{"author_link":"\/users\/dhim","author_name":"dhim","author_uid":"dhim","comments":[],"epoch":1760201165,"event":"LD58","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":422923,"likes":9,"metadata":{"p_key":"197540","p_author":"dhim","p_authorkey":"1015212","p_urlkey":"429465","p_title":"Asking for reviews and the karma system","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD58","p_time":"1760201165","p_likes":"9","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1015212","us_name":"dhim","us_username":"dhim","event_start":"1759449600","event_key":"112","event_name":"Ludum Dare 58"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD58","removed_author":false},"_superparent":415614,"_trust":3,"author":15212,"body":"The feed after the competition ends is usually full of the same posts: promotional posts asking for reviews, streamers asking for games to be reviewed, or people offering to exchange reviews, post mortem (but that are also in the end promotional posts. \n\n\nI sometimes get irritated by people asking for reviews. While they're on their game pages, they haven't done any of that, and I may have left comments in previous editions encouraging them to get involved in the reviewing process. I would prefer that people focus on going through with the karma system for reviews rather than using the feed for getting reviews or finding games to play. But all in all, that is fine and is part of that vibrant community. I like to read the feed to know about technical details, other like their own stuff. \n\nBut to get to the point of this post; Yesterday, while looking at some of the posts asking for reviews, all of them had done more reviews than they were receiving... their post were thus quite legitimate, doing their part but not getting anything in return.And in the meantime, I had gotten 30 reviews while only reviewing about 20 (busy week, I'll get some more done during the weekend) and posting nothing in the main feed. \n\n\nHas something changed in the reviewing process? Does anyone get the same feeling? \n\nWhat may be the other factors :\n- Platform availability? For ex, I only play HTML5 (I am on a Mac, there are rarely any options for us, and anyway, I am wary of installing anything on my setup.\n- Better cover image? I spent some time during the Compo to make it catchy, and it features the HTML5 logo.","comments":9,"comments-timestamp":"2025-10-12T08:25:33Z","created":"2025-10-11T16:23:51Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":422923,"love":9,"love-timestamp":"2025-10-12T04:01:26Z","meta":[],"modified":"2025-10-12T08:25:33Z","name":"Asking for reviews and the karma system","node-timestamp":"2025-10-11T16:46:05Z","parent":416693,"parents":[1,5,9,415614,416693],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/58\/tiles-collector\/asking-for-reviews-and-the-karma-system","published":"2025-10-11T16:46:05Z","scope":"public","slug":"asking-for-reviews-and-the-karma-system","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":1339692},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"422923","n_urlkey":"429465","n_parent":"416693","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/58\/tiles-collector\/asking-for-reviews-and-the-karma-system","n_slug":"asking-for-reviews-and-the-karma","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"15212","n_created":"1760199831","n_modified":"1760257533","n_version":"1339692","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/58\/tiles-collector\/asking-for-reviews-and-the-karma-system","text":"The feed after the competition ends is usually full of the same posts: promotional posts asking for reviews, streamers asking for games to be reviewed, or people offering to exchange reviews, post mortem (but that are also in the end promotional posts. \n\n\nI sometimes get irritated by people asking for reviews. While they're on their game pages, they haven't done any of that, and I may have left comments in previous editions encouraging them to get involved in the reviewing process. I would prefer that people focus on going through with the karma system for reviews rather than using the feed for getting reviews or finding games to play. But all in all, that is fine and is part of that vibrant community. I like to read the feed to know about technical details, other like their own stuff. \n\nBut to get to the point of this post; Yesterday, while looking at some of the posts asking for reviews, all of them had done more reviews than they were receiving... their post were thus quite legitimate, doing their part but not getting anything in return.And in the meantime, I had gotten 30 reviews while only reviewing about 20 (busy week, I'll get some more done during the weekend) and posting nothing in the main feed. \n\n\nHas something changed in the reviewing process? Does anyone get the same feeling? \n\nWhat may be the other factors :\n- Platform availability? For ex, I only play HTML5 (I am on a Mac, there are rarely any options for us, and anyway, I am wary of installing anything on my setup.\n- Better cover image? I spent some time during the Compo to make it catchy, and it features the HTML5 logo.","title":"Asking for reviews and the karma system","wayback_source":[]}