Slenderblog vs. Slanderblog

1. Blogs are arranged alphabetically by ranking. The more votes a blog has, the more loved it is by the community. While the higher ranked blogs are not always better that lower-ranked ones, a higher ranking is usually a good indicator of quality.

2. Voting is on a 3-point scale: +1, +0, or -1. This means that you can only vote a blog up or down one point, or remain neutral. This means no +2 or +1/2.

3. Some blogs are closely tied or are direct continuations of other blogs. Examples of this are Seeking Truth and the Mystic or A Hint of Serendipity and Last Refuge of a Dangerous Man. These blogs are treated as a single blog, and can only get one vote per voter.

4. Anyone may vote. It doesn't matter if you create an account just to vote in this thread. Of course, sock-puppeting is looked down upon, but I'm sure you all respect this resource too much to try to skew the results.

5. You may vote on as many blogs as you wish, but you may only cast one vote for each. You also don't have to do all your voting in a single post. You can come back to the thread after you've read more blogs.

6. You are allowed to vote on your own blog. It's common courtesy to give it a +0 to keep bias free, but if you honestly think it deserves a +1 or -1, you can vote it up or down. And yes, this does mean that you can use this thread to plug your blog.

7. If you change your opinion on a blog, feel free to change your vote. If you do, however, please note that you're changing it, and state what score you are changing it from. Changing from a +0 to a +1 only gives a one point jump, but changing from a -1 to a +1 gives a two point jump (and vice versa).

8. Please check to see if the blogs you are voting on are already on the list. Please provide URLs for blogs that are not yet on the list.

9. It is very helpful if you include a spoilered list of blogs you have already voted on at the end of your posts so that you can check if you've voted on a certain blog and so you do not accidentally vote on something twice. I don't check to make sure for anyone but myself, so if you vote for the same blog twice, it skews my results.

10. If you're going to vote on a blog, be clear that you are voting. If someone responds to a post by saying "I agree," I don't know if they're voting or just saying that they agree with the critique.

11. There is also a section for miniverses (such as the Delmont Blogs, which include Time to Talk, Get Your Game Face On, and the eleventh hour or Operation Wintergreen, which includes Father of Light, Vox93, and Smiting the Gods), which works on the same voting system but is not yet integrated into the category system. What this means in regards to voting is that you should vote on the miniverse and the blogs within the miniverse separately. Remember, votes for the miniverse are votes for the overall story that arches between them, and votes for the individual blogs are for, well, the individual blogs.