This Needs To Be Heard-Message/Petition to Reedsy

Submitted into Contest #86 in response to: Set your story at a park during a spring festival.... view prompt

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*copied from Blxxii*

Dear Reedsy,

Blxxii has emailed you endless and endless times, however, you ignored. I NEED you to reply, please.ย 

It's all about downvoting.

ย "Oh, this is just a thing about downvoting, B-O-R-I-N-G!"ย 

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.

This is a time when downvoters are striking the most-either from multiple accounts or just from teaming.

Sadly, the Marshmallows are practically gone.ย 

I wasn't here when all that happened, however, I suspect that that's the reason why Marshmallows were created; the cause of downvoters.ย 

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.)

แ—ฉแ—ดแ–‡iแ‘Ž แ—ท ๐Ÿ’š (31,010-28,000.)

๐Ÿ’œแด€ แด แด‡ แด› สœ ส ๊œฑ แด› ๐Ÿ’œ (5,100-1,000.)

ๅฑฑ.w. S๐“€yเธฟelle (3,000-1,000.)

๐•ƒ๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•’ โ„‚๐• ๐•๐• ๐•Ÿ (2,000-1,000.)

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.

โ—ฆโ€ขโ—โ—‰โœฟ ๐“‘๐“ต๐”๐”๐“ฒ๐“ฒ โœฟโ—‰โ—โ€ขโ—ฆ

๐Ÿ’œแด€ แด แด‡ แด› สœ ส ๊œฑ แด› ๐Ÿ’œ

ๅฑฑ.w. S๐“€yเธฟelle

๐’ž๐‘’๐“๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“‰โ˜ฏ ๐‘€๐’ถ๐’ฟ๐Ÿ”ฎ๐“€๐“€๐“Š ๐’ฎ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐Ÿฆ‹๐’ท๐“Š

โ„‚๐•’๐•ฃ๐• ๐•๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•’ ๐•Š๐•™๐•’๐•จ ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ

๊งโญ‘โญ’ ษฉษฃฦด ฦ‡ฦ›ส€ฦญั”ส€ โญ‘โญ’๊ง‚

Felicity Anne

แ—ฉแ—ดแ–‡iแ‘Ž แ—ท ๐Ÿ’š

ะ’lแ—ฉฦถ๐Ÿ† ๏ผฒ๐•ช๐Ÿฒ าใ„š๐Ÿ”ฅ๏ฝŠ๐“Šๅฐบโ“ž

๐‘บ๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ˜ธ

Meera Lakshmi

Keefe Sencen

Keya M.

๊Šฐ๊‚๊‹ฌ๊‹ช๊’’๊‚๊‡™๊‡™ ๊Šฐ๊„ฒ๊‰ง

โœฏ โ„‚๐•™๐•’๐• ๐•ฅ๐•š๐•” ๐•Š๐•ก๐•š๐•ฃ๐•’๐•๐•ค โœฏ

๐”ธ๐•“๐•š๐•˜๐•’๐•š๐• โ„‚๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ค๐•ค (โ™ก๐““๐“ป๐“ช๐“ฐ๐“ธ๐“ท ๐“’๐“ต๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ญ๐“ผ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ฐ๐“ฎโ™ก)

๐•Š๐•š๐•’ ๐•Š๐•™๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ž๐•’ โ‡

Akshaya Sutrave

๐•ƒ๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•’ โ„‚๐• ๐•๐• ๐•Ÿ

B. W.

๐™ธ๐šœ๐šŠ๐šŠ๐šŒ ๐™ฐ๐šŠ๐š›๐š˜๐š—

Ari Reynes

โ™ฅโ™ ๐”ผ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•๐•’๐•”๐•’๐•”๐•’๐•คโ™ฆโ™ฃ

Tru Sorcerer


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March 23, 2021 23:15

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60 comments

Vera Vuscoe
11:42 Mar 24, 2021

I want to be on the petition. Can you add me, or can you not edit? - Starlight

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Felicity Anne
14:03 Mar 24, 2021

I added you to mine :)

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Jay DMer
12:22 Mar 25, 2021

Already signed it and added it to my bio!!

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Felicity Anne
22:33 Mar 25, 2021

Awesome!!

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Felicity Anne
15:17 Mar 24, 2021

Up to Date List: โ—ฆโ€ขโ—โ—‰โœฟ ๐“‘๐“ต๐”๐”๐“ฒ๐“ฒ โœฟโ—‰โ—โ€ขโ—ฆ ๐Ÿ’œแด€ แด แด‡ แด› สœ ส ๊œฑ แด› ๐Ÿ’œ ๅฑฑ.w. S๐“€yเธฟelle ๐’ž๐‘’๐“๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“‰โ˜ฏ ๐‘€๐’ถ๐’ฟ๐Ÿ”ฎ๐“€๐“€๐“Š ๐’ฎ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐Ÿฆ‹๐’ท๐“Š โ„‚๐•’๐•ฃ๐• ๐•๐•š๐•Ÿ๐•’ ๐•Š๐•™๐•’๐•จ ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ ๊งโญ‘โญ’ ษฉษฃฦด ฦ‡ฦ›ส€ฦญั”ส€ โญ‘โญ’๊ง‚ Felicity Anne แ—ฉแ—ดแ–‡iแ‘Ž แ—ท ๐Ÿ’š ะ’lแ—ฉฦถ๐Ÿ† ๏ผฒ๐•ช๐Ÿฒ าใ„š๐Ÿ”ฅ๏ฝŠ๐“Šๅฐบโ“ž ๐‘บ๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ˜ธ Meera Lakshmi Keefe Sencen Keya M. ๊Šฐ๊‚๊‹ฌ๊‹ช๊’’๊‚๊‡™๊‡™ ๊Šฐ๊„ฒ๊‰ง โœฏ โ„‚๐•™๐•’๐• ๐•ฅ๐•š๐•” ๐•Š๐•ก๐•š๐•ฃ๐•’๐•๐•ค โœฏ ๐”ธ๐•“๐•š๐•˜๐•’๐•š๐• โ„‚๐•ฃ๐• ๐•ค๐•ค (โ™ก๐““๐“ป๐“ช๐“ฐ๐“ธ๐“ท ๐“’๐“ต๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ญ๐“ผ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ฐ๐“ฎโ™ก) ๐•Š๐•š๐•’ ๐•Š๐•™๐•’๐•ฃ๐•ž๐•’ โ‡ Akshaya Sutrave ๐•ƒ๐•ฆ๐•Ÿ๐•’ โ„‚๐• ๐•๐• ๐•Ÿ B. W. ๐™ธ๐šœ๐šŠ๐šŠ๐šŒ ๐™ฐ๐šŠ๐š›๐š˜๐š—

