Peer Review.

Peer review has never really been cool in my eyes since it began. Yeah, I see the point of scanning through products to see if they are suitable for IMVU and the people on IMVU. What I don't get is why they placed the responsibility on us to do a job I feel they should be doing themselves (if they want it done right). Same reason why I think it makes sense to have a professor grade a paper: it is their profession, their job. If I was required to grade papers, do you think I would grade unbiased and correctly? Same with PR. Though it is tough to impossible to pick what you review, it is still easy to manipulate the process. For example, I reviewed a product months ago that featured swastikas. That was a red flag already in my eyes, but then the person literally wrote like a 2,000 word explanation how the swastika symbol was actually a good thing. So, I failed it saying it was discriminatory. I am actually part German. My grandma lived during Hitler's rule in Germany, including WWII. And guess what? My "Percentage Correct" went down and it passed because 4 other people said it was ok. Do I think the other 4 were pro-Nazi? No. I just think most don't take the time to actually review it. Then IMVU puts fault on you for being incorrect. If they want a certain criteria met, I am sure they can manage to find a system themselves. As long as it is "Peer" review, it will be highly flawed.

Speaking of it being a form of "Peer" Review, is it open to any IMVU user now? I am not for sure, but that is what I have heard. What I have seen and experienced is that you are paid promo credits for doing it. I can't imagine that us developers were begging for more predits to be thrown into the virtual universe, so I am thinking it is open to the public. So how is it "Peer" review of anyone can do it... Maybe it is only open to people who have their name? I dunno, I can't call it. Seems like no matter how many bells and whistles you throw on a turd (PR), it is still a turd.