Dislike Mini-Reviews

[MmzHrrdb]

More and more often I read the dumbest fucking mini-reviews that hurt my soul to such an extent that I have been finally driven to make this suggestion: The antithesis to starring a good mini-review: disliking a bad mini-review.

Something to consider, as this community grows.

[mod. Edited to remove users singled out as examples]

[Okkervil]

Not something I think we need at all. I'd much rather simply reward those mini-reviews I enjoy and simply leave alone those I don't

Adding a "dislike" for mini-reviews would create needless competition and probably antagonism between some users, and I'd much prefer Criticker to remain a positive and affirming site. "Dislikes" would simply lead to bickering and issues, and also end up creating moderation problems for the site admins.

[Spunkie]

Okkcoca agreed. Bad reviews can go to hell for stealing seconds of my life. But we don't need pissing contest that became common to internet.

[Filligan]

That second one is actually kind of funny; lighten up.

Criticker doesn't need this whatsoever. There's enough negativity here in the forums, it doesn't need to infect the rest of the site.

[Okkervil]

That second one is actually kind of funny; lighten up.

Just stating the obvious my man.

[Filligan]

That second one is actually kind of funny; lighten up.

Just stating the obvious my man.

No, I didn't mean the second post here, I meant his second example of a bad review.

[Okkervil]

Ah! Well then shut my mouth!

[ShogunRua]

Not something I think we need at all. I'd much rather simply reward those mini-reviews I enjoy and simply leave alone those I don't

Adding a "dislike" for mini-reviews would create needless competition and probably antagonism between some users, and I'd much prefer Criticker to remain a positive and affirming site. "Dislikes" would simply lead to bickering and issues, and also end up creating moderation problems for the site admins.

This is wonderfully put by OkkCoCa; I couldn't agree more.

Also, if you introduced "dislikes", a lot of mini-reviews would get bad scores simply because they go against the critical consensus for a picture. Someone could write an interesting and well-reasoned mini-review for why they disliked "Citizen Kane", but if you introduce dislikes, it would likely garner a worse rating than some information-less positive review like "Greatest movie ever".

By only having a "like" for movies, you're not punishing dissenting reviews nearly as much. For instance, my review of Tarantino's "Death Proof" is very negative and gives it a T1 rating, but it's also the most popular one for the picture.

That second one is actually kind of funny; lighten up.

So is the first one, if you have a sense of humor and aren't trying to be offended.