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« Reply #25 on: August 31, 2007, 03:41:08 PM » |
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Mouser, perhaps we should make DC awards that we can hand out to programs which are either the PICKS of our reviews or receive honorable mentions by our members. What do you think? I would love to see little "Donationcoder.com's Presents, Cody's Picks" icons floating around.
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« Reply #26 on: August 31, 2007, 03:43:22 PM » |
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That's a great idea, Josh. The developer could then link to the review, minireview or thread. Nice.  |
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« Reply #27 on: August 31, 2007, 03:44:09 PM » |
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Yes, great idea! This way we can validate our reasons for giving an award and even make a post about the award nomination in the aforementioned thread.
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« Reply #28 on: August 31, 2007, 03:45:52 PM » |
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Well we do have some older award image we give out for our big reviews: http://www.donationcoder.com/Reviews/Awards/But i like the idea of a little cody image that authors can put on their website that would connect to a mini-review on the forum.. It wouldn't be a rating, but it would be a nice link. |
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« Reply #29 on: August 31, 2007, 03:50:01 PM » |
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I say make it an actual award. We can have a forum for nominations and then users can vote and generate a rating (5 clucks, 4 clucks, etc) which will then be made into a custom rating icon for that site. I love this idea mousey. We should do it. Heck, I volunteer to head up management of assignment of these awards if you do decide to go for it.
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« Reply #30 on: August 31, 2007, 03:58:10 PM » |
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I say make it an actual award. We can have a forum for nominations and then users can vote and generate a rating (5 clucks, 4 clucks, etc) which will then be made into a custom rating icon for that site. I love this idea mousey. We should do it. Heck, I volunteer to head up management of assignment of these awards if you do decide to go for it.
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« Reply #31 on: August 31, 2007, 04:02:07 PM » |
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Yes! I am loving this idea. Mousey, lets move on this!
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« Reply #32 on: August 31, 2007, 04:02:18 PM » |
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I'm wary of assigning scores to programs based on user votes -- i think it's too inviting of companies to game the system.
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« Reply #33 on: August 31, 2007, 04:03:20 PM » |
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I think rather than an award with some kind of point value, just a nice Cody graphic with "Read the Review" on it.
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« Reply #34 on: August 31, 2007, 04:08:38 PM » |
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I'm wary of assigning scores to programs based on user votes -- i think it's too inviting of companies to game the system.
Fair enough, though I was thinking about this more in terms of an award for apps featured in full-blown reviews. The mini-reviews and discussion forum awards could be dealt with as per app's suggestion (I like it!) We could have a "Read the mini-review" and a "Read the discussion" graphic. |
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« Reply #35 on: August 31, 2007, 04:17:44 PM » |
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I like mouser's and app's idea, I think the current debate on file managers demonstrates that what is great for one person just doesn't fit the needs of the next
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« Reply #36 on: August 31, 2007, 07:35:13 PM » |
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Heh, heh, heh... I was so enthusiastic about my own idea for Cody holding gold coins (prompted by Josh's clucks idea) that I didn't actually pick up on the "middle bit" about having DC'er's vote on different apps. I'd have to say that I'm with mouser on that one - too much potential for unscrupulous types to vote to drive up the rating of their (or their company's) product.
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BIG, proper reviews/roundups (a la the text editor review or Zaine's Word processor review) - Cody and his coins
MiniReviews - a badge featuring Cody with the script "Read the mini-review"
Forum discussions (superboyac's notetaking thread, for example) - Cody featuring the script "Read the discussion"
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« Reply #37 on: August 31, 2007, 08:17:51 PM » |
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I like this idea.. it might be useful for authors who don't have their own full forums, they can point people to dc discussion of their program if they want to.
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