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Prog_Traveller 
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 Topic: How does someone get to be a "reviewer" on here?
Posted: October 04 2011 at 12:06 |
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It seems to me that someone can write a 100 album reviews or more on here and not even be an official reviewer. I'm not anywhere near that(I've only written a few but want to do more). My question is how does someone get to be a reviewer? Do they have to sign up? Is there a certain number they have to write first? Thanks.
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The T
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Posted: October 04 2011 at 12:11 |
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Write often, do it with good quality, stand out, and you'll be noticed. There is a reason why this website has so many prog-reviewers. Everyone who shows desire to become one and work towards it eventually gets it.
Edited by The T - October 04 2011 at 12:12
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Padraic
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Posted: October 04 2011 at 12:16 |
 The T wrote:
Write often, do it with good quality, stand out, and you'll be noticed. |
Failing that, send money.
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rushfan4
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Posted: October 04 2011 at 12:18 |
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I thought it involved sleeping with an Admin.
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Padraic
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Posted: October 04 2011 at 12:24 |
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That's how you become a site monitor.
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seventhsojourn
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Posted: October 04 2011 at 12:24 |
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rushfan4
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Posted: October 04 2011 at 12:31 |
Padraic wrote:
That's how you become a site monitor. |
Nope. We don't participate, we just monitor.
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The T
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Posted: October 04 2011 at 12:33 |
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The T
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Posted: October 04 2011 at 12:34 |
rushfan4 wrote:
Padraic wrote:
That's how you become a site monitor. |
Nope. We don't participate, we just monitor. |
Where would sleeping with a Monitor take you?
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rushfan4
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Posted: October 04 2011 at 12:37 |
Apparently Africa, Asia, or Australia.
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Prog_Traveller
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Posted: October 04 2011 at 13:32 |
So if someone writes 1,000 reviews but they aren't that good they don't get to be a reviewer? Who reviews the reviewer? 
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colorofmoney91
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Posted: October 04 2011 at 14:13 |
Prog_Traveller wrote:
So if someone writes 1,000 reviews but they aren't that good they don't get to be a reviewer? Who reviews the reviewer?
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Basically. I've written over 300, but they're all stupid and short, so I lose.
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Failcore
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Posted: October 04 2011 at 14:58 |
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I actually prefer reviews to not be too long. Too long or too short is bad.
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toroddfuglesteg
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Posted: October 04 2011 at 16:01 |
The only thing you get by becoming a reviewer is a lost life. (and no, I was not joking)
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Failcore
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Posted: October 04 2011 at 17:06 |
^Hey, whatever dude, you get to do all those interviews with awesome ppl, don't complain. 
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The Truth
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Posted: October 04 2011 at 18:24 |
colorofmoney91 wrote:
Prog_Traveller wrote:
So if someone writes 1,000 reviews but they aren't that good they don't get to be a reviewer? Who reviews the reviewer?
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Basically. I've written over 300, but they're all stupid and short, so I lose. |
That's the same problem I had last time I asked.
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ClemofNazareth
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Posted: October 04 2011 at 19:13 |
Be different. Try to find something in an album that nobody (or 1,00 other people) wrote about already. And reviewers tend to get associated with a genre; not always, but often. So concentrating on one genre, at least for a while, couldn't hurt your getting noticed by (or recommended to) members of that team.
I read a couple of your reviews and they are articulate and mostly well-formed. Perhaps a bit light in highlighting specific tracks or interesting facts about the album's history or significance, but you are on the right track. 
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"Peace is the only battle worth waging."
Albert Camus
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Failcore
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Posted: October 04 2011 at 19:42 |
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It seems to me, to be fair and to prevent cronyism (or allegations thereof) there ought to be a well documented process for how this take place. And maybe some requirements as well (user must have understandign of basic music theory, must be 21 years old, etc)
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Andy Webb
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Posted: October 04 2011 at 20:08 |
Padraic wrote:
That's how you become a site monitor.
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It's how I became a PR 
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Andy Webb
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Posted: October 04 2011 at 20:09 |
colorofmoney91 wrote:
Prog_Traveller wrote:
So if someone writes 1,000 reviews but they aren't that good they don't get to be a reviewer? Who reviews the reviewer?
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Basically. I've written over 300, but they're short, so I lose. |
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How does someone get to be a "reviewer" on here?
