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Dear Reedsy,
I've emailed you endless and endless times, however, you ignored. I NEED you to reply, please.
It's all about downvoting.
"Oh, this is just a thing about downvoting, B-O-R-I-N-G!"
And skip.
This is an important message, Reedsy.
My friend Ari Reynes, has been downvoted from 4,600 to 1,000. This is unacceptable and the hard-worked for points are gone-poof. This isn't a threat, but a lot of people are taking breaks from Reedsy.
I, myself, plan on leaving Reedsy for the sake of downvoters-(I am more concerned about my friends.)
This is a time when downvoters are striking the most-either from multiple accounts or just from teaming.
Sadly, the Marshmallows are practically gone.
I wasn't here when all that happened, however, I suspect that that's the reason why Marshmallows were created; the cause of downvoters.
I have just checked, and many of my friends were downvoted 5,000 points down. Literally. Want me to list a view? Sure! I'll gladly, but I bet that'll be the rest of the story.
Here's just a F E W, you may add to the list if you'd like.
Ari Reynes (4600-1,000.)
ᗩᗴᖇiᑎ ᗷ 💚 (31,010-28,000.)
💜ᴀ ᴍ ᴇ ᴛ ʜ ʏ ꜱ ᴛ 💜 (5,100-1,000.)
山.w. S𝓀y฿elle (3,000-1,000.)
𝕃𝕦𝕟𝕒 ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕟 (2,000-1,000.)
✯ ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕔 𝕊𝕡𝕚𝕣𝕒𝕝𝕤 ✯ (4,900-1,000.)
ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕒 𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕨 🏳️🌈 (2,000-1,000.)
𝒞𝑒𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓉☯ 𝑀𝒶𝒿🔮𝓀𝓀𝓊 𝒮𝒽𝒾𝓃🦋𝒷𝓊 (10,000-1,000.)
As you can see, downvoting is making people feel...Hurtful. Perhaps it may sound stupid just to quit Reedsy just because of some stupid downvoters-well, it is. Wanna know why? 'Cuz your friends are just gonna be there and upvote you. When I was downvoted, it was a battle between them and my friends (obviously my friends won.) Thanks to them, I'm above 1k, without...I'd be at 0.
The upvoting button SHOULD BE A THING.
The downvoting button SHOULDN'T BE A THING.
Reedsy, I doubt you'll ever see this message because...
1. You never respond to my emails.
2. Your boss would never (probably) see this.
3. You'd let the downvoting button exist anyway even after everyone left Reedsy, huh?
All I'm applying is:
Remove that downvote button.
Remove that down-arrow.
Sigh here (Reedsy name) as a petition to remove downvoting. If the word count get's too much, then make a new one. Like this story if you want the downvoting button removed so it can get to the very top. If it wasn't clear enough, delete one "Reedsy author here" sentence and put your Reedsy name there.
◦•●◉✿ 𝓑𝓵𝔁𝔁𝓲𝓲 ✿◉●•◦
ꊰꏂꋬꋪ꒒ꏂꇙꇙ ꊰꄲꉧ
💜ᴀ ᴍ ᴇ ᴛ ʜ ʏ ꜱ ᴛ 💜
山.w. S𝓀y฿elle
𝒞𝑒𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓉☯ 𝑀𝒶𝒿🔮𝓀𝓀𝓊 𝒮𝒽𝒾𝓃🦋𝒷𝓊
ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕒 𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕨 🏳️🌈
꧁⭑⭒ ɩɣƴ Ƈƛʀƭєʀ ⭑⭒꧂
Felicity Anne
ᗩᗴᖇiᑎ ᗷ 💚
Вlᗩƶ🏆 Ｒ𝕪🐲 ҝㄚ🔥ｊ𝓊尺ⓞ
𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 🍒😸
Meera Lakshmi
Keefe Sencen
✯ ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕔 𝕊𝕡𝕚𝕣𝕒𝕝𝕤 ✯
Abigail Cross
Sia Sharma
𝕃𝕦𝕟𝕒 ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕟
B. W.
𝙸𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚌 𝙰𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚗
Keya M.
