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Catuli 
"Loves Film and Fun"
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 Posted - 01/25/2008 : 01:18:00
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| I realize the mods have a difficult task in studying the reviews and weighing on their merits. I have no issue about patiently waiting for my reviews to be voted upon. What I don't understand is why so many of my reviews remain in drydock while other have their reviews processed in droves. Is it because different reviews are more readily capable of being voted on? If so, so be it. But it seems odd that one person would have hundreds of reviews voted on while a someone else with a much smaller total of reviews would be neglected. I hope this doesn't sound whiny, really it's more a matter of curiousity. |
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Yukon 
"Co-editor of FWFR book"
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Posted - 01/25/2008 : 01:58:39
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Hey Catuli, I'm not sure I follow you.
Do you mean why does it take so long to have a pending review get approved or do you mean why don't some of your approved reviews get more votes?
And when you say mods, do you mean MERPS? -- they are the folks who approve reviews, not mods. MERPS only approve, it's not their job to vote on reviews, although they can if they want to.
Mods are those nicely dressed lads from Quadrophenia. |
Edited by - Yukon on 01/25/2008 04:05:59 |
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Canklefish 
"Let's Get OUTTA Here!"
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Posted - 01/25/2008 : 02:16:53
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I too was similarly challenged by this post, but that's an easily accomplished task.
Are the Merps also responsible for 'touching up' our newly-accepted reviews with the votes these reviews may merit? It happens, but is it a responsibility?
I dunno...
Whoa, whoa, whoa... I think I get it... lemme think?
Catuli, are you saying that other reviewer's posts are being accepted because they may be vote-worthy? That would be deep, but I doubt it's the case.
Well, I re-read the post again, and I'm a little lost as to whether it's a vote-based or submission/acceptance delay based issue, according to your post, that is...
As a side-note... Quadrophenians are nicely dressed bastards, are they not?!
Catuli, dug your recently accepted 'Juno' review...
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Whippersnapper.
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 01/25/2008 : 03:07:32
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Catuli
I assume you are asking about votes rather than acceptances. In which case here is the secret: ADVERTISING!
You get votes by taking part in FYC and other similar threads (e.g. SAMOU and MONTY'S I HAVE AN IDEA).
Of course you get a few votes when the review appears on the front page, or when people see it when they look up a film, but not so many. 
As an extreme example, I have one review which was on-site for almost a year without a vote, I put it on FYC about 18 months ago and it got about 20 votes and its since got up to 25.
For a further example of how advertising on FWFR can work, press here.
Good luck! 
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Canklefish
"Let's Get OUTTA Here!"
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Posted - 01/25/2008 : 03:34:56
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
Catuli
For a further example of how advertising on FWFR can work, press here.
Good luck!
Damn, I'm falling deep in love with the self-promotion vehicle... lemme try my hand, tho I'm a newbie at this technique...
Hey, Catuli(and everybody else for that matter), check, check, check this out!
One of my pages...
Will this get viewed?! Who cares?!
Actually, I viewed your page, Whipper... some stuff I'd missed in the past... I'll always view another reviewer's page, it's my Achilles/Cankle heel... |
Edited by - Canklefish on 01/26/2008 03:03:08 |
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thefoxboy 
"Four your eyes only."
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Canklefish
"Let's Get OUTTA Here!"
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Catuli
"Loves Film and Fun"
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Posted - 01/25/2008 : 04:07:18
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Sorry gang, I haven't posted in a while so my terms and clarity may be off. By mods I meant MERPS. My question is: Why are the reviews of some accepted or rejected much more frequently than the reviews of others? One thought would be that some reviews are of esoteric films, but that wouldn't be the case with my reviews. This is not a complaint, just a curiosity.
Yukon, although votes are much appreciated, and I send votes that your fine reviews richly deserve, I'd never be one to complain about not receiving votes...that's purely up to my esteemed fellow colleagues.
Canklefish, thank's for the thumbs up on my Juno. I really liked your "Carrion luggage"...an instant classic.
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Catuli
"Loves Film and Fun"
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Posted - 01/25/2008 : 04:08:58
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Excuse, me, Canklefetish, not Canklefish. 
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Canklefish
"Let's Get OUTTA Here!"
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Posted - 01/25/2008 : 04:11:34
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Originally posted by Catuli
Canklefish, thank's for the thumbs up on my Juno. I really liked your "Carrion luggage"...an instant classic.
Really? I liked it when I wrote it, but that flick rarely garners much attention. Hell, the title alone says 'stay away from this film'... thanks. Have been a long-time admirer of your reviews... |
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Canklefish
"Let's Get OUTTA Here!"
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Posted - 01/25/2008 : 04:33:49
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Oh, that's how that works... don't know who to thank first!
Thanks to Catuli/Foxboy/Whipper for making my friggin' nite!!!!!!!!! Look forward to talking to y'all in the future(near).
Sorry Catuli, that I couldn't accurately answer the questions you posed in this thread, tho I tried early on...
As usual, will be thinking of this site as I work my meaningless job tomorrow...
G'nite all! |
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 01/25/2008 : 12:48:06
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Hi, Catuli. Can't help thinking of my old Latin classes when your name comes up. I get very few reviews passed these days because I don't write many any more. As I understand it, volume of reviews passed is a function of how many reviews are in your pending file.
Hope this linkless, non-self-promoting post helps.
Cheers. |
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Catuli
"Loves Film and Fun"
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Posted - 01/25/2008 : 13:37:39
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Thanks Lemmy,
I took four years of Latin in high school and we stumbled across an old book informally referred to as a "trot" or "pony," which had perfect translations of our assignments. It got so eerie that we'd intentionally botch up a passage to avoid suspicion and not always receive A+s.
I'm not sure if the review deciding hold-up is solely based on the number of reviews in storage. It seems as though mine can take months to be either rejected or accepted. Oh well, there's always that great feeling when one does get accepted.
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Whippersnapper.
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 01/25/2008 : 13:45:22
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Who do I complain to about Lemmy's shameless lack of self-promotion?
It's a scandal!! 
Civis fvfrus sum.
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 01/25/2008 : 14:30:57
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
Who do I complain to about Lemmy's shameless lack of self-promotion?
It's a scandal!!
Civis fvfrus sum.
Those wishing to address this scandalous situation should click here.  |
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Yukon
"Co-editor of FWFR book"
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Posted - 01/25/2008 : 15:07:50
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Here's what I've found over the years about approvals.
1) Movies from popular and current films get approved faster than obscure films.
2) Benji and the Merps have hot and cold streaks. A few weeks ago they went insane and approved hundreds of reviews. My pending pile went from 160 reviews to 0. Since then, I've had about five reviews approved. Hot .... then cold.
3) This is kind of obvious -- the more reviews you have in your pending pile, the more approvals you get. I always write 20 reviews a week, so my pending pile is getting bigger again and I'm back up to 60. So you will see a lot more of my reviews in the "newly approved" section than somebody who has five in their pending pile.
And note to everyone else. I have said this many times before: Catuli is the best reviewer on the site who never appears in the FYC. Please check out his pages for some great reviews. |
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