I've made a lot of stuff I've put up for free, PWYW, or a low price on DriveThurRPG. I don't make much money on these endeavors, not enough to justify the time spent, but a lot of us don't do this for the money. It's a rare month when I get some feedback.....any feedback on that work. My products get maybe 4 or 5 ratings a year, and maybe half that in actual reviews....on a good year.
You might imagine my shock when I check me email and see that I got FOURTEEN (14!) two and three-star reviews, and one four-star, for a total of 15 reviews. It's obvious, because of the time-stamps, that this was one person going through and giving bad ratings. What really got me is that the 1st rating happened at 3 AM and then the rest were shotgunned through at 10 AM.
I get it if you don't like a product or three, but 15? Seriously? If you don't like the first few freebies (I didn't make a penny on any of the products rated in the last two days) then why would you go ahead and download another dozen or so?
Rating-bombing does no good to anybody. If this hero had something to actually say they could have left a review. They could have sent an email, or a quick note.....