A person had to have minimum of a five year board history to be considered to be a volunteer discussion board moderator.
That said, TER has NEVER employed volunteer review mods, it has always been done by paid staff and I don't see that changing any time soon. It's not that I disagree with your suggestion, it's just that I don't see it ever happening here.
Didn't realize that GG. Thanks for the info.
I've only been on and off since around 2008, when I first saw Juliette Monroe here in the DC area. Hard to believe someone like her actually was on Eros, but as we all know, it has devolved into a joke.
5 years would give it even more credibility, as opposed to what I suggested.
So, how about it TER gods?
Posted By: insideinfo
If anything, this site should have a rotating "review board".
I recall submitting a review years ago and having to consistently go back and re-edit it before it would be approved (not enough details, actions didn't warrant such a score, etc)
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If there were a rotating volunteer group, say regular reviewers that could help out and screen out the clearly, fake reviewers, it would benefit the whole site.
Dang. Yes!! I didn't see your post until just now; you're on the same wavelength as I am. They're either understaffed, underpaid, lazy, don't care enough, poor readers, or some combo thereof to even send reviews back for editing the way you describe they used to (I've only been a TER member for ~8 mos.). See the thread from which I cite just one reply to it, below.
Posted By: insideinfo
Many of you regulars are good at typing in mile-long responses/retorts/bombs back at each other. How about something like this that would be of benefit? TER could randomly pick reviewers to check on, say a dozen reviews submitted in other areas of the country that they are not obviously regulars. The min required would be those that have regularly submitted reviews, and no one that is a newbie (under 1 year, or with only a couple of reviews?)
Flame away at my suggestion, guys! (and providers!)
It's disappointing that you didn't get more responses, not even flaming. You can tell by posts to lots of threads that there is general agreement that the TER review processes need fixing -- they're broken. And the time spent on complaining and flaming you point out seems like a pretty good indication that it's going to take some doing to get other members to spend some of that time more constructively, like getting on board with the idea of making changes.
So, fellow members, what's it going to take to get to critical mass where we could make life miserable enough for TER that they concede to changing? Positive action, such as boycotting, takes a lot of buy-in. Right now, talking about the subject is just pissing in the wind, save for a few members who have really given it thought. We need to increase their numbers!
