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Old 07-29-2007, 12:32 PM   #28
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Re: Reasons to promote/discuss your MUD on TMS.

Pre-approval probably solves a lot of that, both directly (irresponsible reviews get snipped) and indirectly (people tend to behave better when they know someone is watching). The ability to reply serves two purposes:

1) The replier can provide factual corrections, context, and explanations. Presumably, the replies would feed in through the same moderation option, so flame wars can be rapidly brought under control.

2) In the case of a MUD administrator replying, a browsing player can see how the ownership treats criticism, constructive or otherwise. For a lot of players, that's important information to have while "shopping".

The fact that the review sections are frequently searched speaks volumes about what you could do with the site to draw in a wider audience.

This seems confusing to me, even though it's how the site has operated in practice-- threads about MUDs which did not allow reviews came up in the forums anyway. Synozeer even participated in some, suggesting he didn't disapprove of it in theory.
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