Remove Ability to Rate Own Series

[Fighterman481]

As the title says, I think it would be good if it was impossible to rate your own series. This prevents people artificially trying to boost their rating.
I ask this mostly because as an author I have my own series in my reading list, and it really bugs me seeing it unrated while all the other series on there are rated (and I don't want to even try to rate my own series because as far as I tell you can't undo a rating and I don't want to mess with my rating like that).
So I guess if you can't rate your own series then make it appear as if you have rated it in reading list or something?
Thanks!

 

[BenJepheneT]

I ask this mostly because as an author I have my own series in my reading list, and it really bugs me seeing it unrated while all the other series on there are rated

You proposed a good suggestion but for a terrible cause. If you can't stand having no ratings then what are you writing for?

So I guess if you can't rate your own series then make it appear as if you have rated it in reading list or something?

Then what's the point of it all?

 

[binarysoap]

Unless you're making alternative accounts to artificially boost your rating, I don't see how this is much of a problem

You can at most, only vote once, which usually doesn't affect the overall rating much in the end..

As for your specific issue of having your unrated series in your reading list, you can always make another list and throw it there. On a side note, it's funny that you add your story to your reading list and complain about people artificially boosting the rating, since that adds a reader count to your story artificially....

 

[Fighterman481]

You proposed a good suggestion but for a terrible cause. If you can't stand having no ratings then what are you writing for?


Then what's the point of it all?

You misunderstand, the series has ratings, but the reading list shows what YOU rate the series. So, it shows up as unrated in my list because I haven't touched it. I'm rather content with how it's rated, I just wish it didn't unnaturally stand out from the rest of my list. And I don't even know if you can rate your own series, that was a "in case you can't" because I hadn't tried.

Unless you're making alternative accounts to artificially boost your rating, I don't see how this is much of a problem

You can at most, only vote once, which usually doesn't affect the overall rating much in the end..

As for your specific issue of having your unrated series in your reading list, you can always make another list and throw it there. On a side note, it's funny that you add your story to your reading list and complain about people artificially boosting the rating, since that adds a reader count to your story artificially....

I didn't even think about it being on my reading list boosting the reader count
Ah well, I suppose if people don't think it's an issue then I'll go ahead and give it a rating. Making another list defeats the point of having it on my list since that tab is always open and it's just quick access. Otherwise I totally would make another list.