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Hereโ€™s a couple more! :) Ari Reynes โ™ฅโ™ ๐”ผ๐•ฅ๐•™๐•’๐•Ÿ ๐•๐•’๐•”๐•’๐•”๐•’๐•คโ™ฆโ™ฃ

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18:27 Mar 26, 2021

Dear hooman, Heylooooo! As the Downvoting Police, Iโ€™ve gotta ask: Have you been downvoting recently/would you like me to upvote you a lil? (Thereโ€™s way too many kind people who refuse to be upvoting, but frrr, if youโ€™ve been stripped of your well-earned points, YOUโ€™D BETTER TELL ME MISSY) Love, Random Upvoting Girl Whoโ€™s Going Around Spamming This Message Even Tho Iโ€™m In School

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14:01 Mar 27, 2021

Okiii, Iโ€™ll upvote you soon!

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Felicity Anne
13:59 Mar 24, 2021

Here is the link to the Change It petition I made: http://chng.it/h7rrPwBzd7

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omg celesteeeeeeeeee I read ur biooooo are you gonna write a romance story???? I would totally read thatttt (I recently read a romantic historical fiction and I'm now rly wanting to write something with romanceeeeeXD)

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OoOOOOOoo okkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!! thankssssssssssssssssssssssss

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Ari Berri
13:52 Mar 29, 2021

Gaara!

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Hi Celeste... "Hey, Reedsy executive here. I am sorry to inform you that nothing can change this reedsy website, but we are thinking about it for sure. I have informed them about the downvoted in my bio and I have even messaged her. So, please free to read my bio. Devaki Inamdar has 8 accounts in her name which she uses for heavy downvoting to others and upvoting to herself." THIS IS FROM AN ACTUAL REEDSY PERSON! BIO LINK HERE! PLEASE SPREAD: https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/author/brian-kits/comments/ I don't know if it's a ...

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Dorsa S.
14:14 Mar 29, 2021

ahh, i'd love my name on here :) i made a lil thing in my bio, like a little note or something. i'll copy-paste it here. -- -- this writing site was not crafted for the sake of the people in the community to be downvoting and all that fire-fuel. just a little add-on to what the idea was originally at. notice how i specified it as a WRITING SITE! this website was generated so that people can gather around, write on a prompt every week, and help each other with improving each other's work. be a writer, help each other out, and build ea...

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15:47 Mar 28, 2021

Upvoted you to 1000+! Iโ€™m so sorry you were downvoted, but donโ€™t let it discourage you <333

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<inactive> .
10:15 Mar 28, 2021

Sis, I donโ€™t think you should allow being downvoted to affect you this much... I canโ€™t say how much it hurts because Iโ€™ve been lucky enough to not be downvoted that much..but the leaderboard is worthless anyway. People are stealing points from upvoting and downvoting. If it makes you feel better, Iโ€™ll still upvote you, but the amount of points you have has ZERO relation to the quality of your writing. Youโ€™ll have to get in your head that even though there are so many good people on Reedsy, there are less, if not just as many, bad people. The...

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<inactive> .
18:06 Mar 28, 2021

Welcome sis <3 <3

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Angel {Readsy}
10:19 Apr 30, 2021

Yes true yes true yes true

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15:32 Mar 25, 2021

I started a hashtag, share it to ten friends! #StopDownvotingNow

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05:54 Mar 25, 2021

I have two messages to the chaos going on around here, one as the โ€˜meโ€™ and one as the โ€˜me, a friend to everyone (good-minded) on reedsyโ€™. I think I should go to the latter one first. Message from me, a friend to everyone (good-minded) on reedsy: GUYS!, are you mad? Like people are leaving reedsy because of points? Now Iโ€™ve heard everything! I mean, do take breaks and go away if you must (I am contemplating those two ideas myself) though because of points? I also donโ€™t want the place to go bonkers, so I think I oppose the full โ€˜down voteโ€™y t...

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Ari Berri
20:18 Apr 22, 2021

New story!

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<inactive> .
05:59 Mar 29, 2021

Yooooo can you write a wholesome lgbtq story??

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13:27 Mar 29, 2021

YAAASSSSSS

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<inactive> .
19:07 Mar 29, 2021

YOOOOOOOOO GUYS I WANT TO START A REEDSY CAST AND ONLY FRIENDS ALLOWED SHSHSSKKSKSKSKSKSKSKS HYPE

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<inactive> .
06:06 Mar 30, 2021

SISSSSSS YOU DONT EVEN HAVE TO ASK OFCCCCCCCCCC MAKING THE FORM XD

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Angel {Readsy}
10:17 Apr 30, 2021

, this is just a thing about downvoting, B-O-R-I-N-G! Yes true ! Yes true ! Yes true ! Yes true

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