User blog comment:RuckusQuantum/Scoring System Proposal/@comment-24101790-20150422040154

I'm sorry but what's the point of having a grading system without a rubric or method of quantifying the scores? It's all well and good to try and change it up from "tenouttaten", but I feel like we'd just sub it out for an equally pointless score. A+(+++) or F- Additionally 5/10 being equated to a B/B- doesn't seem quite right. If I get half the questions right on a test, I am not being given a B by the professor.

We'd basically be trading numbers for letters with the same effect. Users are always going to leave a quantifiable score as opposed to sitting down and writing a detailed critique/analysis because most comments users leave is in rapid succession. (One user today graded three stories in the space of four minutes.) Additionally everyone's system is different and subjective. What one person in a story, another might hate. (For example(s): ambiguity/detailed explanation, violence, or realism/an off-the-wall story) so what one person considers an A (9/10), another might consider it a C- (2/10)

I think the onus falls on the author to try and press people who rank their stories for more detailed explanation when they feel like their input will be valuable. For example, look at these reviews on my story (yes, I am self-advertising.) Two are extremely detailed and didn't use a grading system because giving a story a 7/10 or B+ really doesn't give the author an inkling of what they did well or need to improve on. If someone writes on a story, "Worst/best thing I ever read" or "Grammar was so bad I couldn't get past the first paragraph", the author should be messaging that user (if they are looking for an explanation and don't think they are being hyperbolic/over-exaggerating.) for some advice/feedback.