But I agree, Chris, people who complain about bag holders deserve thumbs down.
Seriously. If you forgot your athletic supporter, I don't want to hear about it..
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But I agree, Chris, people who complain about bag holders deserve thumbs down.
A review is helpful if it gives you information about the course. If all they type is "The park is only open from 8am to 5pm" that is helpful, atleast until someone else types the same thing with more info.
If it helped you plan a trip, if the reviews made you want to put the course on your wish list, or the reviews gave a solid course description then it can get a thumbs up.
Take my North Greenville review, I have 20 thumbs up, and I hope that 20 people have not played that course. My review saved them from a long drive just to be disappointed by 3 practice baskets in a muddy field. That review is helpful and no one has played that course. Do I think those 20 people cheatedthe system? Hell no, that is what reviews are for.
As far as cheating the system, how about the people who get pissed offin the forums and thumb down users reviews, that is cheating the system. No system is perfect.
If some of those people live 1000 miles away from that course and never travel, you didn't really help them at all.
Then why are they reading the review, if that is the case, why thumb it at all?A thumbs down has to be a worthless review, it should be in the bottom 5% of reviews you have read. There is no rule you have to thumb, if a review is not a thumbs up, you can choose not to click either
If a guy says that the park is only open from 8am-5pm, would you still think it was good information if the park was actually open from 10am-dark? I'd be pretty unhappy if I showed up at 9. If the review helped me I would thumb it up, If I found out the information was out of date or wrong I would PM him to change it. Give him a chance before giving a thumbsdown.
As far as the people who get pissed off and thumb down reviews, they are cheating the system. I don't condone that, but it isn't exactly relevant. Does that really happen very often? Yes, it does. Since you do not know who gave you the thumbs it is hard to prove, but Katana was banned from giving anyone thumbs up or down. Is trying to talk people into giving more thumbs when they aren't using the information to counteract that really the best solution? Do two wrongs make a right? Are you helping anyone by just critiquing others work instead of writing your own, It is so easy to judge and click that little thumbsdown button for someone who does not write reviews
All the OB is doing is trying to get people more active in reading reviews since the average review only has 4-5 thumbs total. :wall:
He says "vote on any review that was posted that day" not "vote on a review that was posted that day."
I don't have any problem with voting on courses that you have played or are thinking about playing. I thought (and still think) that the OP was asking for more than that.
I think we agree on how the voting should be conducted but disagree on the intent of the OP. It would be nice if he would clarify by saying "a" or "every" instead of "any" which can apparently be interpreted different ways.
From the Cons section:
It would have been much easier to read and comprehend like this:
Same exact statements. The content conveyed was something to aspire to for a concise review, but as it is, I wouldn't hold it up as a template.
Do you choose to play one new course rather than another in an area based on the strength of any reviews? If so, you are finding them 'helpful' and failing to notify the rest of us.
Shame on you.
All the OB is doing is trying to get people more active in reading reviews since the average review only has 4-5 thumbs total. :wall:
He says "vote on any review that was posted that day" not "vote on a review that was posted that day."
So you prefer different formatting, some thing closer to bullet points. It is easy to read your way and I respect your opinion, but that seems to be more of a nit compared to the way he covered all of the salient points of that course (and I've played it) in just a few paragraphs.
Olorin is another of my favorites, he's a little more wordy but he covers many details that others miss.
If I were to take my highest rated review, change a few words, and paste it onto another course; you would read the review, and hit thumbs up. The review could say the course is wooded with lots of elevation changes and water hazards. Amenities. Bathrooms. Pro shop. 5 disc rated extravaganza. The review is fantastic, but there are no pictures on the course page for verification. People like you thumb it up and then someone finally reads them and decides to play the course. They go out and it's quaint 9 hole park course with some big oak trees and a relatively large stone fountain. Maybe a few park benches and a walmart nearby with measly disc selection.
Good thing you played it before you thumbed up.
If I were to take my highest rated review, change a few words, and paste it onto another course; you would read the review, and hit thumbs up. The review could say the course is wooded with lots of elevation changes and water hazards. Amenities. Bathrooms. Pro shop. 5 disc rated extravaganza. The review is fantastic, but there are no pictures on the course page for verification. People like you thumb it up and then someone finally reads them and decides to play the course. They go out and it's quaint 9 hole park course with some big oak trees and a relatively large stone fountain. Maybe a few park benches and a walmart nearby with measly disc selection.
Good thing you played it before you thumbed up.
thats why i always take my camera with me when playing a new course (unless im playing a tourney of course). I try to take good pictures so people can get a feel for the course as well as the review