They should rename this forum "Please review my site"

I am open to discuss this issue.

Indeed, lately there are too many posts just asking for a general "review"... which result is similarly general, vague, useless (should I say: bullsh*t?) replies, like:
- great site
- looks good
- very nice...

Replies like that may stroke your ego but are completely useless in a technical support forum for web design.
The sure sign these threads were started ONLY for this kind of ego-trip - is the lack of "thank-you" under the replies that give concrete, technical advice re: code, html, css, graphics etc. Those replies are ignored.
And the big THANKS button is clicked for the "nice site"-type of BS.

Since there is nor real benefit in having idiotic threads asking for 'review'... I am seriously considering getting rid of them altogether.

Your thoughts?

This section has become the default forum for "INCREASING POST COUNT" that's why so many useless review site threads followed by the useless replies, like a chain of ants.

And Hello Istvan, not sure if you remember me ! Hope everything is fine at your end

Patrick.

I was just looking for the appropriate place to ask what our website is worth and figured you guys could direct me...I don't want a review per se, I need a dollar figure. Perhaps the general discussion? The particulars are that some outside investors are interested in starting a related/component venture with us that would hinge on what we've built so far as a web presence...so, I figured it would be good to get some experienced estimates from warriors who have pro knowledge of such valuation, what would it cost to replicate our site from design thru contruction and all content as well as the "brand" creation and social stuff (FB, twitter, etc)...is this the place or where might the question get the right audience?

I personally like the site reviews.
People get to share, you get to critique, and you get to see what others say about it as well.

I would also dare to say this

Most programmers do not necessarily possess site design skills though many do, most dont,
Graphic artists would be more inclined to have that skill as far as site layout, and the look and appeal of the site

personally website "designers" i dont know how they do it
combine programming skills with aesthetic design skills?
not an easy combination to find

I would say the consensus in this thread is
delete all the "review my site" bullcrap

It seems warriorforum admins may need to add another section for REVIEW MY SITE.

I noticed this in the forum when i first visited it , there should be a subforum titles , Sites Reviews , am i right

Istvan show me people saying the 'review my site" threads should remain?

I dont see anyone saying that
perhaps you are reading other posts nobody sees

So Irstvan
They are trying to be nice saying how about a subforum
bottom line is you say you cant create one

so , whats the point then? They dont want those posts on this forum obviously
you are the moddy , why not just delete them and put it in the forum rules
no "review my site" threads

seems like a no brainer

Overall, who cares?

If someone is trying to boost their post count why in the heck would you lose sleep over that? As I said earlier if the "site review" is not your thing, or you have and issue with it, DON'T NAVIGATE to them, that's your problem then.

Are some site reviews, something other than wanting a real site review? Probably. But again, who cares? DON'T NAVIGATE to it. Some want a site review.

It's really not that complicated and totally a non issue.

The problem is not the site review threads

its the amount of them
they are taking over the board

dont you guys see that?

Go look at the board 4 months ago, maybe 1 in 20 posts was review my site

now?
it seems like half the posts are review my site
its absurd

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I have commented on this subject i little while ago,

For me it's more about the time it takes to troll through the website forum looking for the answere i need, I still think this needs 2 seperate forums.

People jsut don't want to see these types of posts in web design forum , yes you can just avoid them so on and so on, Site reviews are not a bad thing i don't think..Helps people in a lot of ways... I tend to think that there has to be a starting place for people to get there new sites looked at and questions answerd..

Everyone has to start some where.. I do agree that the spam issue causes problems.. But if there was a seperate forum for this and rules were set i.e only usefull information need be submitted , no one liners etc..etc.. then the Mods can delete the spam as soon as they see them.. this also keeps the web design forum free for genuine design questions....

I'm sure there is enough people wanting this to be a seperate forum...

I would ask the mods to do a pole on this themselves.. if enough people vote then surley this is telling them their usesers wishes and create a sperate section/forum..

I would like to speak in favor of "review my site" posts. Some people have no clue what they're doing. They just know it isn't working. I'm one of them. I have gotten some real benefit from reviews I requesting a little earlier. I came to this part of the forum just now to request reviews on another site I'm working on.

According to the rules, I could not put up a link until I had posted 15 times. Someone, in response to another thread I started, asked me to respond with a PM. I find I can't do that until I accumulate 50 posts.

I'm not much of an expert on anything. I read a lot of stuff where I have nothing useful to say. But if someone asks for a site critique, I can to over there, poke around, and say what I think of it. For me, typing "great site" isn't worth the effort of typing it. I won't make comments if I don't think I can actually add value. Alas, I think I'm part of a small minority on that point. There seems to be no way to prevent people from wasting space like that on any forum.

Right now, this subforum is the only place requests for review will fit. I was a little surprised that there was not a special place for them. It doesn't matter to me one way or another, and if Istvan isn't inclined to ask for a separate place, that seems to settle the matter.

But please be aware that without a place to ask for site reviews, the Warrior Forum as a whole becomes much less valuable to people who are struggling to make functional sites.And there are obviously a lot of us, judging from the number of requests I see. I will be adding one later this evening.

From a web designer and graphic designers point of view;

In college, critiques of someone's design work was a crucial part in learning.

I think that it has its place here, although it does open wide the doors for stupid spammy comments and one liners.

Many people who comment do not add any real value, and many times its obvious especially to me, that the OP posted for motives other than really wanting a review of their website. Such as a link to their website design business or something else along that line.

So, I am not really sure what would be best.

Do others actually benefit from questions like these?

Maybe?

I have personally been involved in helping quite a few people with their graphics on their websites, the color scheme etc.. and seen them actually improve their websites overall look.

Many have thanked me for the help, not necessarily by the thanks button.

So, I will just have to say it has its place here because people sometimes need an outside eye on design, BUT the flip side is the spammy abuse of asking for a site review.

Vigilant "Moderation" is probably the key, but I know it gets to be a pain deleting all the spammy threads. But if there were no spammy threads, there would be no need for moderators at all.

Not sure if what I posted helps any, but this is a two way issue. On the one hand, people can get help and on the other, people abuse the forum.

I am absolutely agree with schwarzes.