Contest #3: Complete this sentence...

If I could change one thing about BzzAgent, it would be...

Post your submissions and we'll vote in a week to see who wins the virtual Box O' Crap, an e-mail full of digital photos, fun links, etc.

If I could change 1 thing about BzzAgent, it would be...

How reports are reviewed.

ha ha ha - eliminate the border.

trax wrote:ha ha ha - eliminate the border.

Yeah, I'd like as many campaigns as they get south of the border too!

three words: campaigns...campaigns...campaigns

If I could change one thing about BzzAgent, it would be...how people are determined Pests

Great suggestions!! And I definately agree w/the Canada one.. really there is not much difference between the 2 countries.. few products but mainly what i've seen offered for campaigns is available in Canada as well as my family has bought them.

Scarlett wrote:If I could change 1 thing about BzzAgent, it would be...

How reports are reviewed.

Just in case someone from Bzz were to read this, can you elaborate. What one specific thing would you change about how they are reviewed?

Well i guess I would put in a require amt of words. I would explain better what's expected in a report for it to receive 1-5. I think the 5's are the ones that are descriptive and interesting and even funny... kinda like when u read a really good book u can picture yourself in that setting or situation. Ppl that file reports they've bzz'd their spouses wouldn't get anything from me honestly. . but that's me.

Ok I guess I went beyond the 1 specific thing you were asking for lol

If I could change anything about bzzagent it would be.......

Give us a list of campaigns we will be eligable for in the next 3-4 months, then let us pick 3-5 of them.

That way you dont have people turning down campaigns they would LOVE in hopes of a better one. OR people taking crappy things they couldnt bzz if their life depended on it just to say they have one or to HOPE they can bzz.

and you dont have one agent in 15 campaigns and 15 agents in one campaign or NONE.

that the hive/bzzagent give respect to experienced agents and stagger the invite process to produce quality results.



Its alot of work to climb the ranks and takes a considerable effort to put the time into bzzing and the reports.

If I could change one thing about BzzAgent, it would be to never offer campaigns to someone who is already in (insert # here... I suggest 5) campaigns regardless of Tier or Demographics This should help level the playing field for all of us. Make an exception only for the use of Golden Keys.

If I could change one thing about BzzAgent it would be that people whose reports are mostly 1/15's are allowed to advance in rank. There should be a penalty for having mostly one liners.

I would change the reviewing process. Make the 1-5 system actually a 1- 5 system.. with 2s and 4. Set a word or (much higher) character limit. Send back reports that are a single line or offer nothing. Get a returned re3prt that still sucks? no points. I still say without changing the "grading" changing everything else is in vain.... the one liners with 70 reports will still be at the top, there may be more tiers but it will still be just as unfair.

Set a campaign limit, demographics aside it isn't right that some are in 10 campaigns and other have nothing. If there were a limit of say 5 the other 5 campaigns would trickle down and more would have a chance.

Use real numbers.... get rid of the inactive, suspended and just plain made up agents so the number of agents reflects the truth.

My second and final entry:
If I could change one thing about BzzAgent, it would be to have the "You have __ new Frogs to discover in the Frogpond™ "
info to be accurate. Why does it always say there are some new frogs when I have clearly already visited and posted opinions on them all? I resent having to take the time to go to the Frogpond if there is nothing new there.

You're getting my vote Lori!

I say I have to agree with no one liners at all. If a agent should submit a one liner, it should be returned to them stating, in the Hives response back, Would you care to elaborate. We can not determine a point value for your bzz based on what you have written so far. If you would like to elaborate on the actual bzz you did and the peoples response, we will then gladly give you your points for your efforts.

Also, no more than one person per household per campaign. Give other households a chance too and not just one house with 5 members all getting the same item. Therefor eliminating 4 other household's from the chance to get the campaign.

Okay, guess that is 2 things I would change, sorry, so just pick one. I could put more - LOL!

The incentives for climbing the ranks should mean something.

I don't know how many times I've seen the early invite system go astray here... people in lower tiers getting invites before people in upper tiers. And the golden keys should be pick of the litter, not the runts that no one wants.

If I could change one thing about bzzagent it would be that you would get some kind of credit/ranking/etc for the amount of time you have been with bzzagent.

beth0603 wrote:If I could change one thing about bzzagent it would be that you would get some kind of credit/ranking/etc for the amount of time you have been with bzzagent.

I agree and I am a relative newbie with bzz (Nov 2007). To elaborate - maybe bzz should award a golden quality lifetime credit - one that never goes away and is added to your score so if you were with them for one year bammmmm one lifetime credit, second year anniversery bammmmm another?

Get rid of the confusing structure. In other words create a structure that everyone understands and know exactly what they need to do to move up.

I would get rid of the fact that you lose points for joining a new campaign. A simple structure would be:

After you have completed 5 campaigns and had 20 good reports recieving at least a 3 you move up to tier two. 10 campaigns and 40 good reports, tier 3.

Of course the actual numbers can be played with to make it fair to everyone but I would be happy with anything that was concrete lets me know where I stand and what I need to do to move up the ladder.

OK, it's been a little more than a week, so we're ready to vote. Winner receives a Virtual Box O' Crap.