Disable Reviews for digital content not yet released
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TalentX
Based
Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen,
I want to share something that I feel like it must be mentioned nice and cozy.
I have seen this several times now.
A new project is announced, e.g. a digital Manga or Doujin, and some people give it a review rating of 5/5 before it is released.
(Also seeing them often rate things 5/5 is weird enough, as how easy they can give a project the maximum possible rating every time something new is released, but that's for another discussion)
I mean sure, you might have read the Japanese release before the English, but still, you don't know how well it is translated, uncensored, edited and quality-proved on Fakku's side (before it is released that said).
If you give it a rating before all that and it turns out something was messed up after the release, then how many of you will change their "reviews" accordingly?
This will sophisticate the rating system some people might use to check on whether it is worth to buy it or not. Hence, that's the purpose of reviews, to get a glimpse of how well others rate/think about something that they already got their hands on before you have to spend money on.
It also affects older content that others might not heared before, or checked on long after the release.
Reading the reviews you will not know whether it was written before or after the release, so you will never know if it is a review coming from someone who reviewd the actual content from Fakku or something else that they read elsewhere.
That said, you could still argue that you can still not know even after the release, whether the reviewers used the srouce from Fakku or not, and that's correct, but that way you can at least filter the urge from people to write before they get the chance to actually review the product. Because after the release most will actually want to read the book before reviewing it, so it still matters in my opinion thus it might still have an effect.
This is why it should not be possible to review/rate a project that is not yet available to read or download.
I am not sure if this will have any weight on the board at Fakku, but it's a suggestion worth considering.
Cheers
TalentX
I want to share something that I feel like it must be mentioned nice and cozy.
I have seen this several times now.
A new project is announced, e.g. a digital Manga or Doujin, and some people give it a review rating of 5/5 before it is released.
(Also seeing them often rate things 5/5 is weird enough, as how easy they can give a project the maximum possible rating every time something new is released, but that's for another discussion)
I mean sure, you might have read the Japanese release before the English, but still, you don't know how well it is translated, uncensored, edited and quality-proved on Fakku's side (before it is released that said).
If you give it a rating before all that and it turns out something was messed up after the release, then how many of you will change their "reviews" accordingly?
This will sophisticate the rating system some people might use to check on whether it is worth to buy it or not. Hence, that's the purpose of reviews, to get a glimpse of how well others rate/think about something that they already got their hands on before you have to spend money on.
It also affects older content that others might not heared before, or checked on long after the release.
Reading the reviews you will not know whether it was written before or after the release, so you will never know if it is a review coming from someone who reviewd the actual content from Fakku or something else that they read elsewhere.
That said, you could still argue that you can still not know even after the release, whether the reviewers used the srouce from Fakku or not, and that's correct, but that way you can at least filter the urge from people to write before they get the chance to actually review the product. Because after the release most will actually want to read the book before reviewing it, so it still matters in my opinion thus it might still have an effect.
This is why it should not be possible to review/rate a project that is not yet available to read or download.
I am not sure if this will have any weight on the board at Fakku, but it's a suggestion worth considering.
Cheers
TalentX
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YQII
FAKKU Translator
Some of the other sites that allow pre-release reviews go through the trouble of changing the icon and calling it something else like "hype," and that's really how one should look at a system like this. Those icons eventually change to stars once the product is out, and before that it's an indication of the user's excitement for the release. Once out, they're free to go back and update their rating/writing if the delivered product didn't match their expectations.
We also don't aggregate our scores—as in, we don't combine all the ratings to give the item an overall rating of X/5 stars—which means that each written review should be considered and scrutinized on its own. Rotten Tomatoes frequently offers critiques that don't match the reviewer's score, or sometimes one person gives it a splat and another a tomato despite their scores being the same. In general, the final number matters less, and one should take the time to read the reasoning behind it; reviews are subjective, and the only way for you to decide if the final score is justified is to read the reviewer's reasoning and judge for yourself.
I hope that helps to shed some light on the situation. In summary, pre-release reviews indicate a customer's excitement level, and they can later go back and update their review if the product didn't live up to or exceeded expectations. The potential buyer is encourage to not stop at the final rating but also read the review, and then decide if the reviewer's methodology aligns with your own before making a decision.
We also don't aggregate our scores—as in, we don't combine all the ratings to give the item an overall rating of X/5 stars—which means that each written review should be considered and scrutinized on its own. Rotten Tomatoes frequently offers critiques that don't match the reviewer's score, or sometimes one person gives it a splat and another a tomato despite their scores being the same. In general, the final number matters less, and one should take the time to read the reasoning behind it; reviews are subjective, and the only way for you to decide if the final score is justified is to read the reviewer's reasoning and judge for yourself.
I hope that helps to shed some light on the situation. In summary, pre-release reviews indicate a customer's excitement level, and they can later go back and update their review if the product didn't live up to or exceeded expectations. The potential buyer is encourage to not stop at the final rating but also read the review, and then decide if the reviewer's methodology aligns with your own before making a decision.