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My own rankings were too weird and all over the place to support any other possible system. I love numbers and patterns but there was no logical sense behind what was going on.
Well most of mine seem to be back to normal now. I still have some weird overall rankings, but my genre rankings are better. Theyâre lower than what they were before the glitch but I know I lost some reads so theyâre probably about right.
And @Amberose apparently my embarrassing first story did actually glitch as itâs made itâs way back up to #50,679 overall despite absolutely no reads over the past⊠1.5 weeks
To the people whoâre lamenting on the loss of unique stories. I wonder whether you guys know what the purpose of a trending section is? Also the the âuniqueâ stories which you are seeing is not because of the NEW ranking system. Itâs because of a GLITCH! The only change that was made by the new system was the delay in refreshing of the trending section. So basically the stories would be the same as before. I think people really need to look up what trending means. If people like to read the same stories, blame it on them. Also all the stories in the trending section are no way the same. There are cliches but all of them are not. You like unique stories, use the search feature. Episode releases weekly shelves. Also a thing which is trending is determined upon the rate of increase of people reading a story. More reads = better ranking. Iâm sorry but the trending section is not a place for critical work. Donât get me wrong, I love reading quality stories but donât forget the purpose of the trending section. Also unique stories have also trended in the past. Nowhere did I bash the new system. That was a GLITCH, not the new system. Pls carefully reread what @Liz said at the beginning of the post(how the new system works) Thank you
Well seems like most of the completed stories that have been complete for months are back on top now, It was nice being in the âspotlightâ for a couple of days
Actually, one of the (in my opinion) best College Days entries and one of the winners comes from a first time author, who just did amazing work. Not saying that it is not harder to get attention for a story if an author just started out. But it is proven possible and contests are a great chance for that.
Fortunately I donât particularly care about rankings, placement, I write because I enjoy it, but itâs certainly nice when someone finds your work and enjoys it. I donât get paid to write, I do it for fun, but then again I wasnât throwing a fit about losing rankings or income soâŠ
Hi, thanks for linking, however the story will still be present on Writerâs Portal and youâll still see it pop up sometimes under your profile on the app however it shouldnât be visible to others (like a banned story).
In the meantime, if anyone hasnât already, Iâd suggest they go support this thread:
Anyways, Happy Holidays to everyone, enjoy you day/night!
Question, Does this include updates to when our stories appear. So If I was to publish a new story, would I have to wait till the the calculations happen for my story to be added to New user stories or will it appear automatically?
Genuinely who decided this would be a good ideaâŠ? It is far from it. Like many people have stated they donât get stability, one minute theyâre #5839 in trending and then the next theyâre #8? It makes no sense. Looking at the bigger picture, the episode team has repeatedly failed their whole audience, authors and readers! It seems like it is getting harder for us to gain an audience base, as Episode is coming up with ridiculous ideas that practically go agaisnt us all, even if youâre a âsmallâ writer, âbigâ writer or a reader weâre all affected!
Isnât that a good thing? I mean, the ranking example, i would LOVE THAT! MORE READERS! THANK GOD!!! I only HOPE that my ranking will change that drastically!
Actually, if you go to the profile section of your app, you can look at your published stories and hide them by tapping on the eye ball at the top right corner and then tapping on the button on the pop up that will come up to confirm it.
Because it has been solved for now. It did affect all of us. Now it doesnât anymore because itâs been reversed. What would you like to see people contribute to this now?
Its going to be back soon, just because itâs reversed now doesnât mean Episode wonât update it again. We are a community right? Lets talk to them so next time if theres an update that affects âall of usâ they will ask us.
I am waiting for the next steps If the update actually works and doesnât produce another glitch, it is something we can have a look at and see how it plays out. Although I am still worried it will make it much harder to have a newer story be visible. But atm there is not much to say about it for me (which I havenât already said the first day), because it has not happened yet.