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Camp_Freddy

To be honest, I'm not sure. I really don't have a lot of information on the suggestion addition procedure (if I'm being honest, I don't often request suggestions and even then, I'm not too bothered if they're not added), so unless the Dooyoo staff tell us that there's an issue or if another guide reports a problem, then I don't tend to take notice.

The guys that do the product suggestions are not the same guys that do the day-to-day administration of the site, but I believe product suggestions are added in batches on a category by category basis. Sometimes, the focus is on one particular category and if there are problems with that one category, then there's a knock on effect with everything else. I'm guessing that might be the case here, but that's my deduction, not gospel.

cheap_charlie

The longest I have had to wait for a suggestion to be added was nearly a month for a laptop computer. Everything else has been dealt with relatively quickly - certainly no longer than 2 weeks.

I suspect the laptop computer took so long to be added because Computers was a featured category that month so they may well have been inundated with suggestions for it.

cmh4135

cheap_charlie wrote: »

The longest I have had to wait for a suggestion to be added was nearly a month for a laptop computer. Everything else has been dealt with relatively quickly - certainly no longer than 2 weeks.

I suspect the laptop computer took so long to be added because Computers was a featured category that month so they may well have been inundated with suggestions for it.

I'd suggest that if you have suggestions pending in the competition category for any given month for longer than a week you alert dooyoo or a guide. These suggestions should be given preference in terms of work allocation.

brooke3

Question: do you read an entire review?

I don't always read the whole review, just the bits that are of interest to me. Obviously with some reviews you need to read everything but sometimes if it's say a book or a film that I've already seen and I just want to know the other persons opinion I will just skim the description so that I can get straight to the opinion. Or if I'm reading a review of a tourist attraction i tend to skip the part about how much it cost.

I was just thinking, I'm so judgemental about the whole rating thing and maybe I should be looking at myself before I criticise others!

cmh4135

I think it depends on the review. We're probably all guilty of skipping sections from time to time - heck, I think I could recite the standard "Boots advantage card" opinion in my sleep!

Some reviews lend themselves to "skipping" - those which are clearly laid out. However, I do think that there's a danger in skipping bits just 'cos we know about the item and that is that we write for the consumer not for the member. As such, if we regularly skip the plot summary (assuming it IS a summary) or miss out other large parts of an opinion, we risk missing the fact that they are wrong, inaccurate or copied. Where we are reading with an "expert" eye (and I use that term in the losest of senses) we are best placed to actually accurately rate opinions. It's the only time we are, really!

So I'd say, yes, we all do it but we probably shouldn't if we are passing bits over because we know (of think we know) what they will say. If it's a pile of cack then skip away - you'll be rating accordingly!

Fiver29

I skip anything labelled as ingredients, or lists of tracks on a cd or similar.

cheap_charlie

brooke3 wrote: »

Question: do you read an entire review?

I don't always read the whole review, just the bits that are of interest to me. Obviously with some reviews you need to read everything but sometimes if it's say a book or a film that I've already seen and I just want to know the other persons opinion I will just skim the description so that I can get straight to the opinion. Or if I'm reading a review of a tourist attraction i tend to skip the part about how much it cost.

I was just thinking, I'm so judgemental about the whole rating thing and maybe I should be looking at myself before I criticise others!

I do *try* to read everything but sometimes its hard.

I do tend to skip detailed descriptions of packaging - for example paragraphs describing crisp wrappers does not a good read make. Likewise, ingredients are of no interest and get skimmed.

However I do read everything else - yes its time consuming and sometimes can be dull, but I'd rather read than leave a VU for some junk along with a "great review - nominated" comment which shows up I never read it.

And personally I find entry price for a tourist attraction to be a very important part of a review and something I DO look out for, as well as where it is and when its open.

brooke3

It's good to know that I'm not the only who does it. PErsonally I always try to make my long reviews so that people can skip sections if they don't want or need to read them.

CMH- That's a very good point. Maybe i should be paying attention to description, especially on products that i know very well.

The reason I skip prices and opening times (and often don't include them in my reviews) is that they change so often and often every season. If I was actually going to go to a place and was looking for a review for that reason (and not just to rate other peoples reviews) I would also look up the official website. There's only so much you can get from a review and whenI read a review all I really want is opinion.

cmh4135

brooke3 wrote: »

The reason I skip prices and opening times (and often don't include them in my reviews) is that they change so often and often every season. If I was actually going to go to a place and was looking for a review for that reason (and not just to rate other peoples reviews) I would also look up the official website. There's only so much you can get from a review and whenI read a review all I really want is opinion.

Nail and head spring to mind here! It's the reason I rarely state prices in my review (although I will make comparisons to other products or give a general indication if it's appropriate). It's misleading when someone looks at an opinion that's a couple of years (or sometimes months) out of date if the price has changed a lot.

jo_b_2

brooke3 wrote: »

The reason I skip prices and opening times (and often don't include them in my reviews) is that they change so often and often every season. If I was actually going to go to a place and was looking for a review for that reason (and not just to rate other peoples reviews) I would also look up the official website. There's only so much you can get from a review and whenI read a review all I really want is opinion.

I tend to include details like that and I appreciate reviews that include that info. Fair enough, charges and such can change over time but it does help to give an indication of whether something is value for money or not at the time when the review was written. I particularly dislike it when somebody states that something is 'expensive' in the Disadvantages section and then doesn't mention a price. What they might consider expensive might not be what I would.

I do dislike lists of things like ingredients and nutritional info and always skip through those. I think people tend to include that stuff just to make a short review seem longer. :rolleyes: