Comments on: Thumbs Up? Thumbs Down? http://www.kuriousity.ca/2008/08/thumbs-up-thumbs-down/ Daily manga news, reviews and editorial posts with a Canadian perspective. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:01:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kuriousity » Blog Archive » Back in Town http://www.kuriousity.ca/2008/08/thumbs-up-thumbs-down/comment-page-1/#comment-893 Kuriousity » Blog Archive » Back in Town Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:22:07 +0000 http://www.kuri-ousity.com/?p=571#comment-893 [...] Also, from the comments on my post Thumbs Up? Thumbs Down?, I’ve decided to leave my reviews as is for now. Maybe in the future I’ll apply some sort [...] [...] Also, from the comments on my post Thumbs Up? Thumbs Down?, I’ve decided to leave my reviews as is for now. Maybe in the future I’ll apply some sort [...]

]]> By: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Black and white and read all over http://www.kuriousity.ca/2008/08/thumbs-up-thumbs-down/comment-page-1/#comment-810 MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Black and white and read all over Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:02:01 +0000 http://www.kuri-ousity.com/?p=571#comment-810 [...] Lissa Pattillo wonders if she should add ratings to her reviews at Kuriousity and takes a look at vol. 1 of Silver Diamond [...] [...] Lissa Pattillo wonders if she should add ratings to her reviews at Kuriousity and takes a look at vol. 1 of Silver Diamond [...]

]]> By: jun http://www.kuriousity.ca/2008/08/thumbs-up-thumbs-down/comment-page-1/#comment-811 jun Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:31:43 +0000 http://www.kuri-ousity.com/?p=571#comment-811 I personally rate along a letter grade scale that I swiped wholesale from Television Without Pity. There's a particular thought or feeling behind each grade, so that makes it a lot easier for me to do. I wouldn't even know where to begin on some kind of numbering system. Anyway, I don't think ratings are required at all. I like seeing the different reviewing styles folks employ. I personally rate along a letter grade scale that I swiped wholesale from Television Without Pity. There's a particular thought or feeling behind each grade, so that makes it a lot easier for me to do. I wouldn't even know where to begin on some kind of numbering system.

Anyway, I don't think ratings are required at all. I like seeing the different reviewing styles folks employ.

]]> By: Tiamat's discip http://www.kuriousity.ca/2008/08/thumbs-up-thumbs-down/comment-page-1/#comment-804 Tiamat's discip Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:28:57 +0000 http://www.kuri-ousity.com/?p=571#comment-804 I only have 2 options for my reviews. Titles i think are the best, and thus go on my essential read list. In other words titles i think everyone should read. THen there's the junk pile, fairly straight forward, its where the garbage that shouldn't be touched with a barge pole goes. Everything else i leave upto the reader. I think most fans are intelligent enough to take a review and decide for themselves whether they should read a series or not. Setting things as numbers really dosent work. To many times i've seen series that others have rated as 2 or 3, that i've loved. Better IMO to just lay everything out and let people make their own decision on it. I only have 2 options for my reviews. Titles i think are the best, and thus go on my essential read list. In other words titles i think everyone should read. THen there's the junk pile, fairly straight forward, its where the garbage that shouldn't be touched with a barge pole goes.

Everything else i leave upto the reader. I think most fans are intelligent enough to take a review and decide for themselves whether they should read a series or not.

Setting things as numbers really dosent work. To many times i've seen series that others have rated as 2 or 3, that i've loved.

Better IMO to just lay everything out and let people make their own decision on it.

]]> By: Melinda Beasi http://www.kuriousity.ca/2008/08/thumbs-up-thumbs-down/comment-page-1/#comment-803 Melinda Beasi Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:19:02 +0000 http://www.kuri-ousity.com/?p=571#comment-803 Hmmmm, you know part of what I like about your reviews is that you don't try to translate your opinion into numbers, so I don't miss that at all. The thumbs up or down doesn't seem quite as arbitrary, but honestly, I don't think you *need* it. Hmmmm, you know part of what I like about your reviews is that you don't try to translate your opinion into numbers, so I don't miss that at all. The thumbs up or down doesn't seem quite as arbitrary, but honestly, I don't think you *need* it.

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