My Ciao'ing

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, ... Read review

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 ... Read review

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 Six 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 six years ...
...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. ... Read review

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 ... Read review

Advantages: Tis Fun
Disadvantages: Tis Not Fun

...My Ciao habits have changed a lot over the last few years and I guess it's all to do with learning from mistakes I have made. Sometimes I guess all of us make the mistake of not remembering that that name with a coloured dot that you read and leave a comment with is a real person with feelings and problems of their own…….. For me Ciao began a few years ago now and I must admit to being totally addicted to it. "Do you not mean you were a dick to ...
...is what I always ended my reviews with way back then, my signing off piece, "as ever, your friend online"……….. I joined as Artatthemovies and I think I stayed on Ciao for just under a year with that name. To be perfectly blunt, I was a total twat back then, and yeah I guess I still am to a certain extent but back then I was just as bad sober !! ...... I would log onto Ciao about 9pm and check out my reads and then I would look down the list of ... Read review