Review rating
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Topic: Review rating
Posted By: aapatsos
Subject: Review rating
Date Posted: November 21 2007 at 20:21
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Just wanted to clarify sth that has to deal with review ratings there are two topics that deal with review ratings coming from simple ratings, members' reviews and collabs' reviews I certainly realise that one of them is more recent but wanted to clarify which is valid for people not to become misunderstood when reviewing an album, because there is controversial info about reviews counting methodology maybe some of the info needs to be edited in one of the topics Thanks forum_posts.asp?TID=13152 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=13152
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 04:39
The site rules and guidelines section will always contain the current information.
Cheers!
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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 06:23
now I'm more confused  what about this improvement to the site??? it is not valid?? The site will therefore implement the following policies:
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 11:36
| Entirely valid still, but the multipliers in the third and fourth points have since been increased. |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 14:26
thanks 
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 06:15
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I thought this thread was going to be about the possibilty of rating reviews - so a highly rated review would count more towards an album's chart position.
I think that's a good idea (that this thread has sparked ) - anyone else like it?------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 06:23
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^ I think it would be a good idea to simply add a "binary" rating for the reviews: Option 1: I think this review is valid and helpful Option 2: I think this review is misguiding and not helpful (similarly to Amazon.com) ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to: 
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 06:37
Why binary, out of interest?
Wouldn't it be better to be able to rate the reviews in the same way as the albums;
5 stars: This review is a masterpiece and extremely helpful
4 stars: This review is essential reading for fans of this album
3 stars: Good review
2 stars: Review for collectors and fans of this music only
1 star: Poor review
Just a thought - obviously I'm being a bit flippant with the actual text - but I think the concept is reasonable. ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 06:45
^  So which one of us is the RatingFreak? BTW: I don't know if you noticed - in the other thread I mentioned that I created the tag "Microtonal" on my website. I'd be glad if you could tag some albums accordingly ...  ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 07:59
Just trying to be consistent in approach - and you made the (valid) comparison to Amazon.
This way a user could sort reviews and find those which could be most helpful - useful, if an album has many reviews.
It could also be used to rank reviewers in ways other than greatest number - who knows, it might even knock Sean from his unassailable perch... ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 08:15
actually it sounds like a great 'rating freak' ideabut this will get too complicated in rating albums...  |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 09:14
The more I think about it, the more I think it might be more useful to have this as separate to the album's chart position - just because a review is good, it doesn't mean that the album is better for it.
But being able to quickly see reviews that others have found helpful would be a useful feature - don't you think?
Note that in my 5 star system, there is only one "Poor" or bad rating - just as with the album ratings - obviously we don't want to rate anyone's review as poor, unless it really is, and the other markings reflect this by showing levels of helpfulness, rather than any indication of other qualities. ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: Casartelli
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 11:05
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I think it's enough to have two ratings:
* good review
* bad review
You click the former for reviews that really impress you and the latter for reviews that come across as really inconsistent or come close to not meeting the guidelines. That way you could leave most of the 'average' reviews unrated.
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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 13:17
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I would rather go with Mike's idea if the thought is to be implemented good/bad is not a fair discrimination, but helpful/not helpful is appropriate
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