Reviews discussion

explodingjosh wrote: Do you guys think it would be better to have a Was this review helpful to you? option for readers, like in Amazon.com? Like, rate the reviews? Maybe if a reviewer sees that 13 out of 344 people, for example, found his review 'helpful', he would be motivated to be more open-minded and objective?

Well, there is indeed a consensus of writing a review for recommendation purpose, but that's something I generally care about minimally, because I'm keen on music analysis (if my close-minded, subjective reviews were the ones that made you think ).

Generally, I don't think the function would be absolutely necessary. It's not that essential, so to say.


Edited by Ricochet - August 10 2008 at 17:07

explodingjosh wrote: Do you guys think it would be better to have a Was this review helpful to you? option for readers, like in Amazon.com? Like, rate the reviews? Maybe if a reviewer sees that 13 out of 344 people, for example, found his review 'helpful', he would be motivated to be more open-minded and objective?

I've quasi supported that in the past, but would also like to see a rate the raters of reviews -- "Was this rating of the review helpful to you." ;)  I'd also like to see at the board ratings of topics and posts.

The problem that I've seen before is that even a  wonderfully thoughtful "negative" review is liable to get too often rated as not helpful by too many as the "fanboys" don't like to see people be critical.  also, one will find the haters supporting negative reviews and saying that glowing reviews are unhelpful.  Various permutations. i see it as problematic: there should be strict guidelines for rating the reviews, usernames should be logged, and I would like comments (though we have this thread), but then I t would think that the reviwer should be able to respond to comments.  That said it would be an absolute pain/ huge job to monitor (as if monitoring reviews ain't enough) as abuse could be rampant, and it would be hard to catch.  I like the idea, but  not that practical methinks due to the potential for abuse.

I was  reviewer for a screenplay site before, and came up with very detailed constructive reviews of people's screenplays that took ages, and were damned good and they had to be very long (thousands of words as I recall).  I followed the format, was meticulous, but too often got "not helpful" ratings (couldn't even choose for oneself whic reviews we'd have to do, and there were some really poor ones -- in that case it was the screenplay writer who would diss one's review). 

I supect that the majority of review raters will not be open-minded or objective (much less so than the reviwers).  One can be too open-minded when reviewing, and objectivity is hard (helps greatly if one is well-versed in music theory).  Being open-minded implies that one will also be open to other's criticisms, or praises, and others not liking, or loving, what one loves, or hates.

_popupControl(); quick question, so I'm now a member, logged in and everything, but when I go over to an album page, scroll down, it says, you are not logged in, I click it, login, go back, and it still says you are not logged in. I don't know what the deal is. Anyone who knows whats up please help, if not, its cool too.

_popupControl(); ^ nah, thats not it. Thx thou. I just can't write reviews, it keeps telling me I'm not logged in, when I clearly am. Weird, its probably me with the operator error, idk. maybe I'm not activated yet, even thou its says I'm active, lol. Oh well, this blows, but I guess I'll try back in a couple days.

Try deleting your PA cookies before logging in. Also, the log in can sometimes have problems with a firewall (my zonealarm doesn't seem to like it), so you could try logging in the the firewall off, then reactivate it.

I was wondering what that popupcontrol thing was, how do I go about fixing this, I didn't think I had a firewall judging my some other sites I'm able to visit, lol. another poster suggested I delete my PA cookies? I know what cookies are, but how I do I specifically delete them from this site?? Please bare with my somewhat computer incompetence, lol, thx guys. I also post on plenty other boards, never had this problem. _popupControl();

Edited by Kix - September 04 2008 at 15:38

I also picked up on that review chopper is referring to when it was posted and it did strike me as strange at the time ?  then I thought about it and maybe its on the wrong side of five stars if you catch my drift ?  I mean there is no questions asked five star ratings and then there is the 4 1/2 stars but we cant have half stars so we round it to five stars type rating.   few,  glad I have finished typing that I couldn't stand to type it again,  hope it makes sense.    

the personal note must be erased - unfortunately arrogant and a disrespect for our hard work as for my sentience 

I think that, also, this rule could be underlined:
7 - Remember that your reviews will be on the relevant album’s page for all to read for many years to come. Do not therefore word your review with only the front page (which shows the latest reviews) in mind. Consider whether the review will still make sense in 5 years time and more.

The extra part in Erik's review basically means that, even quicker than in 5 years by now, no one will understand the purpose of those written things. Times changes, and I've said, they could even bring Erik back (in case he actually left - again).

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Iván

Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - September 13 2008 at 23:51