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Lasher · 07-29-2007, 12:50 PM

Please don't turn the comments of one non-administrative poster into "the administrative stance is that players are too dumb to write reviews" or "prevailing opinion".

If someone doesn't want to have to deal with the "overhead" of responding to player's reviews of their MUD that's up to them and people will make their own decision what that means. If players just don't care then it makes no difference either way. If players do care the only thing that is harmed is that MUD.

I turned off reviews for Aardwolf under the old system not because of any opinion that "players are too dumb to write reviews" but because there was no way to respond to false information - you could post something in the forums but that was quickly forgotten while reviews are out there indefinitely.

All a matter of perspective, you could also argue the fact that the administrator would prefer not to have that feedback (on this site) at all is important information players will not be aware of if there is no option to opt out.

Most posters in this thread are Mud admins, so thankfully they're all understanding of those situations where you make a change knowing that half your users will love it and half will hate it no matter which way you go --- right?

07-29-2007, 12:50 PM	#29
Lasher Administrator Join Date: May 2005 Name: Derek Location: Orlando Posts: 357	Re: Reasons to promote/discuss your MUD on TMS. Please don't turn the comments of one non-administrative poster into "the administrative stance is that players are too dumb to write reviews" or "prevailing opinion". If someone doesn't want to have to deal with the "overhead" of responding to player's reviews of their MUD that's up to them and people will make their own decision what that means. If players just don't care then it makes no difference either way. If players do care the only thing that is harmed is that MUD. I turned off reviews for Aardwolf under the old system not because of any opinion that "players are too dumb to write reviews" but because there was no way to respond to false information - you could post something in the forums but that was quickly forgotten while reviews are out there indefinitely. All a matter of perspective, you could also argue the fact that the administrator would prefer not to have that feedback (on this site) at all is important information players will not be aware of if there is no option to opt out. Most posters in this thread are Mud admins, so thankfully they're all understanding of those situations where you make a change knowing that half your users will love it and half will hate it no matter which way you go --- right?