My Ratings - Why and How
Mar 03 '00
I have been writing and rating reviews since October 99 and have seen both fantastic insightful epinions, as well as useless jabbering epinions. Each time I read an epinion I rate it, both to keep track of the epinions I would like to refer to later and to help those in my Web of Trust. The rating scale below summarizes how I rate:
Highly Recommend
These are exceptionally useful reviews. They contain product info in an easy to read format and include personal experiences. These are the epinions which I find to be very helpful when I am looking for product information.
Recommend
This is either a review with good product information and general product opinions or a review that is entirely product specs. While product specs are important in picking a product, these can usually be found on any product web site. Since it is the opinion part of the site I find valuable, I don’t feel that reviews entirely listing product specs help me find out the products durability and reliability
Somewhat Recommended
These epinions usually don't provide much product/opinion information or have very poor grammar.
Not Recommended
I generally reserve this rating for epinions which:
- repeat the same word(s) to make 100 words
- that are offensive (includes cursing or crude imagery)
- that are not about the product
Originally, I enjoyed the venting about product problems and recommending products I loved. Later I found that I was learning a great deal about other products on the market. Soon I was addicted and found that I now refer to the site before I buy anything! So thanks to everyone who has made it a great resource!
Also, it is important to me that I rate fairly and keep my ratings up to date. Therefore, if you updated any epinion which I rated (especially if I did not "highly recommend" it) please let me know. I will re-read it and possibly re-rate it. In the past, I have received some great feedback from other who have helped me improve my epinions. I hope that I can help others as well.
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Epinions.com ID:
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Location: New York
Reviews written: 105
Trusted by: 118 members
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