Life Do you review products?

**DaFace** · 04-22-2014, 06:29 PM

Pretty simple question. I buy dozens of products online every year, and I probably average writing one product review per year if that. However, I use others' reviews all the time to help me make purchase decisions, so I kind of feel like a leech on the system.

Am I a horrible person? Or are reviewers actually the weird ones?

**007** · 04-22-2014, 06:33 PM

I will put a brief review on something I feel strongly about but I don't go into all the detail some of these other people do. I appreciate their posts though.

**Rain Man** · 04-22-2014, 06:33 PM

I'm a terrible person. I use the hotels.com and tripadvisor sites all the time and never write reviews. It seems to me that I'm spending my time helping to make Expedia or whomever more profitable, even though I know that the information is used by elderly widows and orphans.

KCUnited · 04-22-2014, 06:34 PM

I try to as I read a lot of reviews before pulling the trigger on something, but I only do it if it's a slow day at work. No way would I spend my own time doing it.

**TimBone** · 04-22-2014, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaFace

Pretty simple question. I buy dozens of products online every year, and I probably average writing one product review per year if that. However, I use others' reviews all the time to help me make purchase decisions, so I kind of feel like a leech on the system.

Am I a horrible person? Or are reviewers actually the weird ones?

I don't think you're a horrible person, but knowing a little bit about you, I'd like to read a review from a guy like you about something I was thinking of purchasing. You seem smart enough and well spoken enough to be a valuable asset to the online review community. Get to work, please.

Side note. The reviewers I hate the most are those idiots that right a review 10 minutes after they buy a product. "I just took the laptop out of the box and it works great! Best computer I've ever owned! 5 stars!" Cmon, man. Use the product for a week or two and then write a review when you're more familiarized with it.

**Buehler445** · 04-22-2014, 06:36 PM

Rarely. I buy shit off amazon for the convenience. I'm purely in it to save time. Adding reviews is counter-intuitive.

**Rain Man** · 04-22-2014, 06:38 PM

Many years ago, I wrote reviews for a site called epinions. They had a nice model where you actually got paid based on the number of people who read your reviews. It was a pittance, but if you wrote a good review on something popular, you could make five bucks or so and it was a nice ego feed. It would add up over time, and the key was to find a product that was somewhat popular but didn't have many reviews so that yours would get read more. You could write reviews on typical products or you could write book reviews or other things.

I don't know if they still use that model or not. I got bored with it pretty quickly and stopped writing them.

**TribalElder** · 04-22-2014, 07:13 PM

Yelp

If the service sucks you are getting kicked in the nuts

If it rocks you get all 5 stars

It takes a shitty experience for me to actually login and go on a reviewing spree

Al Bundy · 04-22-2014, 07:15 PM

Most of the time, both positive and negative.

**Predarat** · 04-22-2014, 07:18 PM

I try to do it, probably end up actually doing it sometimes. The reviews can be useful, some are TLDR but others are nice and to the point. And holy shit Tampa tied it.

**DaFace** · 04-23-2014, 04:02 PM

I kind of let this drop yesterday, but the results (even with 30 people) are interesting. Looks like reviews largely represent the opinions of maybe 15% of people at most in general, with most of us only chiming in under certain circumstances.

At least I'm not the only slacker.

View Poll Results: How often do you write reviews for online purchases?
Always	2	5.26%
Most of the time	3	7.89%
Sometimes	10	26.32%
Rarely	15	39.47%
Never	8	21.05%
Purchasing products online is evil.	0	0%
Voters: 38. You may not vote on this poll

04-22-2014, 06:29 PM	Topic Starter
DaFace Kind of a mod Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Donkey Land Casino cash: $1566899	Do you review products? Pretty simple question. I buy dozens of products online every year, and I probably average writing one product review per year if that. However, I use others' reviews all the time to help me make purchase decisions, so I kind of feel like a leech on the system. Am I a horrible person? Or are reviewers actually the weird ones?
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04-22-2014, 06:33 PM	#2
007 Shaken. Not stirred. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Casino cash: $13870126 VARSITY	I will put a brief review on something I feel strongly about but I don't go into all the detail some of these other people do. I appreciate their posts though. __________________ My dear girl, there are some things that just aren’t done. Such as, drinking Dom Perignon ’53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s just as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs.
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04-22-2014, 06:33 PM	#3
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $2858491 VARSITY	I'm a terrible person. I use the hotels.com and tripadvisor sites all the time and never write reviews. It seems to me that I'm spending my time helping to make Expedia or whomever more profitable, even though I know that the information is used by elderly widows and orphans. __________________ I'm putting random letters here as a celebration of free speech: xigrakgrah misorojeq rkemeseit.
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04-22-2014, 06:34 PM	#4
KCUnited Cheat Death Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Land of Drincoln Casino cash: $1828244	I try to as I read a lot of reviews before pulling the trigger on something, but I only do it if it's a slow day at work. No way would I spend my own time doing it.
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04-22-2014, 06:36 PM	#6
Buehler445 Supporter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Scott City KS Casino cash: $1854734	Rarely. I buy shit off amazon for the convenience. I'm purely in it to save time. Adding reviews is counter-intuitive.
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04-22-2014, 06:38 PM	#7
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $2858491 VARSITY	Many years ago, I wrote reviews for a site called epinions. They had a nice model where you actually got paid based on the number of people who read your reviews. It was a pittance, but if you wrote a good review on something popular, you could make five bucks or so and it was a nice ego feed. It would add up over time, and the key was to find a product that was somewhat popular but didn't have many reviews so that yours would get read more. You could write reviews on typical products or you could write book reviews or other things. I don't know if they still use that model or not. I got bored with it pretty quickly and stopped writing them. __________________ I'm putting random letters here as a celebration of free speech: xigrakgrah misorojeq rkemeseit.
Posts: 141,824

04-22-2014, 07:13 PM	#8
TribalElder Arrowhead Trail of Tears Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: KansasCity Casino cash: $2010441	Yelp If the service sucks you are getting kicked in the nuts If it rocks you get all 5 stars It takes a shitty experience for me to actually login and go on a reviewing spree
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04-22-2014, 07:15 PM	#9
Al Bundy Damnit Peg Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Overland Park Casino cash: $5171831	Most of the time, both positive and negative.
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04-22-2014, 07:18 PM	#10
Predarat Run Chiefs fans, run!! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Nashville, TN Casino cash: $9973863	I try to do it, probably end up actually doing it sometimes. The reviews can be useful, some are TLDR but others are nice and to the point. And holy shit Tampa tied it.
Posts: 10,776

04-23-2014, 04:02 PM	#11
DaFace Kind of a mod Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Donkey Land Casino cash: $1566899	I kind of let this drop yesterday, but the results (even with 30 people) are interesting. Looks like reviews largely represent the opinions of maybe 15% of people at most in general, with most of us only chiming in under certain circumstances. At least I'm not the only slacker.
Posts: 52,029