Moved to correct forum.
The Review Panel is in charge of reviewing films. Moderators and Administrators are able to review films, but it's not their main job and very few do so. All three of these user groups are able to access the film queue through their own accounts. Reviewers watch one of the oldest 25 films in the queue and decide whether or not it is worthy of inclusion in the directory. If so, he will then rate its technical qualities, and if it is worthy of recommendation to the rest of the community, type up a written review, before finally accepting it into the directory.
Adding new panel members has been tried, and it's always hit or miss. The first panel expansion added four panel members and got the queue from around 120 films down to 25, but all four of those additions have either quit or stopped reviewing. The most recent expansion added three new members and lowered the queue from nearly 200 films to 70 at its lowest point... however, one of the additions has only reviewed around ten films and a second only reviewed a single film, and the queue has crept back over 120.
As most of the reviewers are older teenagers and above, things like school, work, and significant others (well, we are brickfilmers... maybe not that last one) take up much of our time, and while we fit in as much reviewing as we can, it's sometimes tough to find the will to watch and attempt to critique yet another dynamic duo, Star Wars "parody," or forrestfire ripoff. Panel members unfortunately drop like flies once they're added... the number of guys who review 5 or fewer films and then disappear is probably equal to the number who are actually productive... and finding people up to the task is a tough proposition.
Reviewing is a chore. At the risk of offending some of our members, many of the films submitted simply aren't especially entertaining--I'd guess that only about 30% of submissions receive recommended status, a rating that indicates the reviewer feels the majority of BiM members would enjoy the film. It's for this reason that so few additions show up on the front page... films are being reviewed in the interim, but they're deemed to be below the quality standard to recommend to the community.
The ultimate solution is likely going to be a combination of things... perhaps continuing to search for more panel members who won't go AWOL after the first week, perhaps tightening directory standards to keep out some of the riffraff, and definitely some patience on the part of the general membership. Rest assured that we realize we've got a problem and that we're working to fix it... but it's much easier said than done.
Oh, and lay off the guy about his English. If he was yet another American dip[expletive] who abuses lolspeak and the Caps Lock, fire away, but considering that he's Danish and his most egregious error was ignoring those little red squiggles under many of his words, I'm willing to cut him some slack.
EDIT: And before anyone yells at me for complaining about Americans, I am one. And there are times I'm ashamed of that fact.
With all due respect Noodle, I don't want you here. - Ratboy Productions
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