Review the Reviews! (Forum) http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums.php/item_id/617544-Review-the-Reviews I think as long as the reviewer explains what they liked about it and why, and how it could be better, it's okay to leave short reviews. Would you rather get short reviews or not get reviewed at all? I know when I see a review that is even three words long instead of five sentences, I feel happy that someone read my work. I don't complain that th...[Read Full Post] Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:55:21 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2333419 Wow! I think you set a new site record for the longest time in responding to a post! [Image #864217] Stik Piks: [Link To User iammark301] Warm up to organics. [Link To Item #1009422] ...[Read Full Post] Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:09:42 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1944820 Aw, I just can't resist............... Abit / Defin: what comes from trying to type " a bit" but getting all fuddled up by the keypad because you are really so much better with your thumbs, and this only usually works when texting on a tiny device. Ed. note: otherwise known as a typo. I can hardly believe it. Did I just review a revie...[Read Full Post] Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:54:22 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1944818 Ouch indeed! I don't suppose you'd have any idea of where it can be found? I see 'reviews' like this on other sites, those that don't take writing as seriously as it is taken here. Mean or Dismissive -- what is the difference? Mean and dismissive reviews are rare because the member is noticed and quickly booted off the site. ...[Read Full Post] Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:47:55 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1937812 I admit I've been away for a week or so, but OUCH I was skimming the PRP and a newbie gave this poor person a "1" star and stated (in 300 words or less) that what the person wrote was "nothing" - that it wasn't ANYTHING. What an OUCH and what the heck does "nothing" mean? No explanation - just a dismissal, like flicking a ...[Read Full Post] Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:17:45 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1937669 This place is a Ghost Town - too many other things happeneing. Too many groups. Templates, contests, fund-raisers, mentorship, adoptees. Ya need a map to find every nook and cranny. QUESTION: RABBIT Reviews...long reviews, but the SIZE of type gets larger and larger every paragraph.... SIZE 3 then to SIZE 4 ...then OMG.. SIZE 5 COMES ALONG . My ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 07 Feb 2009 08:10:13 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1856829 Today I reviewed a piece (actually 4 poems he put under one static item - think he was confused). [Link To Item #959009] He's a sophomore in High School, but his short poems, especially the first two were marvelous - I so was along with him in the Big City. So I reviwed each one under a different heading and gave him a mark for each, then told hi...[Read Full Post] Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:28:51 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1768241 I don't run spell check cause I don't misspell. No, I use the review tool and hit 'save' as soon as I paste my notes in. Then I go through and make my comments. If I forget to hit save, I'll lose it at some point and that hurts. If you keep your documents minimized, it'd be easy to paste it over there. If you time out, ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:21:52 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1767575 Do you guys always run Spell Check before you post your reviews? My problem is saving my review so it doesn't get timed out and disappear before I have to log in again. I copy the review - then should I hit Spell Check, and hope that comes up? Or should I just copy/paste to my documents and then hit spell check, and hope I haven't timed out? Any ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:35:04 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1767541 Yeah, you're right - sending a review, a better or more specific detailed review, so the writer feels like he/she is just getting the 'canned" stuff. What about poems that I just don' t want to review? They lay there like moss, and I pass them over because I have too little to say, except I know why their rating has been so low, and I&...[Read Full Post] Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:18:53 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1763814 Oh, yes - our "hamster in a wheel" days. As I recall, though, we were doing it partly in protest of the whole durned thing... I think what really chaps our hides, some days, is just knowing there are folks who only "review" for the points - not for the love of reading or any real desire to help others. But it does keep the conversation...[Read Full Post] Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:41:48 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1763714 Sorry if this is a long post/reply: Thanks everybody for their lively responses and exchange of opinions. I am still learning. My 'complaint" was a rant, during a heated moment. I remember being new and scared and not knowing a thing about MLcodes or how to manuver around the site. I had to ask someone about posting bitem format. Displayin...