Sheizenhammer 2010-05-06 10:09:52

I remember asking 5 mods about one-word reviews a while back. Of the 2 that responded... well, see for yourself:

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At 3/10/10 7:48 PM, Sheizenhammer wrote: I remember there being some confusion about this the last time I saw it asked, so I thought I'd get a second opinion on it:

Are one word reviews (like this guy's review for 'Tax Time') abusive?
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Aloha Sheizenhammer, to answer your question I feel these type of reviews are frowned upon and completely useless but I wouldn't consider it abusive unless the reviewer is making a habit of one-worded review i.e. ranking high in reviews.

But hey, if you do happen to find a reviewer with a habit of making one-worded reviews, give us a shout and we'll give him/her a friendly reminder. ;-)

Cheers.

-WavyGravy
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In my opinion, yes. If you don't have the time to leave more than at least a few sentences, your review isn't very helpful. Although not as big of an abuse as insulting the author or advertising, etc, I personally delete single word reviews often. Even a single sentence, to me, is not enough. But different review mods really handle situations differently.

-Canas.
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...I got one 'yes' and one 'no'. So no, they're not considered definite abuse, especially when you look at the stuff in the review answers thread concerning one-word reviews.

Reviews that don't have any words at all in them (like the silly ascii-art smiley face one) are another matter, but as long as there's one coherent word in it, it's not immediate whistle-fodder in and of itself.