Akshaya Sutrave
Ari Reynes
♥♠𝔼𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕍𝕒𝕔𝕒𝕔𝕒𝕤♦♣
Cassandra Durnin
Maya Emerson
𝔸𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕝 ℂ𝕣𝕠𝕤𝕤 (♡𝓓𝓻𝓪𝓰𝓸𝓷 𝓒𝓵𝓸𝓾𝓭𝓼𝓾𝓻𝓰𝓮♡)
𝕊𝕚𝕒 𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕞𝕒 ❇
Akshaya Sutrave
Mira Caplan
Radhika Diksha
♥♠𝔼𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕍𝕒𝕔𝕒𝕔𝕒𝕤♦♣
Devaki 🎉
𝒮𝒶𝓅𝓅𝒽𝒾𝓇𝑒 💎
✨𝓐𝓻𝔂𝓪✨ 🦋
Jay Dmer
Izzie Q.
Luna Wood
Ashlynn S.
Kate Mengal
🕊 🎀 𝒱𝒶𝓇𝓈𝒽𝒶 𝒱𝒾𝓂𝒶𝓁 🎀 🕊
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SPAMMMM,M
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NO U
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DON’T U DARE, THAT COMMENT WAS AT 0 AND MINE WAS AT 5, YOUUUUUUUUUUU DOOOOO IIIIIIIIT
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uh hi. so, i don't think either button should exist. i love how you're doing this petition thing, but points don't matter. you guys claim that you don't care but here you are, encouraging everyone else to upvote the people who have been downvoted. why cant you just move on? the downvoters only downvote because they know it'll spark a reaction out of you. also, i know you claim you gather your points by writing stories, but most of it is all because of upvoting. let's be frank. everyone gets upvoted a lot, every day. i dont mean to hurt your...
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Hmm, I see your point. I understand that downvoters may downvote because they'd love to see the reaction, however, some downvoters downvote because... 1.) Racist (if you reveal your race.) 2.) They don't like your stories. 3.) They hate you. 4.) They don't think you should ever be on the leaderboard. 5.) They hate that you respect LGBTQ+.
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possibly. but i dont think race is a common reason--although supporting lqbtq+ might be... but you guys always make such a big fuss, putting it in your bios and racing to communicate over comments. :/
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In our way, it is special to us. To you, perhaps it's just points. To me and some other people-it's special because it EARNED things-they don't like things that they earned being taken away so quickly.
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Yaasss! A perfect explanation! I’ve been talking with this person on another thread, but yeah. Using me as an example, I’ve spent the last almost-year writing stories and building up points, so I definitely feel betrayed when they’re gone in the blink of an eye and I’m powerless. Which is probably how you feel, and Sia feels, and Amethyst feels, etc. Snoodles.
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Snoodles.
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Exactly. Its discouraging.
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"Hiya! If you have time, can you upvote me?" -blxxii "I didn't want to copy people-but Up???" -blxxii sure, you earned your points. does this look like earning? im sorry if im being mean. im a truth-teller. sorry have an amazing day
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I said "they" and what has the second sentence got to do with this? No, your not being mean, but that was also when I was downvoted and didn't think about how they're just points. Since you don't have any stories published, you cannot get upvoted nor downvoted. Since you don't have stories, and can't be downvoted, you don't know what it feels like. Try this; publish a story and wait a few weeks, and get like say-100 KP's. Then boom, suddenly there all gone. My point: Don't just say that "you shouldn't care about points" just because YOU'VE...
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Or they're just mean.
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Yes. Downvoters are very mean.
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Wow, you got upvoted a lot for that comment. People really hopped to their feet to help you :D You must be downvoted because they don't like how much others like you!
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Some of my comments are at 10 :)
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I actually agree with you. No offence Blxxii and Aerin ofc
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yay but no one will ever read this comment so it does'nt' matter
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Carolina Shaw (2000-1500, 1500 to 1700 then back down to 1300) I would urge you to please don't leave, but I understand what you're feeling. Thank you for writing this, it was impeccably writen because you are a great author.
