Do you rate every review you read?
I don't vote on the review if there is a lack of information and I'm not interested enough in the toy to bother asking for more details; I'll just move on to the next one. I subscribe to the RSS feed, so it's a little easier for me to do this than those who rely on the community news page to see what's active.
09/06/2011
Always unless I am in a hurry and very rarely I'll not vote if the review was just extremely uninforitive. I still try to be very nice and leave a comment asking them questions and telling them they may want to add those deets in the reviews, but I'm never anything but very kind and helpful about it. If I feel I can't be helpful about it or that it may come off as me sounding 'superior' to their review job, I wont do it. Of course I'd never pick at a review though, EVER! I think that is rude and an insult to a person who did work hard on it. Anyways, almost 9 times outta 10 I'll rate, but I feel some people do not want others to get a ranking and that is why they avoid rating. I don't care, it's important for them to get feedback so I'm not going to be immature. I'll rate, but I'll be nice as possible.
09/06/2011
If it's someones first review and they did a really crap job, I won't vote because they're still learning. I don't want to lie and tell them that it's useful when it wasn't, but I also don't want to discourage them! If it's someone's 20th review and they did a really crap job, I'll vote away!
09/06/2011
I only recently realized that you have to hit vote and then confirm. So there were several votes I placed that didn't register. I try to be objective and vote honestly and usually leave some type of comment. I figure if they took the time to write something to share they deserve a vote and a comment if I read it.
09/06/2011
I vote almost every time. I sometimes won't vote if a review is really un-useful because I don't want to be mean. Sometimes in those cases I'll leave a comment on how to improve or ask some questions, and I'll come back later to see if anything changed or they answered. Then I might vote. But I usually don't even do all that, and I'll just skip voting unless I can give a positive vote.
09/06/2011
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This! Unless even the first review is a 1 paragraph rush job and it looks like something you'd see on Adam and Eve. Even then, I give people a free pass the first time, anyway, and leave some info about Extended Reviews, the Mentor Program and ask questions to get their creative juices flowing.
Originally posted by
Ryuson
If it's someones first review and they did a really crap job, I won't vote because they're still learning. I don't want to lie and tell them that it's useful when it wasn't, but I also don't want to discourage them! If it's someone's 20th review and
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If it's someones first review and they did a really crap job, I won't vote because they're still learning. I don't want to lie and tell them that it's useful when it wasn't, but I also don't want to discourage them! If it's someone's 20th review and they did a really crap job, I'll vote away!
Without at least some constructive criticism how will people learn what is expected in a review?
I won't lie on a vote, though. This isn't Middle School. It has nothing to do with being mean, only helpful. But, if I leave anything less than "useful" (and even then often) I will leave some info on why I voted why I did in the form of questions or suggestions. People do need to sometimes learn by doing, and if all they get is "Great review! " they aren't going to learn how to be a critical judge of their own work and it doesn't do them a service. And that doesn't do Eden a service either.
09/07/2011
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I do the same thing. I genuinely would like answers to my questions that I leave in the comments. If they get answered or the reviewer edits the review to reflect the omitted info or if weeks go by with no response, then I vote accordingly.
Originally posted by
ZenaidaMacroura
I vote almost every time. I sometimes won't vote if a review is really un-useful because I don't want to be mean. Sometimes in those cases I'll leave a comment on how to improve or ask some questions, and I'll come back later to see if anything
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I vote almost every time. I sometimes won't vote if a review is really un-useful because I don't want to be mean. Sometimes in those cases I'll leave a comment on how to improve or ask some questions, and I'll come back later to see if anything changed or they answered. Then I might vote. But I usually don't even do all that, and I'll just skip voting unless I can give a positive vote.
Otherwise, I do try to vote on every review I read. I will admit, there are times that I think I vote, but forget to hit the confirm button.
09/09/2011
