My Ciao'ing

My Ciao'ing

... My aunt told me about this site, and from August 14th 2007, I was hooked. First Reviews Everyone has to begin somewhere, but I really do wish that Ciao would let me get rid of the reviews I did in the ‘early days’. I have not only found them embarrassing to look out now, every time ... Read review

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My 250th Review

Advantages: 2 years on the site, and I've enjoyed pretty much every minute of it
Disadvantages: Ciao gremlins, Ciao surveys and some problems with members

...with something to write for my 250th review I was stumped, even with the help of some brilliant friends on the site, I still had no idea what to write. I even started to write a review for the Product of the Month and call this my 250th review, as this is the best summer I’ve ever had, however it just didn’t seem to work. That review was written and discarded to the side. I then began to think, I have never written a review about my time on the site. ...
...this is Part 1 of my 250th review.

==Why I joined Ciao? ==

Back in the day when Ciao surveys were good, a lot of my family members were members of Ciao. As a bored teenager just coming out of a very long illness and have just finished my GCSE’s, I wanted something to get some money into my pocket. My aunt told me about this site, and from August 14th 2007, I was hooked.

==First Reviews==

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DixieChick10 07.09.2009
Ciao members have rated this review on average: exceptional
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Ciao, the Craggybuk experience (controversial in places)

Advantages: Great concept, fun, enhance your writing skills
Disadvantages: Bugs, frustrations

...had an operation to repair my knee after a bad footballing injury and needed something occupy my time during my month off work. I had previously done some Ciao surveys and after completing one of these, I found myself browsing the Ciao site in some detail. I wasn’t originally aware that you could write reviews, I had always assumed Ciao was just a survey site. I had always fancied myself as a writer so I thought ‘Perfect’ this will keep me entertained ...
...head first and started writing my first review. ==First reviews== My first review was on a Dell Axim X30 PDA. I got to work on this and within 15 minutes, it was written and published. I felt chuffed to bits with myself. I sat back and waited for the rates and, ultimately the cash to roll in. Sure enough, the rates came in, but they were not exactly what I expected. 17% very helpful, 58% helpful and 25% somewhat helpful was a bit of a shock to me, ...

craggybuk 21.11.2009 (25.11.2009) · Read full review
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My Ciao'ing so far

Advantages: great community
Disadvantages: addictive?

My Ciao'ing so far Introduction Well members of Ciao, we are half way through 2006, and I don't know about you, but I am certainly looking forward to the summer. As of tomorrow, I am off too sunny Spain to work for the summer, modelling for various holiday brochures for 2007 catalogues. I don't often talk about my work, and I don't intend to now, maybe for a later review perhaps? What I will tell you is that I won't be on this site until the ...
...that time, I will do my best to catch up when I return. So I thought what better way of summing up my 2006 summer term on Ciao than writing about my Ciao'ing so far. My Ciao Perception Since joining Ciao in October 2005, I have made a lot of good friends on this site, some of whom I have grown very fond of. Ciao offers a better community spirit than most sites like it, and whilst some of the feedback you get off your reviews may not impress you, ...

dempsey_review 21.06.2006 · Read full review
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Half-term report

Advantages: You get to know a little bit about me
Disadvantages: You probably get to know too much. Oh, and you'll hate me, I know it.

My Ciao Experience I joined Ciao in December of 2005 but it is only up until recently that I became active through writing and reading reviews. You also need to know that this is my second stint - I was here for a time before then under a different name. I closed my account the first time, really in protest at what I considered to be the heavy-handed tactics of the unofficial Ciao 'police', a vigilante squad if you like. But, for now, you can consider ...
...That's it, there you go, my raison d'etre. I enjoy writing, it's a wonderfully distracting but above all, fun hobby for me and I find I can express myself in many ways I can't in 'real-life'. It's hard being so painfully shy you're often mistaken for an arrogant arse, so writing and participating on Ciao offers me an outlet where I can be a lot more out-going than I would be in 'Actual World'. The Ciao community, on the whole, is a friendly one and ...

4ku-Papa 08.02.2008 · Read full review
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♥HAPPY 7TH CIAO BIRTHDAY TO ME♥

Advantages: Talking to all the wonderful people in ciao land
Disadvantages: I still get sooo excited about little things - aparrently little things please little minds

...many things have changed over my Seven years here and mostly in my view for the better. After a very shaky first few months here I was determined to stick it out and am now really glad I did. I have talked to some wonderful people over the years and still miss each and every one that has decided to leave and welcomed most of those back that decided to return. Ciao is a bit like a drug, you either break the habit or are hooked for years. In seven ...
...really special members coming to my support I would have given up as I didn't feel I could beat the big boys. Thankfully I have always been a little spitfire and not shy in sticking up for myself when needed so I stuck by my guns and here I am today. I ended up good friends with the original member I fell out with and it was only those other members that stuck their noses in that made the situation far worse than it would have been in the first place. ...

COOOEEE 26.12.2006 (18.03.2008) · Read full review
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My ciao cherry popped

Advantages: 6 months and I am still here
Disadvantages: will I still be here in 6 months

...reached 20k points and popped my Ciao cherry so to speak what do I feel? I was going to one of the many challenges going around, but its not really my style, instead I thought I would do a Ciaoing experience with a bit more about me mixed in. I liken myself to an onion when it comes to speaking about me. I don't have a blog nor would I ever have one, but prefer to peel away a little skin, like the onion you get the papery out side and then you get ...
...with them anymore. My Ciaoing I like many others started out publishing without reading so you can imagine the content of my earlier reviews. I hope some new members take the time to read this as the only advice for new members is to READ, READ, and READ more! I think Ciao should include a small selection of diamond reviews in the registration process to show new members what they need to attain to get decent ratings. I only publish two reviews ...

getscenic 13.10.2006 · Read full review
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