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Quite obviously, when the majority of MUDs allow previews, it might give the impression that those who disallow it are afraid of the stuff they might get...
That being said, the issue isn't reviews per se. The issue is those folks who feel the urge to defend against player reviews on the boards. As if someone who read a negative review would then browse the forums to check whether there was a rebuttal somewhere.
About those player reviews, if you're the owner:
a) You know that most likely you'll get positive reviews from people who play at your place and negatives from people who just left. Why would you even want players who don't understand such a basic thing in the first place? Don't rebut.
b) The negative reviews get under your skin no matter how much you know the above. I suggest you turn previews off, period. Don't rebut.
Then again, there forums would be pretty silent without at least those silly flamewars...
It wasn't the review flames which did that, though. During the move from the old, blue design, the site got into a slump, and then there was the issue about the post count spammers who disrupted pretty much everything else. TMS' forum have been more or less in the same state ever since, whereas the review flames are a much more recent phenomenon.
Since you like "facts", don't hesitate to get them straight.
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