Very interesting, lady_karelia. I especially appreciate that it is not only me who sees an exponential growth of number of stories that one one does not wish to see at all. Readers have an advantage of admin buffer, or firewall if you prefer, that shields them from mediocre stories, and that surely makes our heartache less pronounced compared to you.

But still, what can an admin do with a story that started off well and subsequently dwindled to the ego kind? Because, I, as a reader, have a tool called reviews. They are just not appreciated unless they are squee-ky.