An easier way to see merits! With this second comment box in every game, there will be a separate section from regular comments given everyday, and the reviews where people work hard to receive merits on. AP would be the same (I guess) and those that accidentally post in the wrong box would just be set aside.
Reasons Why: This may sound a little selfish, but users post reviews that are indeed merit worthy, but there are comments posted by users that drag the review down, so it doesn't get voted up. And even if it does get voted up, the moderators aren't going to fish through so many pages of comments to find a review in one of a thousand games on AG, even if they try their best, which is why I came up with this suggestion.
Where it will be set in: Right under the description of course! There is PLENTY of room to add another dinky comment box for reviews only, so there shouldn't be any worry about it. Submitted games should only have a brief summary and a controls key on the description anyways. It would be to the left of the 1st box, and it would say "ost this review", instead of "ost this reply", while the comment time limit is still in effect. There will be a link to have the total reviews listed, as there already is for regular comments, right under the 2nd comments box. Cons: Uhm, I can only think of one, and that would be that users would accidentally post in the wrong box, which is why I also suggested to give the same amount of AP. Other than that, that's all I got at the moment.
So you see, this would be a great addition to the game comments, and it would be so much simpler to give a review! It wouldn't even need to get voted up, since it's RIGHT THERE in the comments. So what do you say AG users? Yay, or Nay?
Uhm... These two crossed each other out. And having this 2nd comment box would slash the time and effort by a large fraction, this is what I'm trying to get across here..
Blame English for having one word for freedom, one word for love.
It would not shave much time it takes to check off if they were to check. They would check if they had time to check and they would check all of whatever game they choose regardless of the time it takes to check, stopping when they feel like it.
Well I don't think too many people will abuse it if it's 0 AP, if they do, then they would've done it to anything, they just had to spam something. Although heck, you might as well make it a survey(1. Music 1-10? 2. Gameplay 1-10? ect.) but then people can still spam it =]
There's not really a definite way to crack down on spamming, I mean you can't stop it, all you can do is delete it. We already have spammers. So what does it matter that we have two comment boxes?
Let's keep this thread moving guys. Come on, what other cons can you point out that hasn't been shot down? I'm certain a moderator will find this useful.
