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Namely, the difference is that volunteer reviews are unpaid. Another issue is that many of those tend to have multiple reviewers reviewing the same book whereas more regular official reviews tend to have only one professional reviewer per book.
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I believe they do.hsimone wrote:This may sound silly, but for the volunteer reviews - do they affect our reviewer score just as the official reviews?
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Thank you, gali. I thought they did, too.gali wrote:I believe they do.hsimone wrote:This may sound silly, but for the volunteer reviews - do they affect our reviewer score just as the official reviews?
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