To review, or not to review, that is the question; Sorry, Shakespeare!
Snowminx asked me this question regarding a recent forum post I had made. The specific’s regarding the post isn’t important, but I think her question was valid. “If you own so many why don't you make reviews on any of them?”.
My answer is as follows:
You have a valid question. First, let me say that I have the utmost respect for those who submit reviews. I love to pour over them, be it here at Eden, Amazon, or many other .com sites. But, it takes a special sort of person who is motivated to do so. Some here, I believe are motivated to solely accrue points. Some people are truly altruistic with purely wanting to help others. And, some other reviewers are a combination of both. So, what category would I place myself in you might ask. I am admittedly uninterested in point gathering, so you might suppose that I could be altruistic. In many cases that would be true. However, my big problem, if I took the altruistic approach would be review content. I feel I happen to lack the restraint and clarity for writing a good review. You and other readers would likely end up with a novel, rather than a review. It’s in my DNA to be too thorough. That is not conducive for writing a good review. If you look at this response alone, it should become perfectly clear to you as to why I don’t write reviews.
Okay, so you now have my opinion as to why I’m not a reviewer, whether you agree with me or not. But, I am now interested in hearing your perspective. So, my question is simply why or why not do you write reviews?
Snowminx asked me this question regarding a recent forum post I had made. The specific’s regarding the post isn’t important, but I think her question was valid. “If you own so many why don't you make reviews on any of them?”.
My answer is as follows:
You have a valid question. First, let me say that I have the utmost respect for those who submit reviews. I love to pour over them, be it here at Eden, Amazon, or many other .com sites. But, it takes a special sort of person who is motivated to do so. Some here, I believe are motivated to solely accrue points. Some people are truly altruistic with purely wanting to help others. And, some other reviewers are a combination of both. So, what category would I place myself in you might ask. I am admittedly uninterested in point gathering, so you might suppose that I could be altruistic. In many cases that would be true. However, my big problem, if I took the altruistic approach would be review content. I feel I happen to lack the restraint and clarity for writing a good review. You and other readers would likely end up with a novel, rather than a review. It’s in my DNA to be too thorough. That is not conducive for writing a good review. If you look at this response alone, it should become perfectly clear to you as to why I don’t write reviews.
Okay, so you now have my opinion as to why I’m not a reviewer, whether you agree with me or not. But, I am now interested in hearing your perspective. So, my question is simply why or why not do you write reviews?
