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Refusing to Rate MAG

November 6, 2012
By Mantequilla SILVER, Eagan, Minnesota
Mantequilla SILVER, Eagan, Minnesota
8 articles 0 photos 79 comments

Since my article was published in Teen Ink magazine, the number of views it received on TeenInk.com went from 30 to a whopping 400 in a few months. That's an incredible increase, no matter who you are. I couldn't get that if I spent a month spamming the chat rooms and reviewing other people's work.

And yet with those 400 views, I have only five comments and six ratings, all of which were there before I was published. I don't know about you, but I think this is absolutely ridiculous. Teen Ink isn't just a writing website; it's a writing community. As a member, it's your obligation to give feedback, whether by commenting or rating.

I just checked – it takes two and a half seconds, just two clicks of the mouse, to rate a piece. It's not hard, and as a writer, I know I greatly appreciate it when someone takes the time.

A total of 2,295,820,800 seconds is the average life expectancy. Will you spend two seconds of that helping another writer?



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laila_265 GOLD said...
on Feb. 26 2013 at 11:26 pm
laila_265 GOLD, Houston, Texas
12 articles 0 photos 34 comments
Agreed! I think a goal of all writers is to get people talking about their work. This is such a great opportunity for feedback- wish people would give some! 

on Feb. 10 2013 at 1:41 pm
TheSkyOwesMeRain GOLD, Irvine, California
13 articles 1 photo 299 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life isn&#039;t measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments which take your breath away.<br /> <br /> You are only as strong as your weakest link.

Great work! And I totally agree, it doesn't take that much work to rate, or comment, for the matter. 

on Feb. 3 2013 at 10:05 pm
Mantequilla SILVER, Eagan, Minnesota
8 articles 0 photos 79 comments
This makes me laugh so much. 73 views, 1 comment, 6 ratings. What was I talking about again? I forgot.

on Jan. 30 2013 at 11:40 am
sempiternal_obsession SILVER, Camden, Tennessee
8 articles 0 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Imagining isn&#039;t perfect. You can&#039;t get all the way inside someone else...But imagining being someone else, or the world being something else, is the only way in. It is the machine that kills fascists.&rdquo; <br /> ― John Green, Paper Towns

So true. You'd think that for a bunch of mind-speakers we'd be a little bit more willing to share our thoughts and opinions about something we're so passionate about.