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Terrible and culturally stunted beta's with limited worldview of literature. This is an awful model, not only is the forum toxic, but it's best to find readers to read your work not writers who are fo... See more
I joined a few years ago and, after having a first bad experience (promised rewards didn't load), I recently put in some more work in preparation for posting a work for critique. After spending EIGHT... See more
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I've been a member of this site for perhaps 3 years now. During that time I have put three books through it, and got excellent suggestions for improving them. The last one, a thriller, was published... See more
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US Highway 220, Iceland
- www.critiquecircle.com
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Just joined. Spent almost a whole day of my life critiquing a story that promised 2 points. Clicked submit and what do you know, I got 0.5 points. This is a ripoff of your time. Don't use. Note: this wouldn't have been such a big surprise if the rules were clear. But the FAQ doesn't say: dear user, you do this on your own risk and you might not get any payoff out of it because that's just how we roll. No, you're left to find out at your own expense. And there's the option to go bed a moderator, maybe you get your points? So you need to work more and spend more time, and ask nicely for what you were promised in the first place. Bait and switch, it's what this is called, and in a world where businesses are regulated it would be illegal.
April 12, 2020
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Thank you for your comments. I believe this might be a misunderstanding of the review process. You will get 2 points for any 300 word crit on a story that is still up for review but as soon as the story is no longer up the payout will be 1/2 credit, it's likely that this happened to you or your review did not reach 300 words. In any case, you likely did not see the notifications for this, but we're only to happy to help out if you send us a message.
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