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finnword1
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One agency has 641 entries on the Blue Board. They have received 22 "fives" on a very same day. Anybody have any comments?
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
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Italian to English
finnword1 wrote:
One agency has 641 entries on the Blue Board. They have received 22 "fives" on a very same day. Anybody have any comments?
My comment is that you should never consult the BlueBoard unless you have a large bowl of salt by your elbow.
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Lingua 5B 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Tom in London wrote:
finnword1 wrote:
One agency has 641 entries on the Blue Board. They have received 22 "fives" on a very same day. Anybody have any comments?
My comment is that you should never consult the BlueBoard unless you have a large bowl of salt by your elbow.
Agree, but that's an only (albeit salty) filter we have when considering a new agency. Sure, we can exercise due diligence and check the Internet but no ratings are available. Minus Trustpilot in some cases.
@OP It may or may not mean something bad. Perhaps they have a large project going on and they send automatic invitations to all translators to leave a review. We don't know all the circumstances and don't have enough information to draw a reliable conclusion.
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Lieven Malaise
Belgium
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| Some agencies ask you to leave a review | Jul 12, 2023 |
I have left a BlueBoard rating in 2 occasions. Twice I was specifically requested to do so. So there's your answer.
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I look at those agencies with the same scepticism I have towards some translators who have hundreds of positive entries…
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Samuel Murray
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finnword1 wrote:
They have received 22 "fives" on a very same day. Anybody have any comments?
They sent a request to all of their translators to rate them on the Blue Board. 22 of those translators who have not yet rated them decided to rate them.
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finnword1
United States
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TOPIC STARTER | Thank you all | Jul 13, 2023 |
I did not think that the 22 "fives" were given spontaneously. A proper description might be "harvesting".
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Lieven Malaise
Belgium
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finnword1 wrote:
A proper description might be "harvesting".
Does it matter ? If I would have had a bad experience with an agency and they ask me to give them a rating, I will be happy to provide them with a 1.
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Lingua 5B
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| Only one time | Jul 14, 2023 |
I was specifically sent an invitation to leave a BB review only once. It wasn’t the best, nor the worst, agency so I didn’t leave any.
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:44
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Italian to English
| Make it worse | Jul 14, 2023 |
Lieven Malaise wrote:
finnword1 wrote:
A proper description might be "harvesting".
Does it matter ? If I would have had a bad experience with an agency and they ask me to give them a rating, I will be happy to provide them with a 1.
I was once not paid by an agency so I gave them a 1 on the BB. They then said they would pay me on condition that I gave them a 5. I considered this blackmail and dishonest towards other Prozians who might think they could rely on the credibility of BB ratings.
OK I gave them 5, they paid me, and then I changed their rating back to 1. The b*stards.
So dear chums: don't consult the BB without taking a pinch of that salt from the bowl you should have by your elbow.
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Lingua 5B
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Had no idea BB entry could be edited that many times. I thought only one edit was possible.
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:44
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Italian to English
Lingua 5B wrote:
Had no idea BB entry could be edited that many times. I thought only one edit was possible.
It was a long time ago - 10 years at least- Maybe since then Proz has changed the requirements.
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finnword1
United States
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TOPIC STARTER | 32 Blue Board "fives" this month alone | Feb 29 |
Sure, it is leap year with one extra day, but still that many fives in one month looks suspicious.
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It means that despite all the negative headlines and the general moaning about this dying profession, there is a light in the end of the tunnel as some agencies seem to be very active
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| Don't just look at the overall Blue Board score | Mar 3 |
Besides the scores themselves, Blue Board conveniently provides KudoZ point counts for those giving the score, so I look first and foremost at the scores given by high-KudoZ members.
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