On May 11th we updated how the fiction rank number is displayed on the author dashboard and on individual fiction dashboards. By doing that authors could see where their fiction was ranked in a range, rather than the specific number. As an example, a fiction ranked at #321 would see the rank as 251-500. This was to steer away from a competitive element on the platform and to promote a culture that focuses less on arbitrary numbers that are outside of the author's direct control and did not sufficiently provide information on how well a story is doing, as the position in the ranking is highly influenced by how others perform, rather than a fiction's own performance. However, after talking with many authors and hearing how much they preferred the older individual numbers being displayed, we decided to roll back this update. Instead, if you feel like seeing numbers on the dashboard is distracting you from what matters and is negatively impacting you, we strongly recommend you disable rating stats, which also hide the rank numbers.
This can be done via this link. Or by going to your Author Dashboard > (Left Menu) > Settings > Hide Rating Stats
As always, we will continue to work to improve our platform and implement your requests as much as possible. If you have any suggestions, please add them here in our Suggestion forum
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