How to use the Circle of Trust

It's been an amusing couple of weeks in the circle of trust of the christianfilmcritic, with people coming and going before I even have chance to say hello. I say amusing, because a lot of this fluctuation has come from members trying to influence me in one way or another. Whether it is to influence me into rating there reviews higher or are looking for me to reciprocate their trust so that they can get 80 community points, I just find it funny. So with all this action going on, I thought I would give my opinion on the circle of trust, what it is, how I go about using it and a few ways that I ... more

The Circle of Trust is one of my favourite parts of Ciao, 105 members currently trust me and I trust 100 members, my mutual trust is 75. What is the circle of trust? The Circle of Trust or Buddies System as it is also called allows you to bookmark members so that you can easily access their latest reviews. The idea is that you add people to your COT because you 'Trust' them and their opinions. Each time you add someone to your COT they will receive 80 Community points, you will only gain community points if they trust you back. When you search for a product the reviews that appear at the top ... more

OOh another happy costumer - or is it?? O.k. so what exactly is this “adding to my circle of trust list” all about anyway. Nothing? Anything? Everything? There are just 3 of the possible meanings in which the members of the ciao community see the use of the circle of trust list. To some members of ciao being added and adding other members to someone’s trust means nothing. To other members of ciao it could mean any number of things and to some of the other members it can mean everything. To them being a good writer alone isn’t enough, you have to be much more then just ... more

100 days ago, I joined Ciao UK and started to read, rate, comment and to write opinions here. As you can see from the statistics on my user profile I write about one new op per week, and they usually get 60 reads each on average. My very first op has got 115 member reads so far, which I'm quite proud of. I do spend far more time with reading other members' reviews. In fact (and again according to the statistics) I read and rated about 50 ops every day in those 2-5 hours daily that I spend here since I joined. Many of these ops were extremely useful, helped me making better decisions, gave me a ... more

The Circle Of Trust is something I finally feel I can write an opinion about. I’ve been using Ciao quite a few months now, and I feel I’ve seen the different way people use the system. I’m pretty sure you all know what the COT is, otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this, so I can skip the definition, and get down to the meat. As some of you know I also write on Dooyoo, as do a lot of Ciao members, and I was at Dooyoo way before I discovered Ciao. I used to write pretty well there, although I feel I do better here and I quite a few people added me to their circle of ... more