I think that the Review Amnesty Week is a cool idea. Besides giving those with overdue assignments a bit of an extension, it gives the rest of us an incentive to clear out our assignment carts. Personally, I have so many purchases in there that would put me up to and over the milestone 100 reviews. While the double points is nice (as it always is), I have a feeling that I probably won't be writing any reviews this week (or very few) for a few reasons.

I've been offered my first two DR assignments and I also have a manufacturer sponsored one as well (though I haven't actually received the items yet, so there's no rush to write the reviews). As for the points - well, to be honest, being an editor this rotation quickly racks the points up, so I'm not hurting in that area.

But I think my biggest reason for not really wanting to write reviews this week is this - like the double points week back in February, there was such an avalanche of new reviews that it was hard to keep up with them, let alone read many of them. Personally, I like it when people actually read my reviews, and I hope they find them helpful. Rating and commenting is nice (but not entirely necessary), and I'd rather not write a review than have it get lost (and go unnoticed) in the masses of newly written reviews (and therefore not be really helpful to anyone).



So I'm interested in hearing everyone else's thoughts... are you joining in the review writing rush or are you stepping back for a bit? (Voting is private!) less

You have a good point. There are going to be tons of reviews this week...too many to see them all, unless you stay tied to the computer 24/7, which few of us do. My reviews generally take me about 4 hours to do, so I am not planning to tire myself out trying to do massive amounts of reviews. If I get some in, good. If I don't, that is fine too.

I will say that as far as the proofreading program goes, I had my three reviews for the day finished by 10:00 this morning (and I woke up around 8:30). At this moment, there are 11 reviews waiting in the task market to be edited. I am hoping several someones get in there to take care of the backlog. More will be coming in tomorrow! less

You do have a great point but I can't help it, I love double points times. I'll probably only write two reviews or so a day this week just to get my assignment cart cleared out of the things I've been putting off reviewing out of sheer laziness. Double points times really motivate me to get working on my piling up reviews so I'm not too worried about my reviews getting lost. They'll be there for anyone wants to read them.

Btw, llama pie is kinda scary, just saying less

I agree with your comment where you said, "But I think my biggest reason for not really wanting to write reviews this week is this - like the double points week back in February, there was such an avalanche of new reviews that it was hard to keep up with them, let alone read many of them. Personally, I like it when people actually read my reviews, and I hope they find them helpful. Rating and commenting is nice (but not entirely necessary), and I'd rather not write a review than have it get lost (and go unnoticed) in the masses of newly written reviews (and therefore not be really helpful to anyone)."

I made this point in the original thread which announced the DOUBLE POINT REVIEW EVENT!! less

Exactly, Ms. N! I generally take about 2 hours to write a review - taking photos; measuring and remeasuring; if it's a toy, I turn it on and recheck sound, strength, patterns, etc; checking ingredient lists; reading other reviews to make sure I didn't forget anything; then onto proofreading, proofreading again after it's published... it just takes so much work trying not to forget anything vital or helpful and making sure I write as good as a review as I can that I'm not going to kill myself trying to get in more than I actually can do at a time without letting the quality of the review slip.

Though, to be honest, I can be attached to this site 24/7. I don't have a "regular 9 to 5" job as others do. I care for my cousin's three year old for 10 hours a day. So while she's watching her cartoons or playing, I can pop on here anytime I want, for however long I want (and I can be on here all day sometimes). But I'm usually shopping, so it's not entirely productive.

And I can't believe the Task Market! I've never seen that many reviews in there (especially on a Monday!). I had my three in in less than 30 minutes today. Usually, if I get that many at all, it's not till later at night. I do hope it gets "cleaned" up! less

There are currently 13 reviews that need to be edited in the Task Market.


Oh, I checked the ones that I edited this morning before 10:00 AM...two of them have not had a single vote! I am sure they were off of page 6 on the community page within a few hours of being posted. less