Anyone experiencing a ton of down voting or is it just me? everytime i log on one of my comics has been down voted.

I experienced a whole shit-load of downvoting but, yes, it was just you. No, seriously, comic ratings are a natural force here. Just don't check yours and you'll be happier. 

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-=- You eat one lousy foot and they call you a cannibal. What a world. -=-

yeah it happens to everyone. it's known as matclarke's law:

"Got three votes and your on the pending list, drinks for everyone! You're a fat cat. Finally, you get that fourth vote that ushers you up to the highest echelon. Sweet Jesus the air smells great! Life is good. Tell your friends how funny and talented you are. Write home to grandma. Bask in the glory that will be swiftly ripped out of your heart. Because as soon as it’s known that a strip is rated a 9 or 10, that same strip will be promptly kicked in the junk and dropped like a herpes laden mug."

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what if nigger meant kite

Don't forget kids, the more 'good' votes you have, the bigger your penis is.

I'm not sure if any of my comics have been down voted, but a new comic has popped into my top 10 comics.

[Click to view comic: 'Hi there.']

6 voters with a 7.5 rating.

That comic sucks.

I voted it okay to piss you off

Awwwhhh, BigFrank what you like?

To put what Mandingo said another way, it works like this:

People who like your comics and read you regularly vote your comics Good because they like you, so the early votes on the strip are all or mostly "Good."  Then once it has enough votes other users will see it on Top Rated and the front page and will think it is either Good, Okay, or Bad.  Basically, a larger audience is weighing in and not everyone will think the comic is Good.  That's how the strips lose points.  

I know some people think there are users out there who are out to get them or that take joy in knocking comics down, but I've never subscribed to that theory. 

BigFrank105

Fuckin' A.

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Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way.

choadwarrioroh it happens. i remember i was looking at my top 10 when they were all voted bad in about 30 seconds, way shorter than it would take to even read them. i think there's always a couple peeps who don't like the way their comics get voted so take it out on others, or don't like something you said in the forum, or just don't like comics getting voted too high and 'full of themself' or something weird like that

i think another problem is people who've been around awhile start to see more of the punchlines coming, so they start to over-okay when they vote. i remember someone telling me they only voted for comics they found good for this reason. that's what i do now, even though occasionally i'll get drunk and vote all your stuff bad because of that time you called me an ass hat

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what if nigger meant kite

I'm a strong believer in the matclarke's law; it seems like the second I'm on that list the down voting begins... I know I'm not the funniest guy out there but I can have a comic on the top rated list then leave and come back 15 minutes later and the comic will no longer be in my own 10 Top rated comics... and this is the reason why I lost all hope, love, and trust in people.

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horray for life. boo.

Did I happen to mention it was a very attractive ass hat?

choadwarriori think your exact words were "garish abortion." then you laughed and highfived your sports buddies. it took me three weeks and a training montage to recover from that

*slams a shot and goes to vote*

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what if nigger meant kite

Perhaps Brad should just rename it Over Rated.

Bask in your temporary fame, snapshot the screen for your photoalbum and then accept the inevitable.

You shouldn't put too much stock in a comics rating anyway, just take it as a compliment someone actually took the trouble to read it in the first place and then rate it, and regardless of whether they thought it was good or bad,  it'll be etched in their conciousness for all eternity, eating at their soul, changing their pespective on all things that come after.  Will any of us ever look at rotor turbines or big red robots the same way after visiting this site? I think not.

Besides all the cool comics are  rated in the 7s anyway. 

Putting the theory to the test:

[Click to view comic: 'Like The Matrix 2, but in a store.']

This comic has no votes...  let us see the hype trajectory.

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Ham-fisted ham fisting.

yea, i just got a down vote in my name i now have three stars yet i haven't had anyone new rate me so obviously someone changed there mind about me

biped

Fuckin' A.

Increase your penis size with Circle Jerk brand herbal penis enhancement.  Four votes an ALL the girl's will be fie dollah.

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I will rate you hard, and unendingly.

LittleRocker

If you keep going on about ratings like this, you'll make people think they matter.

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More lust than you can shake a stick at.