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I think it's a great idea, Sol. Many of us have wasted oodles of time reviewing people who don't stay.

It would also be great, as Marilyn noted, if they had to reply to their reviews before they could post more.

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Dirk

Thanks, Sol. Is there a link to a description of the contest? I'd be interested to know the details.
EDIT: Ignore; I found it.

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Dirk

If Amazon were using the contest to flesh out its reviews of books, then it seems reasonable that if you want to win, you have to do N reviews from your library.

We want to encourage people to do reviews (i.e., try out the inline review system, which is one of the best out there; read the work of other writers on this site to see the caliber of the writers here; trade reviews with others to see the quality of the reviews they can get; and begin to interact with other writers on this site, most of whom are fairly experienced and knowledgeable).

If they're not willing to do even a few reviews, they won't experience the things noted above. Besides, they're going to be on the site anyway doing a trial; this just adds another incentive to really try us out.

Thanks, Sol. Will you include a requirement on one or both contests for entrants to do some reviewing on the site within the contest window?

Found it. I am blind (not for the first time). I don't regularly read romance, but now is a good time to read one again. . I'm just wrapping up a kitchen upgrade today, but will read chapter 1 by the end of the week, if not sooner.

Hi Treewoman61. We did indeed experience a major slowdown in critiques due to a loss of members, especially after the server crash. Sol has just made some policy changes that should bring in new users (easier to gather points, more points for new users, and a longer up front trial), including more contests. Strange thing is, I haven't seen your user name on my home page in a long time. Are you posting to Premium? If so, I must be blind.

Check out a post (thread) In the Premium forum with tips on maximizing the number of reviews you receive (it's posted near the top of the forum).

Also, what's the name of your posted work?

We don't want to lose anyone, so hopefully you can give us a little more time once we find it. Posting here and asking for reviews is exactly the right thing to do.

Why are you paying $20 per month? Is that the cost of the monthly plan? I'm on the yearly plan, which costs way less per month. Perhaps someone else on the site can weigh in with the actual yearly cost.

Thank you, Sol. That's great news.

Just so there's no confusion, the original list of bugs is higher up in the thread. There are six in total. Marilyn only quoted the two most famous ones.

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Dirk

Longest undefended border in the world. My favorite was a border crossing in either Manitoba or Ontario, where there was no permanent customs and immigration officer. They had an office, but it was unmanned. You were supposed to stop in voluntarily and call someone via a phone located in the office. I kid you not. We take being friendly and welcoming to a whole other level of stupid.

I think they subsequently had to add someone once the location made the news.

For those who haven't had a chance to look at it, there's a (sticky) post in Premium called

"How to Get the Most Reviews of Your Writing"

based on one we had up before the Great Hiccup of 2023. An identical copy also exists in Writing Tips & Site Help.

Please point all trial/new users to it to help them maximize what they get out of the site.

Also, feel free to post replies to either copy of that thread with additional suggestions.

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Dirk

Short post to push this thread higher in the forum.

Short post to push this thread higher in the forum.