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From: amiga-reviews@math.uh.edu (comp.sys.amiga.reviews moderator)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.reviews
Subject: ADMIN: Introducing... Micro-Reviews! (Very easy to write!)
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Date: 25 Jan 1994 21:41:42 GMT
Organization: The Amiga Online Review Column - ed. Daniel Barrett
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I would like to introduce a new kind of review that will appear in
comp.sys.amiga.reviews. (Thanks to Benbuck Nason, bigben@netcom.com, for
this suggestion.) Introducing... the micro-review! It's only one line
long... so easy that anybody can write one in seconds!!!
Just rate the programs you like or dislike, using a simple scale
(described below). I will collect the ratings, compute the averages, and
post the cumulative results once every month.
That's it!!
Here is an example of a micro-review submission. Complete
instructions are below.
========================================================================
To: amiga-reviews-submissions@math.uh.edu
Subject: micro-review
SpamWriter | Fooblat Software | ***
Bunny Blaster Wars | Peter Gunn | *
BLAZEMONGER | BLAZEMONGER INCORPORATED | *****+
========================================================================
COMPLETE (SIMPLE) INSTRUCTIONS
(1) Address your e-mail to amiga-reviews-submissions@math.uh.edu.
(2) Make the subject of your letter:
Subject: micro-review
(3) Rate the products, one per line, listing the product name,
author/company name, and the rating, in order, SEPARATED BY "|"
SYMBOLS. It doesn't matter how many spaces or tabs you use between
these three fields, as long as you use "|" symbols to separate them.
(See the example above.)
Please use the following 5-star rating scale:
* Bad. Avoid this product!
** Fair. It is useful but needs big improvements.
*** Average. It works OK. Nothing fancy.
**** Good. It works well. You like using it.
***** Excellent. It works wonderfully.
In addition, you may optionally add a plus sign ("+") to your rating
to increase it. For example:
*+ Bad, but not ALL bad.
**+ Slightly below average.
***+ Above average.
****+ Very good.
*****+ One of THE BEST programs you have EVER used.
Remember: FIRST choose the number of stars, and THEN add a plus
if the product deserves it.
NOTE: THERE ARE NO MINUS SIGNS. ONLY PLUS SIGNS.
I stole this scale from Peter Thelen (ptlk@netcom.com) because I
think it is very simple to use. He uses it for rating music.
Thanks Peter! :-)
THE MONTHLY REPORT
Each month, I will post a report which lists for each product:
o The average (mean and median) ratings.
o The number of submissions.
This is an experiment which will succeed or fail based on your
participation. Let's give it a try!! Please take a few minutes and rate
some hardware and software products to help your fellow Amiga users.
---
Dan Barrett, Moderator, comp.sys.amiga.reviews
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