BetterCacher explicitly intends NOT to be a rating platform. GC vote and similar platforms already do that job just perfectly, so there is no need for us to re-invent the wheel.

Furthermore, all caches are so different, that the many kinds of rating criteria automatically cause problems - either you choose all the points that have to be rated (beauty, location, story, character of the box, difficulty of the mystery, etc...), but nevertheless are never able to do justice to ALL the caches, because there will always be points that are not listed in the rating, that make one particular cache so special - OR you choose a common rating, like GC vote.

This certainly enables us to see at first glance, if the majority of the former finders thought that this cache was good or bad.

But it says nothing about 'WHY'.

And that's the gap we want to fill with this site.

There is not much you need to know, but there are two important points:

• On this site, no 'negative advertising' will be allowed; we want to concentrate on the GOOD things.
• We think that a geocache that has been created with a lot of love and effort, deserves for you to write some words about it, rather than just clicking on a star or a number.

• You register at the forum, open a thread in your specific country or province, and describe why this cache is so very special.
• You send us your suggestion , and write a few sentences about why you recommend this cache. We will open up the thread for you.