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I pretty much always reply to reviews with a thank you note and by rewarding the review if it is public. I go into the public reviewing system, find the review and reward the reviewer so they get credit for it. The only caveat to this is if a review is nasty. I don't mean critical, I mean nasty. When I get one like that, I ignore it and block/ignore the perpetrator if they send anything remotely similar. It has to be pretty nasty for that to happen. I might just write "thanks" if the review is annoying rather than offensive. I do not know why people do not thank. I think there is a sense of entitlement to reviews at times that isn't based in reality. No one is "entitled" to any one else's time and effort. It's a gift. Of course, if someone commits to sending reviews they should do so, but no one is entitled to one. When I reward public reviews (not the ones to me, the ones to others) I have heard the complaint that the reviewer never heard from the person who they sent the review to. They are thanking me and complaining about whoever at the same time. I hear this quite a bit, actually. I do not understand a writer who does not thank a polite reviewer. To me, it seems like writing a simple thank you note should be a breeze for a writer. Then there are those here who solicit reviews with emails for long pieces of writing. I am thinking of a recent one, but there have been others. I spent about an hour reading and sending a review to this person. They never said a word back, but there they come again asking for more reviews in the Newsfeed. I think this sort of behavior is so beyond the pale that it has me totally at a loss. I love to read and review. I don't get people who do not have the energy to thank, but have the energy to whine about not being reviewed. I don't get people who have a cell phone in front of them all the time either, so it's probably a generational thing or defect on my part.  |
Re: November Topic: Responding to Reviews · 11-04-17 12:12pm 
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