7/19/05

Thoughts on a proposed new feature

I am considering adding a feature that would let folks comment on particular reviews - much like you can do on Blogger. So if a particular review inspires a reaction, registered RateItAll reviewers would be able to post a comment regarding that review.

The thinking is this: currently, in order to rebut a review, you need to repost your entire review with one of those awkward "UPDATE" announcements. It doesn't make for very good reading, and oftentimes the original quality comment can be lost under all the updates.

These review comments would be one click deeper than the reviews themselves. Anyone see any downside?

Comments are appreciated.

3 comments:

  1. I'm with james76255; this is an excellent idea. People are going to get their comments out of their system one way or the other and it might as well be in an organized fashion. This would also add depth to the section as well as give people who are so inclined a chance to really discuss topics. I like it! I also think it would be nice to have a place to make general comments concerning what you think about the list itself -opposed to leaving that kind of remark somewhere within the list where it makes less sense to do so.

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  2. I, personally, would use it. I think it would be a lot more organized. Though I don't know how I'd feel to see RIA officially morph into a message board (which this would kind of lead to), I can't say that I wouldn't make use of this feature.

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  3. Thanks for the comments... I'll add this feature to the enhancement list.

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