Missbrowneyedgirl does MALU's Challnge (without any help from her friends) (Helpful Advice for New Members)

Member Name: missbrowneyedgirl

Product:	Helpful Advice for New Members
Date:	16/02/04 (51 review reads)
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Advantages: Fun, Keeps your brain working

Disadvantages: Time consuming

Q: When did you join dooyoo?
A: Oh my Lord! An age ago so it seems but accoding to my profile it was the 12th July 2000.
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Q: How did you discover dooyoo?
A: Catatonic told me about it (I knew her from Beenz if anyone remembers those!), mainly so as I would read all of her reviews as far as I recall, but I was soon hooked! I did once see an ad for Dooyoo on the tube but that was ages after I had joined.
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Q: Why did you join?
A: *hangs head in shame* For the money! I used to be an avid Beenz collector as I loved ordering CDs with my points. As Beenz declined I needed to find another way to keep expanding my CD collection! Dooyoo seemed a much more rewarding and I soon found I was writing informatively for fun rather than money.
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Q: What was your very first opinion on ?
A: Lipcote! I was so angry about the fact it had dried my lips that I felt I had to tell the world! I then followed it up with some nastiness about Mika Hakkinen because I HATED him, and a rave about predictive text input because I loved it! All three were utter drivel to be fair...;)
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Q: Did you find it easy to get the hang of dooyoo?
A: Well, as youâ??ve already noticed, most of my reviews are driven from a strong emotion about the subject, so it took me a while to get over ranting and onto being informative. Constructive comments always helped me to see where I was going wrong or, eventually, right. It was a good few weeks before I wrote a review that I can look back on now and not be ashamed of!
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Q: Did you read other opinions before you posted your first one?
A: Yes! I read nearly all of Catatonicâ??s and her brotherâ??s.
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Q: Do you write no/some/many comments?
A: Hmmm, tricky one that. I only us
ually comment if I have something worthwhile to add to the review or the discussion. However, I am guilty of the odd nothing comment to say hello to someone I havenâ??t seen around for a while.
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Q: When you click on the list of Newest Reviews, do you read your friends' opinions no matter what they're on/according to subject no matter who has written on it/preferably the opinions of new writers?
A: I donâ??t get here as much as I like anymore but it depends on the purpose of my visit... You see, quite often I arrive here and read reviews about a place or a product because Iâ??m interested or about to buy etc. If I come here to kill a bit of time, I usually read ops from my circle of friends as I know they are enjoyable writers. I suppose the only ones I actively avoid are people with multiple entries in the Newest Reviews list â?? from experience I find they are often bunches of drivel like I used to turn out!
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Q: Do you write your opinions in one sitting?
A: *hangs head in shame again* I very rarely write at all anymore but thatâ??s due to time, not money! However, I do usually spend at least a week writing and rewriting an opinion so maybe three or four sittings.... This one has only taken two up to here...;)
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Q: How often do you post a new opinion?
A: Not very often at all. I usually have a month where Iâ??ll get a couple of opinions done then I donâ??t get chance to do one for another couple of months.
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Q: Do you use a spell check?
A: Yes, always! I write my opinions in the notes section of my email program â?? tha way they are always to hand if I get a spare five minutes.
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Q: Do you think you can improve your chances to get a crown if you suck up to a guide?
Oooh touchy subject. Is this where all the elit
ism accusations come out? Only kidding and no, I donâ??t think you get a crown by sucking up to a guide. I do think though youâ??ve got a better chance of getting a crown by a) writing a genuinely worthy opinion b) reading lots and making lots of friends: that way more people are likely to see your opinions and nominate them.
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Q: Are you a member of a forum or a chat room?
A: Not a Dooyoo one. Iâ??m often of the forums at loquax though.
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Q: Does it get to you when members praise or condemn you?
A: One member who shall remain nameless really got my goat by sending me an email ranting on about how f****** s*** one of my music opinions was. Why he didnâ??t just leave a comment god only knows. Anyway, I sent his eloquent prose back to abuse@hotmail.com and they shut his account down. Shame...;)
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Q: What did you do in your spare time before you joined dooyoo?
A: Hunt beenz!
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Q: What do you wish for the future?
Iâ??d love dooyoo to look into optimising the site for Mac users. Itâ??s painfully slow using Safari or IE 5.2 which means I donâ??t get to read half as much as I would like. I donâ??t hold out much hope though, as I know they have far more pressing issues like the loss of capital letters etc. By the way MRSCANADA, if youâ??re reading, I canâ??t access the page you gave me to fix it either. The world is against Mac peeps...;)
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*** Please don't take this challenge to ciao without asking MALU, she'd rather decide herself what to do with a text she's written, when to take it there or if at all. Thank you.***

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