> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 07:43:47 -0600
> From: <aelfwina@cableone.net>
> Subject: Re: Re: points and various voting matters (Kathy)
>
> <snippage>
> :: I think that I may have been the first to mention adding to my
> reviews
> and then feeling that they did not seem as sincere. I can be extremely
> verbose in reviews (or replies) as anyone can tell you. I've been
> known to
> wax philosophical and write reviews longer than the stories or
> chapters that
> inspired them, LOL! But occasionally a story moves me so much that my
> response is actually shorter, with less thought, more emotional. To
> have to
> add to a response like that did feel a bit like padding. Now, maybe
> that's
> just me, and the way I review--in which case it's not a problem for
> anyone
> else, and I apologize for opening the can of worms in the first
> place--I'll
> just have to deal with it.
>
I can definitely understand that. I think it really has to do with
different approaches to writing a review. Yours probably gave more
uniform feedback to the author, if that makes any sense... not sure how
to explain it more clearly. But what I'm trying to say is, my method
for writing reviews has its drawbacks and is not what I'd use if I was
reviewing at SOA or FF.net or wherever... I would just have said what I
wanted to until I an out of steam or things to say.
> :: Perhaps a kind of curve in giving weight to reviews, with a bit
> extra at
> the low end and a bit extra at the high end, with the spread more
> consistent
> in the middle, kind of like the old grading curve teachers used to
> use? I
> don't know.
That idea might be good. How about something like:
1-75 = 1 pt }
76-150 = 2 pts } --- These two brackets are 75 chars each
151-300 = 3 pts }
301-450 = 4 pts } --- These four brackets are 150 characters each
451-600 = 5 pts }
601-750 = 6 pts }
751-850 = 7 pts } --- This bracket has 100 characters
850-925 = 8 pts } --- These two brackets are 75 characters each
926-1000 = 9 pts }
1001 + = 10 pts.
I was originally going to have 7 be 75 points instead of 100 (to keep
things simpler), but that would mean things would cap off at 975
characters instead of 1000.
What do you guys think?
> Anyway, as I said, if I'm the only one with the problem, just
> let me blather.
>
You're not. You're just one of the few who is participating in the
post-mortem.
Marta