Wow. I hope this is just one of those hot topics & isn't much of an issue in reality. I hate to think there's a crowd of people out there going through checklists when rating reviews.
A couple posts here just made me go "Huh?" because they seemed to express an attitude of “Well, this is the way I want it & if you don’t cater to my personal preference I’m going to rate your review lower! So there!” *insert sticking out tongue and stomping foot*
If you like product information repeated in the body of a review, that's fine. If that's one of the factors you take into account when rating a review, okay. If it's the only factor that makes you give a different rating than you'd otherwise give: To me that feels a bit rigid. Realistically, there's no way for a reviewer to take everyones' preferences into account. Let's say, as a totally fictional example, I find stats being repeated in a review really distracting & wish people wouldn't do it. Am I going to give a lower rating to a review that included those stats & otherwise followed Eden's review format well & thoroughly? No. Because I know that's just my personal quirk & doesn't mean the reviewer failed to do what they were supposed to do. And how were they to know that I had an issue about it?
I'm mentioning this because it's relevant from the perspective of newer reviewers. Had I not happened to read this thread, I would have had no clue that anyone cared about the stats being put in the body of the review. I'm fine with mousing over the Product Info. icon to see them. It just never crossed my mind that anyone would find that a bother. OK, now I see that many people prefer the stats in the review. Good to know.
But what about the reviewer who starts up a month from now & doesn't see this thread? They're doing their best, following the review format correctly, & overall doing a great job, but their reviews are being rated lower than they'd otherwise be due to something they a) aren't required to do and b) don't even know about? That just seems weird to me.
A couple posts here just made me go "Huh?" because they seemed to express an attitude of “Well, this is the way I want it & if you don’t cater to my personal preference I’m going to rate your review lower! So there!” *insert sticking out tongue and stomping foot*
If you like product information repeated in the body of a review, that's fine. If that's one of the factors you take into account when rating a review, okay. If it's the only factor that makes you give a different rating than you'd otherwise give: To me that feels a bit rigid. Realistically, there's no way for a reviewer to take everyones' preferences into account. Let's say, as a totally fictional example, I find stats being repeated in a review really distracting & wish people wouldn't do it. Am I going to give a lower rating to a review that included those stats & otherwise followed Eden's review format well & thoroughly? No. Because I know that's just my personal quirk & doesn't mean the reviewer failed to do what they were supposed to do. And how were they to know that I had an issue about it?
I'm mentioning this because it's relevant from the perspective of newer reviewers. Had I not happened to read this thread, I would have had no clue that anyone cared about the stats being put in the body of the review. I'm fine with mousing over the Product Info. icon to see them. It just never crossed my mind that anyone would find that a bother. OK, now I see that many people prefer the stats in the review. Good to know.
But what about the reviewer who starts up a month from now & doesn't see this thread? They're doing their best, following the review format correctly, & overall doing a great job, but their reviews are being rated lower than they'd otherwise be due to something they a) aren't required to do and b) don't even know about? That just seems weird to me.
