New Reviewers

(I have no water today thanks to the freezing temps... i.e. NO COFFEE... so please forgive if I ramble)

I think I read in a previous forum thread where Victoria stated that submitting 2 reviews doesn't necessarily get you into the "advanced level" reviewer program. I have also seen some forum postings by reviewers asking when they would be upgraded and when I clicked on their profiles they had more than 2 reviews posted - one of them even had 6 and is still not upgraded last I checked.

I always check the status of the "OH MY GOODNESS I CAN'T BELIEVE HE/SHE WROTE THAT" reviews/reviewers and most of the time it seems those reviews are non-verified by non-advanced level reviewers.

While I despise reading those, I think if someone honestly wants to become part of the advanced level reviewer program, those "bad" reviews have to be published and the community has to comment on them so that person will know how to improve. If the writer of said "bad" review isn't interested in anything more than free toys and isn't getting upgraded, chances are he/she will stop writing reviews anyway. less

Thanks, Happy Lady, for remembering my post! You are right about the decision to upgrade not being based solely on the ‘2 review criteria’. We even state on the website outside of forum posts that it’s a minimum of 2 reviews and that activity will be factored in the decision as well.

I have been here 2 months and I’ve changed the way things are being done. I currently have a few dozen upgrade requests, in the last week I have approved exactly one of them.
The reason for this is that the applicants in the queue are not ready to be approved – they need more time to learn about the community, engage, and polish their writing skills. I could outright decline any of them, but I prefer to wait and let them have a chance to grow, to be inspired by others and to “get” the tone - which for some, can take a while. I upgrade based on writing quality and overall activity.

Most of the phenomenally bad reviews are written by Basic Level reviewers, those reviews are Not Assigned (and therefore not ‘verified’) and get published immediately upon submission. I see them after they’ve been on the site for however long since I last worked in the reviews page and I don’t remove them unless they are spam. Obviously, if these “bad writers” apply for an upgrade, they won’t get approved – and your observations are correct, when they don’t get approved right away, we don’t hear from them again…it’s clear to me that they were only interested in the free toys, not the community itself.

The best way for someone to get upgraded is to make themselves known, not by pestering me with whiny emails but by being active in writing more than 2 reviews, by commenting on other reviews and posting in the forums when they have something to share. I want to know that this new reviewer will be a good neighbor so to speak. I also think it helps our community to know that new reviewers have earned their place among them. In this case, I am the mighty gate-keeper.

My boss, the owner of this company, understands why I am being more “strict” – I made the case when pointing out the bad reviews and when showing the improvement of those contributors that have heeded my suggestions (which I give privately in email). It’s working…but Rome wasn’t built in a day.

We’ve actually been discussing, for weeks, a new upgrade process that is interactive. I won’t go into detail now because it is not ready to launch and requires some serious programming. You would be surprised at how many things we have in the pipeline – it just takes time to make them all happen.

If you have any questions or concerns, you can always email me: victoria@edenfantasys. com less

I'm new, still waiting for my upgrade, and writing reviews about what I can. Perhaps mine arent up to par, I dont know, but I am trying my damndest to cover all the bases. I'm even going to do a few buy-out reviews in the mean time just to get some more reviews done.

I do wonder though if people can just base their review on some random toy they've never owned on what other people wrote. less

I'm new, still waiting for my upgrade, and writing reviews about what I can. Perhaps mine arent up to par, I dont know, but I am trying my damndest to cover all the bases. I'm even going to do a few buy-out reviews in the mean time just to get some more reviews done.

I do wonder though if people can just base their review on some random toy they've never owned on what other people wrote. less

I'm new, still waiting for my upgrade, and writing reviews about what I can. Perhaps mine arent up to par, I dont know, but I am trying my damndest to cover all the bases. I'm even going to do a few buy-out reviews in the mean time just to get some more reviews done.

I do wonder though if people can just base their review on some random toy they've never owned on what other people wrote. less

Something along those lines, but up to the discretion of the program director. Otherwise one of the best reviewers on here would have had a whole lot of his/her reviews pulled when "someone" took a little vengeance on him/her after a particular forum discussion. Yes... that was as vague as possible while still reminding those who remember. less

Maybe they could somehow make a *more* link at the end of the reviews? Show five or so reviews in the review tab and then, if you want to read more, you hit the more link and it takes you to a page with all of them?

That way they could still allow anyone to review, which is one of the things EF is known for, yet those crappy reviews would be buried on a separate page. less

Maybe they could somehow make a *more* link at the end of the reviews? Show five or so reviews in the review tab and then, if you want to read more, you hit the more link and it takes you to a page with all of them?

That way they could still allow anyone to review, which is one of the things EF is known for, yet those crappy reviews would be buried on a separate page. less

You can do buyout as a basic reviewer? I was not aware of that, but thanks for telling me!!

& please don't let a few odd "not useful at all" votes get you down. We all have them on one review (or them all ) that are completely unwarranted. Your off to a great start! less

Miss Kiss This addressed this before link but I think it deserves more attention.

After reading through a lot of the new reviews I've been disappointed. They are often very low grade erotica, poorly written and uninformative.

I know we can remedy it by asking a lot of questions- but after doing so I feel like I'd do better writing the review myself.

Is there a way to create a higher standard for the sake of the reviewing community as well as customers relying on our reviews? less

I'm new here, and honestly am not in it for the free toys. I already do toy reviews for other websites so I don't worry about getting things free, I also buy a lot of my own toys. I have written about 8 or 9 reviews so far I think. This is all a new process to me really, so if mine are poorly written, someone please tell me! Honestly, I would appreciate it so much. I have been getting comments/questions on some of my reviews and it's making me realizing that there are some details I have forgotten to add, and it makes me re-think things and edit my reviews. This is a good thing! I don't want to submit crap, I'd like to submit honest reviews based upon my experiences. I love this site and i truly love most of the reviews here. They've helped me decided which toys to purchase and which ones to skip. I'm so hoping this thread wasn't about me lol, but just in case. I wanted to publicly let you all know that if I suck at this right now, I swear I'll get better in time!! Give a girl a chance, and please if you have any tips, message them to me to comment and let me know.

Thanks gals!!
XOXO
Amber less