Comments on: Rx Reviews Redux http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/rx-reviews-redux.html Science Blog from Freelance Science Writer David Bradley Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:41:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/rx-reviews-redux.html/comment-page-1#comment-620108 David Bradley Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:58:19 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/?p=2981#comment-620108 Cate - it could go either, way telling people no one or four people have rated a drug might persuade some people to comment, but others will be put off by not being part of a crowd. Moreover, if a particularly drug has only been rated once or twice, are potential users of the reviews going to feel that they are valid. My gut feeling is that you need to build up a commissioned userbase for the most common drugs and make sure you get at least half a dozen reviews quickly for the top ten at least. Cate – it could go either, way telling people no one or four people have rated a drug might persuade some people to comment, but others will be put off by not being part of a crowd. Moreover, if a particularly drug has only been rated once or twice, are potential users of the reviews going to feel that they are valid. My gut feeling is that you need to build up a commissioned userbase for the most common drugs and make sure you get at least half a dozen reviews quickly for the top ten at least.

]]> By: cate http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/rx-reviews-redux.html/comment-page-1#comment-619822 cate Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:22:16 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/?p=2981#comment-619822 Thanks, Kayla. We appreciate any suggestions. We are a new site and would love anyone's feedback. I will pass this feature onto the developer. Do you think that something like "this drug has been rated four times" would be more compelling (to get people to rate the drug) than leaving it blank? Thanks, Kayla. We appreciate any suggestions. We are a new site and would love anyone’s feedback. I will pass this feature onto the developer. Do you think that something like “this drug has been rated four times” would be more compelling (to get people to rate the drug) than leaving it blank?

]]> By: Kayla Fay http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/rx-reviews-redux.html/comment-page-1#comment-599564 Kayla Fay Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:16:08 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/?p=2981#comment-599564 This will really be of benefit to many people once it gets established. I wish they would add a place to show how many people had rated a particular drug. I'm going to pass it along to my readers. Kayla This will really be of benefit to many people once it gets established. I wish they would add a place to show how many people had rated a particular drug.

I’m going to pass it along to my readers.

Kayla

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