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Article #721052Re: Games Reviewers Not Doing The Job Properly
From: Peter Huebner
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 21:16
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 21:16
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In article <6ce15095-f3ef-4988...@googlegroups.com>, just...@gmail.com says... > > I generally agree, but you need a large number of non-professional reviewers. It works for computer games as there are enough people reviewing things. It seems to work fairly well with amazon if there's enough reviews. I find the same on rotten tomatoes, you have to look at audience scores, the reviewer's scores are not to be trusted. > > However I keep trying to use Yelp, and have been repeatedly burned by places that have high reviews, even with mid 30 numbers of reviewers. Horrible burger places, chinese food, and repair shops that get very high reviews. Still trying to find a better way for the local stuff, but doesn't seem to be possible, there just aren't enough people able/willing to review to overcome the astroturf. > > - Justisaur > > Hahaha, try Goodreads some time. There are legions of people there giving gushing 5 star reviews to books that are complete crap, badly edited mary-sue fantasies with inconsistent worldbuilding, continuity problems and horrid editing, and actually no ending, leaving you on a cliffhanger to sell the next one .... .... I've practically given up on them as a useful review site. Even reader reviews on Amazon seem to be more balanced, generally speaking. -P.
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