dooyoo - Members' Opinions On How to Rate And Comment

In the time since I first started using dooyoo I have developed a finely tuned rating system. I have to admit to a tendancy to over-rate in my early weeks, simply because I found that most reviews were just that bit better than mine and as such I thought them to be worthy of a VU. In refining my own work and reading so many more reviews, if I was to go back and re-rate those that I rated in my first month I think 30-40% of my ratings would change. And I'm sure that many dooyooers feel the same way. But that is part of the dooyoo learning curve and I think we can all be forgiven for a little initial over-rating. So here is my personal rating system, from NU ...  Read the complete review

I have been a member of Dooyoo for over four years now, (God is that all?), and have seen a few changes of late which have spurred me to add my two penn'orth to the debate about reading and rating. I've noticed a few people getting hot and bothered about rates. Dooyoo recently posted a piece on the community page about ratings which basically said there are too many VU's on reviews that don't merit them and people need to think more/be honest about their ratings. Here's what I do and why. I'll start at the bottom and work my way up, (oo er); Not Useful ~ It's quite rare that I have pressed the NU button, I probably should have clicked on it more, ...  Read the complete review

When it comes to rating and commenting on a review. The first and most fundamental rule is, one should rate only if they feel they are qualified to do so. This means, if you're reading a review about a product you know little about, it may be best to do some research before rating. For example rating someone's plasma television review "somewhat useful" because you have no plans to buy a plasma and didn't quite understand the technical jargon is a bit unfair. The usefulness of a review will vary depending on who it's aimed at which is where a problem lies with the rating system on this site. Dooyoo users tend to rate everything and anything, even ...  Read the complete review

A strange category this one, how do I give anyone advice on how to rate and comment? We all have our own little quirks when it comes to using the site, none of us read or rate in the same way (or that is we shouldn't) so I won't be giving some sort of magic formula to turn us all into rating clones. Perhaps I could start with giving some reasons as to why some of us read and rate, and use my own rather strange (to some) behaviour on site as a starting point. But before I even get to rating I'm going to start with how I choose what I'm going to rate. ---Reading--- So why do we read, and to be specific why do we read reviews here on Dooyoo? Well I ...  Read the complete review

This is potentially going to turn into a little bit of a rant , so please forgive me . I write a fair amount of reviews - typically, I'll have a couple of months of binge reviewing, then vanish off for a bit as some new computer game takes hold,then come back and binge review again . Recently, I've noticed something that annoys me . Most of my reviews are pretty brief, but every so often, a particular product will really hit a nerve, and inspire me to write a longer, more detailed, more passionate review . I can't get too passionate about a packet of noodles for example, but I might about a moving film, or a really good book . Tonight, at ...  Read the complete review