I just tried to respond to a post in the bike reviews section and when I clicked post I got a message saying a moderator needs to review it first. Is this only for the review section or am I being gagged for some reason?
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Same here, I just posted on the Bosch vs Impulse Thread.
Thought it was because I was a trade member, but obviously not!
Hopefully some one can tell us spinalot?..
Martin
Thought it was because I was a trade member, but obviously not!
Hopefully some one can tell us spinalot?..
Martin
It is frustrating because I spent ages typing it out and it looks like it got eaten by the forum rather than being moderation
hmmm I just tried to post
"Test Hmmmmm " in that thread and it did it again. Why are posts being moderated in such a way on that forum with no sticky telling us why? I feel infringed!
"Test Hmmmmm " in that thread and it did it again. Why are posts being moderated in such a way on that forum with no sticky telling us why? I feel infringed!
Very annoying, especially as we are trying to give a new ebike'r some advice!
Lets hope it does appear, and hasn't got lost into the abyss!
Don't have the time to type it all again..
Regards
Martin
Lets hope it does appear, and hasn't got lost into the abyss!
Don't have the time to type it all again..
Regards
Martin
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Oh Joy!
Spinalot, maybe we should point the forum member to here, and post here for him to read?..
Regards
Martin
The reason for moderation is to try to prevent the posting of "spoiler" reviews, fake ones done by rival suppliers. These fake reviews are a common problem on many websites and currently the source of problems in hotel review sites.
Your review will appear in due course, though the delay is sometimes a bit long.
Your review will appear in due course, though the delay is sometimes a bit long.
But mine is not a review, it is a response to a review by someone else. To my mind that is gagging, and not free speech.
I posted a response in there and got the same thing - but my post appeared on the thread the following day. Must have somehow managed to avoid saying something inappropriate
Hi all,
the Reviews needs an overhaul. As Flecc said, we introduced a delay to try and prevent a member posting a glowing review for a bike they had for three days and then disappear shortly after.
We thought about a minimum post count but this depends on what someone writes about in those posts. For some reviews it is quite clear early on that they are genuine, should these get held up until they've made 30 posts for example?
Also, originally the plan was for just the reviews to appear in the review forum. Any further discussion should take place in the main forum. But we do have a number of reviews where we do have discussion in the same thread.
I did purchase an add-on for the site called 'iReviews' which I suppose is a little bit like a TripAdvisor style review system. But we had some problems with the site being hacked (not due to iReviews though) so I disabled it until I had more time to look at it.
We are currently building a new Bike Finder/Directory which will be launched in a few weeks time as part of a new front-end to the site. The front-end will no longer be vBulletin-based. We could add reviews later on to this part of the site, but there is a hurdle to overcome so that you can use your forum login on the main site too.
Alternatively, we stick with iReviews and I spend some time getting this right. I'm all ears if anyone has any suggestions.
the Reviews needs an overhaul. As Flecc said, we introduced a delay to try and prevent a member posting a glowing review for a bike they had for three days and then disappear shortly after.
We thought about a minimum post count but this depends on what someone writes about in those posts. For some reviews it is quite clear early on that they are genuine, should these get held up until they've made 30 posts for example?
Also, originally the plan was for just the reviews to appear in the review forum. Any further discussion should take place in the main forum. But we do have a number of reviews where we do have discussion in the same thread.
I did purchase an add-on for the site called 'iReviews' which I suppose is a little bit like a TripAdvisor style review system. But we had some problems with the site being hacked (not due to iReviews though) so I disabled it until I had more time to look at it.
We are currently building a new Bike Finder/Directory which will be launched in a few weeks time as part of a new front-end to the site. The front-end will no longer be vBulletin-based. We could add reviews later on to this part of the site, but there is a hurdle to overcome so that you can use your forum login on the main site too.
Alternatively, we stick with iReviews and I spend some time getting this right. I'm all ears if anyone has any suggestions.
It appears my post did pop up on the thread about an hour later..
Still can't see yours there spin a lot?..
Cheers for making us aware Russ.
Regards
Martin
Still can't see yours there spin a lot?..
Cheers for making us aware Russ.
Regards
Martin
Thanks for the info Rsscott. Maybe it would be a good idea to write a sticky at the top of the review forum so we could avoid this again?
Nope mine is still not up. I only expanded a little on some of the things the OP made as I have one of the bikes he was talking about.
I did plan on doing my own review of my bike but not until I have it fully working after getting a new charger and battery back from 50C. Unfair to review it until it is all as it should be.