1 Topic by dagnee (edited by dagnee 2015-02-16 00:20:56)

Topic: Billy Lindberg

If you don't want me to think you're leaving generic reviews without reading my work don't leave reviews like this:

You are definitely a natural when it comes to writing. The minute I started reading your story, I was hooked. You have done a very good job of pulling the reader in and making them want to invest their time in reading more and more. Keep up the good work. I can only imagine how much better your writing abilities will get as time goes by.

No specifics to tell me you've read a word. You can apply this review to anyone's work on this site. If you aren't guilty of leaving a review without reading just for points, you are guilty of leaving a horrible review, either way it's a waste of my time and you deserve no thanks for that.

dags smile

Quote Post 1

Re: Billy Lindberg

Hey, what's going on with all the "generic" reviews? I've had a couple like this.

Quote Post 2

3 Reply by Mariana Reuter (edited by Mariana Reuter 2015-02-17 12:59:30)

Re: Billy Lindberg

In this time of the year, with the Strongest Start Contest taking place, it sounds like opportunistic reviews fishing for points.

Kiss,

Gacela.

Quote Post 3

Re: Billy Lindberg

I've noticed since we've been on the new site and can see the list of new members on the right side of our Home page, that we seem to be bombarded by newbies. I wait, and in a day or so I receive a fraudulent review from one or two, obvious by the bland brevity and bearing no relation to what I have posted. I need points, too, but the practice of the pasted generic review is an indication of low moral character. THERE. I've vented and I feel better.

Quote Post 4

Re: Billy Lindberg

Strongest Start time of year--it ALWAYS happens.

Quote Post 5

Re: Billy Lindberg

I had a very honest one the other day:

"very good structure and words. I am trying my hardest to publish my story which has been very hard in getting the points I need in order to publish it. I am new to this site and still trying to figure out how it works. I just know I want to enter the contest and need points."

Quote Post 6

Re: Billy Lindberg

I'm glad I haven't had any of these yet. Maybe because my work is only available to my connections and groups. Several folks I'd like to read and review haven't connected, so I can't leave them honest feedback. A couple of you seem to have gotten a person who types something in Word and then copies and pastes it in your reviews. Sorry guys/gals.

Quote Post 7

Re: Billy Lindberg

What drives me crazy about Lindberg's review is his arrogance. He insults my intelligence by appealing to my vanity. AND then he thinks I should be grateful that he chose my piece to cheat with.

And, CJ, the honest one you got from Alex Layton, is just a play for your sympathy. I saw her review of another fly-by reviewer. She copied and pasted a few paragraphs of his work into the review and told him she needed points too.

I don't think shaming them will work, their accounts were closed and they just came back as someone else, leaving the same reviews. I guess all we really can do is block them.

Quote Post 8

Re: Billy Lindberg

I've had a few of these reviews too. I've also received some in-line from experienced reviewers where they only seem to find 5 things to comment on in the first 3 paragraphs and don't appear to have finished the story. I try and engage them by providing a real review for at least the first chapter. If after that they continue to do this, I stop reviewing their work.

Admittedly when I started on the site, I didn't know how to do proper reviews, but I had some excellent roll models (you know who you are) that taught me what to look for and how to make my comments beneficial. We can't all be experienced because we all started somewhere.

Quote Post 9

Re: Billy Lindberg

Well, I've had three of those nonsense reviews by the same person now, and I believe the solution is to just block the person.  No skin off my nose if somebody gets blocked by the community for their lazy work habits.  You don't work, you don't eat.  And so what if they submit a miserable piece of trash for consideration--they can't win.  Yes, it's too bad they're wasting the computer's points, but if the computer doesn't mind, neither do I.  JP

Quote Post 10