review voting

I'm not sure what is up with that but I have particular things I look for in all reviews and you covered pretty much all of it. You talked about the texture, smell, type of material, the length and width of the toy, and gave your experience with it. The only thing you didn't mention was suggesting the use of a condom on the toy seeing as it is madde of a porous material and cannot be sanitized but overall it was rather good. Don't worry about it we all get a few of those.

Don't worry about it. I did for a while after every single review was hit with "not useful at all" votes but I got over it. You just have to let it roll off your back. Some people vote down for numerous different things so just keep yourself open to feedback and start threads such as "how can I improve", etc. We'll be honest.

I really thought it was a great review.

I was a little confused by it at first when it happened to me. It really does seem like people accidentally review the toy rather than your review; honestly, I get fewer high votes on negative reviews than I do on positive ones.

Some people dislike it when you meld your personal experiences with the objective part of a review, so they'll vote down for that.

Other people are picky about writing style. They might vote you down if your grammar and spelling aren't perfect, or if your review is disorganized.

I also think that people are lazy about off-site reviews and, rather than click the link, read the review, and hit the "back" button, they'd rather just assume the view is "useful" so they can rate it without rating it down.

And then there are some people who wouldn't rate a review more than "useful" if their lives depended on it, even if you mentioned everything you could about the item.

Or, you know, your review could just suck and you don't want to admit it.

Honestly, that stuff happens. I think your review is really good; it's not perfect--I feel like a few facts are missing, and it's a little disorganized--but it's definitely worth at least a "useful," and I've only read a handful of perfect reviews in my entire life. Don't let it get you down!

Thanks everyone for getting back to me on this - my writers insecurity is something to work on, I suppose. I appreciate all your feedback and the suggestions you've made to improve for next time.

Thanks for taking the time to respond to this.

I think that another factor is who reads the review. If your review is posted on a high-traffic day it doesn't stay in the "Latest Reviews" list very long, and once off of the list you're most likely to get people who are interested in the toy reading your reviews.

It's a good review. Your style is a nice balance of covering the important details while putting in a bit of the personal, and making it come alive (a good thing, I struggle with having dry, too technical reviews). In short - good job, I think you were just shot down by chance.