I sense a disturbance in the force.
Reviews get more votes these days with the majority coming from the same 10-15 people.
Look at my my reviews, all 400+. There are dozens and dozens of reviews written 5-10 years ago that have 6 or less positive votes. Of the last 20 reviews I've written (practice courses excluded), only 2 have less than 10 positive votes.
One counter point is of there are less reviews being written, reviews have a longer shelf life on the main page. That generates more chances for votes as well.
I also might add that we have way fewer poor reviewers writing these days as well. We used to have a fair bit of guys with 6 played and 4 reviews that were no better than Udisc blurbs in some cases.
These days it feels like half of what I read could come from a theoretical disc golf guide book. Or it's at least pretty funny.
Here's another example of the thumbs-up inflation. DSCJNKY (diamond TR, 600+ played courses) wrote a review for Warriors Path in Kingsport TN in 2009. He has received 4 votes in 12 years. Par Hunter (15 played courses) wrote a review for the same course earlier today. He has 10 positive votes.
Some of this is related to the number of members. In 2010, there were about 10,000 members. Now we are approaching 100,000 members. So, if we have 5-10 times as many members today, it would make some mathematical sense that we would have 5-10 times as many votes on reviews. There are obviously a lot of other variables, but I think the increase in the members here has a lot to do with the increased vote totals.
The reviews on Udisc are just the worst! And Udisc makes it very easy to remove reviews locals don't like when someone doesn't gush that its the worlds greatest course, blah blah blah.You said it yourself. All those poorly written non-reviews are all on UDisc these days.
Just a heads up for those looking to achieve TR Gold status. The uniques have been upped to 90 (per timg). FAQ has been updated to reflect this.
Jillian from the UK is making a case for TR status
review number 10 and good content in all of them.
https://www.dgcoursereview.com/profile.php?id=93257
Jillian from the UK is making a case for TR status
review number 10 and good content in all of them.
https://www.dgcoursereview.com/profile.php?id=93257
Hoping to get across to the UK and play a couple next summer. Seems like their scene has grown a lot since I first started following.
If you do, make sure to hit me up! I can normally get out to play at courses around the Midlands outside of school holiday times.