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Has anyone noticed the major increase in bogus and garbage reviews lately?
Written on: 05/01/2008 (01:21pm) |
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I have noticed and I agree with you. I never even thought about reporting them. Hopefully someone from TotalBeauty will pipe in with a suggestion.
Written on: 05/01/2008 (03:50pm) |
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I agree, particularly since you don't need to actually write a review to enter the contest the garbage reviews are annoying.
Written on: 05/01/2008 (06:34pm) |
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JennBee wrote: Has anyone noticed the major increase in bogus and garbage reviews lately? I appreciate what TotalBeauty is doing for this big contest, and it's really wonderful and fun, but because people are clearly only writing reviews just to get entries, it has really degraded the quality of reviews in the past few weeks, IMO. I've seen so many reviews submitted along the lines of, "I like it," or, "It's good," or stating something totally obvious. Such as, "This shampoo cleans hair." Is this really being helpful to anyone? Some "reviews" just have one word, or nothing relevant at all! I just wish there were a way to weed these kinds of reviews out. It's a little frustrating for those of us who sit down and take the time to write good, detailed reviews every time. And it ups the rankings of those just trying to get entries when the content of their reviews is so terrible. Should we just continue trying to report them as they come along? I'm not trying to be difficult, and I'm sorry if I'm being harsh. It's just that I usually really look forward to the quality reviews on the site, and as of late, more and more bogus ones have been coming in. :( Thank you for contacting Total Beauty. We are aware of the increase in “bogus reviews”, and want you to know that we are working on a way to show the most helpful reviews more prominently. Thank you for reporting this—and we'll try our best to fix this problem ASAP. We are also continually working to improve our users' experience, so if you ever have any other comments or suggestions, don't hesitate to let us know. --Total Beauty
Written on: 05/02/2008 (03:52pm) |
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Thank you for the response, I hope something gets figured out :)!
Written on: 05/03/2008 (07:55pm) |
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I have also noticed the porn and think that it is terrible I report it as soon as I notice it.I absolutely love this site and check it every day. The product reviews are great, and the sweepstakes are nice but the one word reviews have got to go. When i am looking for a review of a product I want to read one that the user gives deails not just "great"or"awesome"I want to know what exactly what was so great about the product or what was so awesome not just a one word review. I hope that total beauty will soon correct this problem because this is a great site.
Written on: 05/07/2008 (07:56am) |
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Well there is a way to enter without submitting a review. If you read the rules, it says you can enter the 6-digit number at the bottom in the Subject and leave the review blank. That's what I've been doing.
Written on: 06/19/2008 (04:41pm) |
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That's the best way, but people are NOT doing that, they're submitting trash reviews instead. It's still very frustrating, and I hope they'll start finding a way to stop it soon. :(
Written on: 06/24/2008 (06:41pm) |
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They should have a word count min for the reviews.
Written on: 07/23/2008 (10:34am) |
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I agree with the annoyance of one-word reviews. I started using this site to read what others have to say on different beauty products to help me decide whether to spend my had-earned money on something I've been debating on trying. I joined to give my two cents on products I've tried and either liked or hated. I want to read a variety of descriptive reviews, not just "liked it" or "hated it". I want to know what everyone liked and/or hated about the product.
Written on: 09/01/2008 (12:19pm) |
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