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(No clue why I hadn't followed you.) I'll addd you :) Just 2,000-1,000.
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Thank you!
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#StopDownvotingNow Share this to ten friends :D
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Thank you :)
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Yes! Sign me up for this petition I went from 4,900 KP to 1,440 Please don't leave. Maybe just take a break for a bit
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UFHFJRFRFEIRFJE HOW IN THE WORLD DID YOU GO FROM THAT MUCH TO THAT LITTLE?! *raging at downvoters.*
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This is a great message. Thanks for doing this! Also: ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆...
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Oh mah gawd that's a lot of stars
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XD
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LETS GOOOOOOOO great job writing this btw :) plz dont leave :[
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As long as you don't leave I won't leave
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I won't :]
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Yayyy!
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well not anytime soon XD :D
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Yeshhh :DDDD
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Heya. I just upvoted you a ton :)
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Woahhh-thank you so much!
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Yeah ofc!
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:)
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Uh Blxxii, lots of people are coming to me for the petition., Is that okay? You were the original writer of it, after all :<
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Sure! The point is to spread it around :)
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lol XD it's blown up a LOTTTTTT
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Question: After you spammed-I upvote, what if you deleted the comment that leads up all the spam? Would the points still be there?
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yeah :] I THINK prettttttttyyyyyyyyyyyy sureeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee it'll stay
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Alright-try deleting not the spam comments, but the comment thtat holds the spam together.
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THANK YOU for writing this!!!! NOOOOO don’t leave :(((
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I won't leave if you won't leave :3
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I won’t :)
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Could you add me too? A few weeks back, I was at 4900 points and I went to 0 points in the span of two days. Downvoting is really discouraging :(
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I can't edit the submission :(
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Ohh that's alright then, don't worry about it :)
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Hi! I’m about to upvote you as a request of someone on my story. If you want to, you can also spam replies to this comment instead, because then I can comb over this string with my real account to upvote you more! :D Have a great day! 💛
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Aww-thank you <3
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Aww-thank you <3
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Aww-thank you <3
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No prob! Just finished upvoting <3
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Up to date list: ◦•●◉✿ 𝓑𝓵𝔁𝔁𝓲𝓲 ✿◉●•◦ 💜ᴀ ᴍ ᴇ ᴛ ʜ ʏ ꜱ ᴛ 💜 山.w. S𝓀y฿elle 𝒞𝑒𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓉☯ 𝑀𝒶𝒿🔮𝓀𝓀𝓊 𝒮𝒽𝒾𝓃🦋𝒷𝓊 ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕒 𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕨 🏳️🌈 ꧁⭑⭒ ɩɣƴ Ƈƛʀƭєʀ ⭑⭒꧂ Felicity Anne ᗩᗴᖇiᑎ ᗷ 💚 Вlᗩƶ🏆 Ｒ𝕪🐲 ҝㄚ🔥ｊ𝓊尺ⓞ 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 🍒😸 Meera Lakshmi Keefe Sencen Keya M. ꊰꏂꋬꋪ꒒ꏂꇙꇙ ꊰꄲꉧ ✯ ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕔 𝕊𝕡𝕚𝕣𝕒𝕝𝕤 ✯ Abigail Cross Sia Sharma Akshaya Sutrave 𝕃𝕦𝕟𝕒 ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕟 B. W. 𝙸𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚌 𝙰𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚗
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Oh mah gawddd
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ikr?!!!!
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I never thought it would go this much-I-
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Ikkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!! :DDD I also created an actual Change It petition for us too!!!
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:D Thank you so much! When so many people sign the petition, Reedsy MUST remove the downvoting button!!
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MORE! :) Ari Reynes ♥♠𝔼𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕍𝕒𝕔𝕒𝕔𝕒𝕤♦♣
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Thanks!! And Mira Caplan!
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Ok! And Cassandra Durnin!
