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Why Do Some RoadTest Winners Stop Logging In?

rscasny
rscasny
19 Mar 2017

It's Sunday morning and I'm catching up on things that I don't always get a chance to do during office hours where I'm in meetings, on the phone, answering questions, etc.

 

This morning I sent follow up emails to RoadTest winners who have not posted Reviews.

 

Of the 12 emails I sent, 11 were to RoadTester winners who stopped logging into element14 about one month after their respective RoadTest enrollments closed. The 12th stop logging in a few months after.

 

The reason for this behavior would be pure conjecture. But  there does seem to be a correlation between not logging in and not writing a review.

 

All that I can reasonably conclude is now I have to check to see if a prospective winner has logged in and take that into consideration when I offer my recommendations to a supplier.

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  • rscasny
    rscasny over 9 years ago in reply to DAB +7
    Don, I try to use TMs. I welcome their applications. And I do get much better responses with TMs. But I have to balance the needs of the suppliers and the need to offer new people the opportunity in order…
  • rachaelp
    rachaelp over 9 years ago +6
    Are these relatively new members who had perhaps only created an Element14 account recently in order to apply for the road test in the first place? It's sad that you are having to go to these lengths to…
  • kas.lewis
    kas.lewis over 9 years ago in reply to DAB +5
    I commented on the use of TM's on your other comment. To grow the community the use of known good members is a great idea, the definition is the issue. Points over time, involvement etc, this does not…
  • kas.lewis
    kas.lewis over 9 years ago in reply to rachaelp

    rachaelp I do hear were you are coming from and I think I understand what you are referring to, but what I'm getting at are the lever 5s or 6s and up that are here quite a bit have done blogs, have done reviews all on a consistent basis and done them well. Also and this is the big one they have been here a while (more than a year or two) and have been participating throughout that time, not just for points but to be part of teh community.

     

    This is not to say I don't disagree with 1) the difficultness of teh task facing rscasny, or 2) the difficulties in varifiying who is a community member that enjoys being here for the content and not just the free stuff

     

    Kas

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  • rachaelp
    rachaelp over 9 years ago in reply to gpolder

    Gerrit Polder wrote:

     

    Ah I see, in that case I agree with kas.lewis.

    Yes, there are a number of members who contribute greatly to this community and they shouldn't be in with any less of a chance of being selected to road test a nice high value item than those of us who are TM's. That wouldn't be fair. But equally, TM's are usually a reliable source of reviews so it's a balancing act to try and make it as fair as possible for the whole community on one hand and trying to ensure the suppliers get the quality of reviews they desire on the other. I think rscasny has a pretty difficult task on his hands here so needs to use all the tools he can to try and make each and every road test a success.

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    gpolder over 9 years ago in reply to fvan

    Ah I see, in that case I agree with kas.lewis.

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  • fvan
    fvan over 9 years ago in reply to gpolder

    Top Members image

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    gpolder over 9 years ago in reply to DAB

    Apologise if this is a silly question, what are TMs?

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