Reviews discussion

My only question is how they can like schizoid and find the REST of the album depressing!

From the Reviews reporting thread:

A Crimson Mellotron wrote: I am just a little unsure about the most recent review of Mike Oldfield's 'Ommadawn', it comes up on top of the PA page as of now... It is very strange, let's put it this way. "I tuned out to talk to my wife for a few minutes then I remembered I was rating an album." is a quote from that same review. https://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=3139684

"Part 2 however was a major step down". At this point I heartily agree with Porky. And I can confirm that Ommadawn part 2 offers more than a few minutes of opportunity to tune out and have a chat with your wife without affecting a two star rating. There is little wrong with the review, though it is neither class nor quality.

Hi,

I was drinking my coffee, when ... what would happen if PA decided to "limit" the number of reviewers, and requested that they post about themselves, FIRST!

AND, we the Admin's would have to approve.

I think it would cut down considerably the number of spamming reviews, though it might have a small side effect that a handful of folks would not end up posting anywhere on the site at all ... but then, considering the spam side of things, that might not be a bad idea.

I doubt that someone that has been accepted to do reviews would have issues with the posts he/she puts together.

The nature of a lot of things, is that the Internet is way too wide open, not that many of us would criticize that, but the fact is that a lot of folks are taking advantage of that to say/post things that are not exactly cool, and I think this would be better handled if the big places, for example, would validate their "users" a bit better, to prevent some bad stuff from being posted or done.

In my view of things, someone TODAY, trashing ITCOTCK, is not a reviewer at all, and that review should be removed if it made it through, but that person would likely cool down some, if he/she had to validate their information instead of thinking they can remain invisible ... I kinda think that what we want to REMOVE is the "invisible" folks ...

Just a thought ... but PA might have been too wide open for too long, but that open-ness has probably had its better days, and times, and now it needs to be reigned in ...however small that idea can handle ... but, it is OK to write a bad review, but we need to make sure that the poster followed the "rules" and saying it's awful and a waste of time, IS NOT A REVIEW ... and it needs to be removed and person locked out until a discussion with an Admin, for re-entry to the site. (I doubt any of these folks will try to get admission ... !!!)