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Awesome!!
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well, I agree that down-voting isn't kind to authors who have worked hard for the POINTS, but I'd just like to say that it isn't all about POINTS. What happened to just writing to write? Since when is it a competition to see who gets the most POINTS? Why can't we just write to write? I doubt anyone will care about this. It's just one of my many ponderings. -L.W.
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I respect your opinion about how points are just simply numbers, however, I feel that they are special (in my own way.) Was that offensive??
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I wouldn't say offensive...but I could sense the feeling you put into it.
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I agree with both Blxxii and you, Lone. The points are just numbers. Just. Numbers. If you get downvoted, you're not losing your actual talent or even your actual stories. To quote Chaotic Spirals: "nobody can take your stories away, or your hard work, or your improvement." No matter what happens to your points, you'll have your talent, your stories, and a group of people that will support you. But at the same time, you get some sort of satisfaction from the points. Like you know that there are people who either like your personality or lik...
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It's okay, sometimes you just need to rant out your feelings sometimes. Thanks for giving your opinion, as all opinions matter :)
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Thanks for understanding :)
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ofc! :)
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:)
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This is amazing also, I dont mean to dump this on you since you're still recovering from your own downvoting issue, but would you mind upvoting Saph a little? She went from 6,000 all the way to 2,000:( and two more people(I'm so so sorry for all this. You dont have to, but I just thought I'd mention it) who havent said much about downvoting, but were downvoted off the leader board from somewhere in the 40's/50's were Isaac Aaron and Maya Emerson. They both were downvoted thousands of points. Thank you so much for writing this Blxxii, and I ...
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Ofc I'll upvote! (As soon as I finish mah hw :)
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thank you so much Blxxii! I really appreciate it!
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if you leave i- i will prob leave too
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I'll leave when mah friends leave so that means your staying put missy <3
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awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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You can sign me up too!
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Unfortunately, I cannot edit the story anymore.
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I just read you bio. Here's my face right now: 😲
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Yeah...She admitted it.
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Where? When? Why? I'm sorry for asking so many questions I'm just wondering what happened.
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Check her pfp. Also, you can ask a 1,000 questions :) She claimed she wanted to make friends, and then got jealous of people who had friends (I have FRIENDS? ((Sorry, that thought just crossed my mind.))) She's been downvoting since...Well...Whenever the downvoting started. Where? Uh...On Reedsy lol. <3
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YES YOU HAVE FRIENDSSSSSSS ME AM OFFENDED U THINK U DONUT MEEEEEEEEP
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AJAHHHSUSHUCUHAUNSSNANJSJNAJNDUNUWNUWJDUA TANK U SO MUCHHH MEEEEEEEEEEP AM SORRYYY MORE MEEEP
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No, I'm asking where, when, and why she admitted she was the downvoter lol. And ofc you have friends! Or, at least, I'm your Reedsy friend :)
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She admitted she was downvoting because I exposed her. She admitted she was downvoting yesterday. She admitted she was downvoting on...Uh...Reedsy?
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Okay I know this is random but you know how you didn’t want your pt to be at 666? Well now it’s at 711 so idk why but I find that hilarious GOSH WAS THAT LITERALLY THE ONLY REASON I MESSAGED YOU?! wow, me. byeeee
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Loll
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Hey, so I know this might get me a lot of haters, but bear with me on this...I know I just said yes to this petition, but I have some different inputs now... I do really get mad at downvoters, but even as a victim of the downvoting myself, I think we should let this go. The day I lost almost all my karma points, I was mad the first hour, and then I was like "Why am I so worried about fictional points that don't even impair me from writing?" Now, I'm looking at the leaderboard and am getting disheartened by numerous reeders dropping from the...
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I understand your point, Chaotic. Thank you :)
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Thank you so much for writing this.
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Can I copy this in a story?
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Yesh sir!
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Awesome!
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Mhm!
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By the way, I think you spelled Reedsy wrong in the title.
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Whoops-did I spell Reedy?
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