UnknwnFactor
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Greetings,
New guy here and as such, I am still learning the etiquette of the forum/site. I have been downloading/watching edits from the site for over a year now and have noticed something about the reviews and votes. I have noticed that often a fan edit will have a bunch of reviews, but only one or two votes - or - the other way around.
(I guess I should say, I have no ability to do either at this site, not sure why, so I haven't posted any reviews - but I am definitely anxious to do so!)
Here's my question/thought: if a person writes a review, shouldn't that person also cast a vote? or if a person casts a vote, shouldn't a review accompany that as well? When I am looking through new and existing edits to download and try out, I guess in my mind, I replace the word "vote" with the word "rating". If an edit has a very high rating (and/or good reviews to match), I will download it and watch it - even if it is a movie I might not generally watch.
I think of "Silent Hill: Restless Dreams" as a good example. Not a movie I would have normally watched, but the rating was high and the reviews were glowing - and it turned out to be an excellent edit/movie! Well worth my time.
(NOTE: this edit also kills my discussion of reviews/votes as it has 9 votes and 9 reviews - ugh! ) :-o
Anyway, do I have the voting/reviewing system misunderstood?
Thoughts, anyone?
New guy here and as such, I am still learning the etiquette of the forum/site. I have been downloading/watching edits from the site for over a year now and have noticed something about the reviews and votes. I have noticed that often a fan edit will have a bunch of reviews, but only one or two votes - or - the other way around.
(I guess I should say, I have no ability to do either at this site, not sure why, so I haven't posted any reviews - but I am definitely anxious to do so!)
Here's my question/thought: if a person writes a review, shouldn't that person also cast a vote? or if a person casts a vote, shouldn't a review accompany that as well? When I am looking through new and existing edits to download and try out, I guess in my mind, I replace the word "vote" with the word "rating". If an edit has a very high rating (and/or good reviews to match), I will download it and watch it - even if it is a movie I might not generally watch.
I think of "Silent Hill: Restless Dreams" as a good example. Not a movie I would have normally watched, but the rating was high and the reviews were glowing - and it turned out to be an excellent edit/movie! Well worth my time.
(NOTE: this edit also kills my discussion of reviews/votes as it has 9 votes and 9 reviews - ugh! ) :-o
Anyway, do I have the voting/reviewing system misunderstood?
Thoughts, anyone?