[Read Full Post] Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:10:28 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1763407 Really, Jessie, the 3rd in fermenting? Yea!!! Remember when we worked at getting out those public reviews and worked so hard. We enjoyed being at the top of the list while it lasted. Then we became disenchanted. Now I seldom do public reviews. In fact I seldom do reviews except through emails, where they don't count on the site, only for the pe...[Read Full Post] Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:45:54 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1759314 You could stop reviewing. You know me better than I know myself sometimes. That's scary. I've thought about not reviewing. As recently as this morning in fact, I was ready to toss in the towel. Just because I lost some more review counts. Silly, but true. It's sad when that's what I can look forward to, isn't it? The count depen...[Read Full Post] Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:25:27 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1759303 esprit, thank you for prefacing that... No, you understand what I'm saying - I think the incentives may be necessary to get the ball rolling, but when they're the only thing keeping the ball rolling for some people, those who aren't doing it primarily for the incentives fall behind in the rankings and rewards, and rightfully feel...taken for gran...[Read Full Post] Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:29:00 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1759288 but let's say there were no incentives at all - would you have reviewed this poet differently? Or did you give it your best because it was a matter of the poet deserving the attention and you having too much pride to do a quick, shoddy job of it Stand back, Jessie. This is not aimed at you, I know you're not saying this. But others d...[Read Full Post] Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:10:59 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1759283 May I add a couple cents to [Link To User njames51] complaint? I've had the same thoughts many times over my short career of reviewing. I discovered early on that I love to read and review other folks' works. I think reviewing helps me more than my comments to the reviewee--I have to be sure my information is technically sound, and that...[Read Full Post] Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:10:09 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1759264 Yes, let's not lose sight of the fact that the review is, first and foremost, a gift from you to the writer. It has nothing to do with fame and glory and copious GPs. It has to do with sharing. Sometimes, incentive systems backfire - they work for those who have to be arm-twisted into doing anything, but leave others who are - perhaps - more deserving ou...[Read Full Post] Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:15:45 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1759233 I'm sorry, but I am ticked off! A "REVIEW" of six (6) - yep - six sentences still gets you on the PRP???? What is with that? Then why the heck am I writing a 1500 count review of a poem??? The above mentioned 'review" (positvely positive always) was for<(I guess), a chapter(s), of a BOOK!!! Review contained: Opening sentence, then...[Read Full Post] Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:14:56 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1759137 Much obliged for the suggestions - finally got rid of that white space. Sun, 04 May 2008 03:43:40 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1719243 Getting rid of the extra space permanently-- Open the Review Tool from the pulldown menu. Choose the template you were using in the template pulldown menu, and click edit. You must have several line returns or a lot of spaces after the image code in the template. Remove those. You can also close up the wide gap between the citem/bitem type ta...[Read Full Post] Fri, 02 May 2008 18:55:08 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1718607 Yeah. I rarely get cussed out for my rates by the authors. I have received a few doozies, but they're rare. You know who hates low rates the most? The bystanders. The ones who won't put in the time and effort to read the work and have no idea how to critique. It gets old to hear about 'unpleasant' reviews that walk all over the wr...[Read Full Post] Fri, 02 May 2008 18:51:47 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1718603 Yeah, it's happened to all of us. One tries to get into the habit of using the store/edit button frequently. And if particularly paranoid about the reliability of one's internet connections, ctrl-a and ctrl-c in the review box before submitting. Just in case. Northernwrites [Image #1235662] ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 02 May 2008 18:38:21 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1718596 Oh no! I've done that a few times and swore I would always save it, then it's happened again. It always happens on the long, complicated ones. It's so easy to save on the review tool,but still I don't every time. [Image #914577] [Image #1063844] [Image #803281] [Image #6000] [Image #611986] ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 02 May 2008 18:07:07 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1718584 That's one of the questions we'll never find the answer to, like those 'what is the purpose of life?' I've seen reviewers post a review of a poem, 5 mins later, they're somehow read a 45 kb story, and loved it, then another poem or two. In between those postings, I see the same reviewer on the IM chatting and having fun, ref...[Read Full Post] Fri, 02 May 2008 18:02:10 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1718582