had their intelligence improved, but the rest... Not so much. They might live in Stable 69, but they're fucked in a whole new way. No wonder the Nobles were able to take over... I just hope someone else can set things right. Someone like... Sparky, or Twilight.
11106312
While I view criticism as a useful thing to help writers improve, I don't think I'd want to know what somebody thinks about my story, if he's going to be turned off by something so silly.
11106776
Its a red flag because most people that turn off ratings also tend to not be receptive to criticism, so a lot of people are gonna immediately assume that when they see your story. Also I could pull the same thing on you and say that its silly to disable those since its just a rating system, not a big deal if you get some downvotes or something
11121258
What a silly thing to believe about vote scores. Plenty of sites do fine without them.
11122161
A lot of people like this website over others because the community surrounding it tends to be more critical and less hugbox-y than other fanfiction websites, so that's just how it is. Anyway its your call to make
11123212
"Critical", huh? I didn't notice. Seems like trying to get worthwhile story criticism out of a community used to expressing itself through numbers is like trying to get blood from a stone. I welcome criticism of my story that could help it improve, but "I didn't like your story so there" is not my problem.
11125675
Well the sites well past its prime