Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Expectation shifts
I read reviews of books (and less helpfully, of music) on sites like Amazon. I can't help but notice how a generally high scored item will get a low score from someone who will write something like "I read all the rave reviews and was eagerly anticipating enjoying this enormously. Instead, I found it was a piece of crap. What are these other people smoking?"
Less commonly, I find a review like this: "At first I hated this, but as I forced myself to read/listen to it more, I found I convinced myself I actually liked it."
I find these sentiments wordy, and repetitive. For those familiar with the notion of design patterns, I wonder if we could identity common patterns in reviews, and give them short snappy names, so we can scan reviews more quickly? Or, maybe it's been done already?
Less commonly, I find a review like this: "At first I hated this, but as I forced myself to read/listen to it more, I found I convinced myself I actually liked it."
I find these sentiments wordy, and repetitive. For those familiar with the notion of design patterns, I wonder if we could identity common patterns in reviews, and give them short snappy names, so we can scan reviews more quickly? Or, maybe it's been done already?
Link to this article. posted by Michael Andrews @ 6:51 PM 
