"x of y people found this review helpful." An idea

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   I'd like to add something, though I don't know how useful it will be. Occasionally, when reviewing, I will comment on some of the reviews coming before mine, especially when I see a point deserving to be brought up, or just emphasized. However, I will always do so with the utmost respect, even when I happen to disagree with the reviewer - and will rarely mention the person's name, unless they are someone with whom I am friendly. 

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Raff Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 29 2005 Location: None Status: Offline Points: 24429	Posted: March 05 2009 at 16:36
	I'd like to add something, though I don't know how useful it will be. Occasionally, when reviewing, I will comment on some of the reviews coming before mine, especially when I see a point deserving to be brought up, or just emphasized. However, I will always do so with the utmost respect, even when I happen to disagree with the reviewer - and will rarely mention the person's name, unless they are someone with whom I am friendly.

rushfan4 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 22 2007 Location: Michigan, U.S. Status: Offline Points: 66264	Posted: March 05 2009 at 16:41
	I suggested something similar a couple of months ago. I think that it would be nice to get some positive feedback on reviews as a way of encouragement to write more reviews. But in retrospect, I agree that the PM method works well and is probably the better route to go. Unless of course you want to comment on a James review, in which case you will get a full inbox message. As has been mentioned already and previously in my thread, there are too many bad apples that will turn this into a spam fest and that could potentially create a galestorm nightmare for the administrators to monitor. And of course on the other hand, all of the reviewer fanboys will come out of the woodwork to create a love fest for their favorite reviewers, and lord knows that we don't like fanboys on a prog site. I guess it would be nice to know that when you spend the time to type a review, somebody else actually spent the time to read it. And I think that is kind of what the suggester is suggesting. Rather than something where people can type good or bad things, there would be a button where the reader could say they found the review useful, or they didn't find it useful. Of course, then like with the missed phone call, you'll spend the rest of the eternity wondering who didn't like your review, and why they didn't like it. Edited by rushfan4 - March 05 2009 at 16:42