Update on the New Peer Review Process

A few weeks back, we annouced changes to the Peer Review process. I am making good on my promise to deliver our findings on what we have seen since we introduced these changes. These findings reflect activity in the month of November:

In total, 231,000 reviews were completed.
The average time a product was in Peer Review [...]

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The New Peer Review Process

We’re very excited to announce that we’ve just overhauled the Peer Review process. In response to your persistent and valid concerns, we’ve introduced many changes which should help get new products into the Virtual Goods Catalog faster and with enhanced rating accuracy.
Who Can Participate in Peer Review?
First, we have broadened the eligibility of who can [...]

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New Peer Review Process

Since introducing the Peer Review (PR) process, we’ve heard the following persistent concerns:

Products take much too long to get through Peer Review.
Not enough people are reviewing products to keep up with daily product submissions.
Review delays lead to unmanageable Customer Support queues.
Reviewers routinely pass/fail products incorrectly to increase their Tier scores, to publish unsuitable for IMVU [...]

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Follow Up From CaryJay, IMVU’s CEO

Hi again! For those of you who didn’t see my message from Oct. 5, I’m Cary (“CaryJay”), the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IMVU. I recently shared news of some major milestones IMVU has achieved, and I invited you to share your feedback on this news – and many of you did.  Thank you!  For [...]

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Public Rooms & Room Products

In an effort to offer the best possible experience to our users, we are making the following changes:

All existing Public Chat Rooms can only include “published” room products (i.e., products that have passed Peer Review). 
It will not be possible to visit Public Rooms based on unpublished room products.  These rooms will also not be possible [...]

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Wishlist Now Available in 3D Chat!

 Wishlist in 3D Chat
We are pleased to announce that you can now manage your wishlist from Shop Mode!  Add an item to your wishlist by clicking the star icon just below the product image. You can see your whole wishlist at any time by clicking the new “wishlist” tab in the Shop Mode (see screenshot [...]

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Animation Frame Rate

Recently, we made a change to how animations play in IMVU. Now, all animations play at the speed that their Creators intended them to play.
It used to be that an animation would play at a different speed depending on how powerful your computer was. Even though the target frame rate was 30 frames per second, [...]

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Updates to the Daily Outfit Challenge

In an on-going effort to ensure that the Daily Outfit Challenge (DOC) is a fair and level playing field for all participants, we’ve implemented new measures to ensure participants cannot artificially vote up their entry.
We’ve also made improvements to the tools used to moderate the DOC, resulting in a much more efficient process.  If you [...]

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Are you a San Diego-based Content Creator?

We are looking for San Diego, California-based Content Creators interested in participating in local media interviews with IMVU staff.
If you want to be considered, please let me know by commenting below. I’ll respond to the email address you enter when leaving your comment.
Thanks in advance!
Jami
Sr. Community Manager

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Product Detail Page Changes are Live

As announced last week, all code added to Product Details Pages beginning today will be limited to the Product Description area. If you are happy with the look of your pages, then no action on your part is required.  You will continue to have the ability to make changes to your Product Pages at any [...]

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