A Review of Concept Feedback Improvements by Zeno Popovici

Hey Aurimas,

Let me first say that the minute I started using the site I got hooked. It's a great way to share and earn experience and to improve ones concepts.

Here's what I'd like to change:

1. There is no way to see when a concept was posted or to set an "expiration" date. This would be very useful for time-sensitive concepts and also help clearing out / archiving the old ones.

2. An archive function for your own concepts would be also needed as right now the only way to inactivate an old concept is to set it private or delete it :(

3. I would like to see a star rating for usability (for websites in particular) in the concepts ... this is not a must but I think it would give us a whole new feedback dimension, and help us build better concepts.

4. I tend to be organized so I always stick to numbering my ideas. After the first posts I realized that the numbered lines are automatically formatted and make them more visible, like this post. Maybe you could share some formatting tips?

5. I agree with Craig, the voting system can make some people vote up only to get reputation and never vote down for the fear of loosing it. I thing every user should vote down regularly if he/she doesn't like a concept as I see few concepts voted down. There should also be a "5 votes down kills a concept". I've also seen reviews voted down (not mine but a few younger contributors) because the concept contributor didn't like them ... maybe we should have some posting guidelines here, and explain the term of "constructive feedback" :D

6. Regarding the "Bottom Line" issue ... I think it's a very important feature and should not be changed. It forces you choose a singular issue you would like to be changed. This is great feedback. I for one don't review concepts that I think all issues were covered by others or I can't say something relevant. If I like it I use the "People Like It" vote or I vote up relevant reviewers comments. Simply saying "I would not change a thing" isn't really helpful feedback in my opinion.

7. There is a issue with unreviewed concepts pagination. If you click next I get a "oops no concepts here".

8. Why is the box with votes statistics available under the user profile for everyone else except for yourself? I find it really useful :)

9. Your categories are in fact tags :). Why don't you call them this way and build some sort of a tag browsing system? Most recent tags, Tags with most contributions ... dunno this one should be thought trough.

That's it. Really good work guys. I already recommended Concept Feedback to some of my friends it's simply awesome :).