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aahaa, muahaha 
"Optimistic altruist, incurable romantic"
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 Posted - 03/25/2008 : 15:19:02
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Originally posted by Montgomery
aahaa, muahaha,
I voted on some of your top reviews, too. Every little bit helps.
But, you also have been on fwfr less time than I have been, so your totals aren't so bad, when you consider that.
EM :)
Thanks a ton EM, you are really considerate - tried repaying you in kind. |
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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/25/2008 : 19:56:09
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Randall is right - by far the main reason for the much higher number of votes in the top 100 reviews is that they are self-perpetuating. Most people who submit even a few reviews will look through (probably all of) that page. I'm sure that MguyX will not be offended when I say that I am actually not so keen on "I bet Kramer wins." I have voted for it, but only because I briefly thought I should view all reviews as if they had no votes yet. I soon returned to my gut-feeling position whereby I won't vote for reviews when I think others should be top. I'm happy for that review to have that many votes, but I'd like others to have more.
thefoxboy is right that the approval time now is not worse than it has been for much of the past few years, so that has not a lot to do with it.
There are perhaps a few fewer people in the F.Y.C.T.H., but I'm not sure the numbers are so massively different to those at many former times. There are two main reasons for fewer votes in those rounds at the moment than at some times. (i) People vary hugely in terms of what proportion of reviews they vote on, so a few changes to the regulars can make a big difference. I remember that when I started doing the Treasure Hunt again, I could not believe how many votes I was getting for quite poor reviews. It was just that there was a new set of people compared to when I had previously been doing it. (This also interlinks to the following reason...) (ii) Reviews are just on average worse now. This isn't mainly people's deficiency, although a small number of great reviewers are no longer submitting. It's just that most of the best ideas have been taken, so people have to use worse or less original ideas. In the latter case, they may still get votes from new F.W.F.R.ers, but over time those people come to know the back catalogue of reviews and recognise when duplicate ideas crop up. |
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duh
"catpurrs"
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Posted - 03/25/2008 : 22:55:45
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| My highest vote getter, accepted back in 2004, has a mere 31 votes. I'll grant you that most of my reviews are dross, but I have a few that I am proud of. Perhaps my favorites are too subtle. |
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Yukon
"Co-editor of FWFR book"
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Posted - 03/25/2008 : 23:57:14
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Originally posted by duh
My highest vote getter, accepted back in 2004, has a mere 31 votes. I'll grant you that most of my reviews are dross, but I have a few that I am proud of. Perhaps my favorites are too subtle.
... 32 votes now. I've never looked at your first page before Duh so I splashed some votes around. |
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TitanPa
"Here four more"
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Posted - 03/26/2008 : 01:56:18
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| The seasons change as so does the Regular fwiffer counts. THe are more in the Winter than there are in the Summer. I just had my computer crash and used my Tax return to get a new computer and now I have DSL. So now I am faster. I am trying to ease back into things again. Seeing I was away for a Month or more. SO dont think that its because there are less regular fwiffers. We always return at some point. Other like Nonsense may stay away longer...but I hope he will be back. |
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chazbo 
"Outta This Fuckin' Place"
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Posted - 03/26/2008 : 03:35:02
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Originally posted by Yukon
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Originally posted by duh
My highest vote getter, accepted back in 2004, has a mere 31 votes. I'll grant you that most of my reviews are dross, but I have a few that I am proud of. Perhaps my favorites are too subtle.
... 32 votes now. I've never looked at your first page before Duh so I splashed some votes around.
I hadn't looked at your top reviews before either. I found many that I certainly wouldn't label "dross"!
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/27/2008 : 18:29:49
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
First of all - thanks to whoever pushed my highest review over the 50 vote mark
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 03/27/2008 : 19:29:08
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
First of all - thanks to whoever pushed my highest review over the 50 vote mark
Duly added here.
That was kind ... thanks, Sal! 
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Idle curiosity prompts question
