So if I write reviews for a site can I put it on my sig?

So that /nickless old men can fancy themselves fulfilled, via mechanism of shallow correspondence coupled with the random questioning of my motives.


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I think devs CAN post the reviews people made for them. I know Ian Marsh does it.

 

Hey arn, I've pm's you a few time about this but you've never bothered to answer. Why can't I put appversit y in my sig I don't even have a signature option anymore.

 

Appversit y is one of the filtered sites. Don't know exactly why but possibly because of self promotion

 

I've never seen it promoted though, an it was a hyperlink on the name plus a quote. Really short. My TMA link never had problems.

 

Well the response I got was that apparently people from appversit y spam and have too much self promotion. In all my time here I've never seen that happen and a lot of other members have no idea as well since they're alwasy confused when the stars show up instead.

 

Only a few weeks ago there was another thread where a 'new member' posted TinyURL links pointing to App Ver sity while the description in the post was misleading. I reported the post (along with other members, I'm sure ) and it was quickly removed by the moderators.
Most users never noticed it.
And that's how it should be.

 

OK I find the rule about not posting links to your site AT ALL kinda dumb. I understand it's purpose, we don't want people going crazy like with the MMO codes but with links. But think about this:

What's the difference between someone saying "Hey I wrote a review for X app, here's the link. I highly recommend it" or the dev saying "Hey, username wrote a review for x app, check it out. link" ?

It's the same exact thing. An example is Sky Burger. I beta tested it and naturally, as soon as it came out, I had my review ready. People were asking if it was good, if there was a review. But I could not post the link to my review. I really don't want to "promote" my site, just promote the devs sales.

Same thing goes for some social groups. Like the giveaway and the random discussion group. It is an invite only group, both groups have the same members. It is seniors only, and we all know each other, what site we write at. So why can't we post links to giveaways going on at our site? Again; we don't want to "promote" our site, we just ppl who want to get x app for free.


I hope someone understands my point.

 

The key thing is that the TA team aren't against competition. They need to make sure forum users are contributing to the forum in a meaningful manner.

What I usually do is write some other thoughts on the game I've reviewed recently in the thread, and also say that I've got a review up without linking to it. This way I'm adding value to TA by describing what's good/bad about the game and not spamming the forum with links. And then members can visit if they so choose, not because I posted a one liner 'Hey I reviewed this game, check out the score here, blah blah blah link".

Whilst it is sort of frustrating as a site owner, this is their forum and I have no right to spam it with links which don't add any kind of meaningful discussion.

 

I don't want to "spam" their forum. Re-read my post.

 

That I also agree with arn. You don't want that. But if your site gets an exclusive (well, mine does not since I always give them to arn ) and you want to share, you should be able to say, we at the xxx blog (linked) got some screenshots. And then post them below. That way, the community get's informed, yet you receive a bit of credit.

 

Again true. It all comes down to the user being responsible. If you get a blurry wanna-be screenshot of a supposed new iPhone, I would not post it here.

If a dev sends me a video or a bunch of screenshots of an upcoming premium app or game, I would definitely think it is newsworthy or at least thread-worthy.

 

Arn would like you to post it here instead and give him all the credit and visitors. That's fair, isn't it?

 

And I do that already don't I? Of course, not all people are like that. Remember I'm not the only user here. There's ppl here from SlideToPlay and I'm sure they'll post it there instead of here. Arn can't imagine everyone will hand over the exclusive to him.

 

I'm not disagreeing with you.

I'm looking at it from the point of view (as I see it) of the TA staff. Once you start letting people post external review links you will have a whole heap more posts that simply clog up threads.

It makes sense for the developer to list good reviews in the thread, better still if they edit the first post - not have a dozen people contribute just one link each without posting any useful information besides.

 

I both agree with you, and don't agree with you. It depends on the situation really.