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How rating reviews should work

Posted by Soapbubble - July 4th, 2009


I see a reoccurring trend in my reviews.

I write long reviews based on quality and personal opinions, and rate as I see fit. Most of my longer reviews get rated as good reviews. Some get rated useless.

Funny thing is, the ones being rated useless are the ones with low ratings. 7, 6, sometimes even 8. An example is my review on WKUK Russian Roulette. I gave it 6, as I didn't find it deserving of anything more. It's rated uesless.

I also gave GUN & SWORD a 7/10, and that one is also rated useless. I also got useless on Cooking Sama, for giving it a 7/10 and saying it lacked animations and had regular graphics.

So, listen to this, cus this is on what basis you should be rating reviews.
Did the review help you? If it was a game, did a tip help you finish the level? I'm not talking a walkthrough or a cheat code, I'm talking a simple tip or hint. Did the review tell you a little bit about what to expect in the movie/game? Did it give you a few directions on what to expect? That is a useful review.

A useless review is not a review you don't agree with. It's a review that doesn't tell you anything. "THIS IS GREAT" "YOU SUCK ASS" "LOL SO FUNNY". etc.
I'm not saying that a review saying "I enjoyed this movie. It was funny, and looked great. Great stuff" is useless. It can obviously be more useful, but the review at least says that the movie was funny, entertaining. A useless review tells you nothing about the movie. It's often completely unrelated, and didn't tell you anything, whatsoever.

Think twice before you downvote a review because you disagree with it.

Cheers.


Comments

I agree. I hate retards.

It should be illegal, punishable by death, or at least castration.

Sometimes, the problem solves itself. I love Darwin.

Some people have their opinions! It also happened to me in cooking Sama
You got a point

You've captured the very essence of rating reviews. I totally agree.