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Lasher · 07-28-2007, 04:45 PM

The new reviews will be built into the forum. I couldn't find an add-on for VB that quite does what I want so it's being written from scratch. The reviews will require a moderator to approve before they are posted. You will also need a forum user ID to post a review which means email confirmation. These combined should encourage a higher quality review (that actually makes it through to the public list). Obviously they will need to be moderated based on having some real content and information about the MUD in question and not whether the moderator agrees.

The reviews will also have comments (basically a forum thread) giving others a chance to add feedback to a review. I guess with this we run the risk of a bunch of "fanboys" or "griefers" mass posting to a review, but people see through that kind of stuff quickly enough. The old reviews will be imported but pruned to remove the spam and the "This mud rocks play it! / This mud sucks don't play it!" one-liners.

07-28-2007, 04:45 PM	#19
Lasher Administrator Join Date: May 2005 Name: Derek Location: Orlando Posts: 357	Re: Reasons to promote/discuss your MUD on TMS. The new reviews will be built into the forum. I couldn't find an add-on for VB that quite does what I want so it's being written from scratch. The reviews will require a moderator to approve before they are posted. You will also need a forum user ID to post a review which means email confirmation. These combined should encourage a higher quality review (that actually makes it through to the public list). Obviously they will need to be moderated based on having some real content and information about the MUD in question and not whether the moderator agrees. The reviews will also have comments (basically a forum thread) giving others a chance to add feedback to a review. I guess with this we run the risk of a bunch of "fanboys" or "griefers" mass posting to a review, but people see through that kind of stuff quickly enough. The old reviews will be imported but pruned to remove the spam and the "This mud rocks play it! / This mud sucks don't play it!" one-liners.