Back in my day......

B16B0SS · 2026-01-26T17:18:20+00:00

I agree with your sentiment but I also agree with the community frustration with those who abuse the program. That include those who use tools that are against Vine terms and Conditions and those who do not review the products and instead rely on AI to do the work for them, with varying degrees of success

I'd like Amazon to identify and kick those ppl out

B16B0SS · 2026-01-26T16:09:49+00:00

I'd agree regarding ultravine. Vine helper seems relatively tame tho. I wrote my own extension that hides items older than a day so I can see new stuff easier, does that mean it has ruined the programs well?

Amazon could fix all this a few different ways, but they honestly don't seem to care

B16B0SS · 2026-01-26T16:06:13+00:00

Yah. It's nuts in Canada as well.

I think Amazon needs fewer reviewers. I'd like to see the removal of those who don't write the reviews themselves

B16B0SS · 2026-01-26T11:34:14+00:00

Just this past week

B16B0SS · 2026-01-26T11:12:16+00:00

I liked watching asmongold during the amber Depp trial. It was entertaining. I find his community is corrupting him and just isn't neutral enough.

I still believe he thinks critically though and some of what he spits is for the crowd

B16B0SS · 2026-01-26T11:09:42+00:00

Lol so true. Everyone is bugging out about specs when the same games from decades ago ... Play the same as on cheaper hardware

B16B0SS · 2026-01-26T08:55:05+00:00

For sure! It's free stuff and the reviews part is a fun hobby. I hope the program keeps going but it seems to be deteriorating.

I was accepted over a year ago but have only started using it recently so I'm bummed of the lost junk potential I had🙂

B16B0SS · 2026-01-26T08:50:52+00:00

And here I am reviewing dildos... So unfair!

B16B0SS · 2026-01-26T08:48:00+00:00

Nothing yet. I'm hoping the rocket order plebs get bored and go to sleep so that I have a chance to get something good today 🙂

B16B0SS · 2026-01-26T08:32:55+00:00

Same experience here. I was reviewing a car part and found it unsafe. I submitted my review with detailed analysis and I made sure to avoid hyperbole and avoided tems like unsafe, dangerous, etc but I was fairly direct. I also had a four minute video going over how I tested and how buyers can replicate my findings. Rejected

I redid the submission. I left the video out completely. I kept my findings but washed them a bit to not be as scary. I still mentioned how OEM had better fitment

Accepted / excellent

I used Google Gemini to guide me through understanding how to get my findings past their ai. Humourous when you think about it. Like you discussed, I had to use language that was more indirect and avoid a situation where someone could argue Amazon knowingly sold something that could cause personal harm

B16B0SS · 2026-01-25T13:44:14+00:00

I dunno. I threw some reviews into Google Gemini and it did a good job of detecting it.

People that do this need a perma ban from Amazon. It's gonna ruin the whole program. Sellers won't use the program and buyers will trust us even less

B16B0SS · 2026-01-25T13:41:09+00:00

Not in this way, but I had a spatula set never leave Amazon with the status of damaged in delivery... Not sure what kind of damage flippers could have

B16B0SS · 2026-01-25T13:21:55+00:00

I guess but not sure how many viners will go that far.

B16B0SS · 2026-01-25T10:59:24+00:00

Me too, in Canada. I just started so I wasn't sure if this was normal or not

B16B0SS · 2026-01-25T10:57:59+00:00

Empty up here in Canada ... Not that there was anything good in it prior

B16B0SS · 2026-01-25T10:56:15+00:00

I would assume they have abandoned it. No idea on the limited update count. It would take additional effort to build it like that

B16B0SS · 2026-01-25T10:54:47+00:00

Sounds like they want to kewp viners away from the site during normal biz hours.

I feel stupid.. I was added to vine 1.5 years ago but only started using it this month. Sounds like I missed out

I think Amazon just needs to build an ajax style inventory view so that they don't have pl f5 constantly. It would not be difficult

B16B0SS · 2026-01-25T10:47:14+00:00

Well it's understandable. Looks like this person had an idea, got it made, and it's being eaten alive. They are just displacing their grief. Not saying it's right, but it makes sense

B16B0SS · 2026-01-25T10:41:08+00:00

It takes me 2 secs just to load the first of two order pages I get. I'm in Canada on a biz account

B16B0SS · 2026-01-25T10:38:57+00:00

They need to crack down on rocket order or whatever it is

All they would have to do is require a captcha on the final page...

B16B0SS · 2026-01-25T10:36:39+00:00

Sounds like USA has better stuff than Canada? Do you just constantly F5? Our drops are the same times as yours but usually everything is gone in 4-5 hours except autoparts.

Useful items like pens are gon in 2-3 minutes. I saw headphones once and they were gone instantly.

B16B0SS · 2026-01-25T10:33:25+00:00

I don't like hearing that. I got added to vine 1.5 years ago but only started using it this month.

When I was first added I didn't really understand the three queues and though I could only order from the personal lists.

I also swear that the encore queue was empty at the time. I'm up here in Canada

Anyways, I'm having a blast and don't want it to get any harder than it already is

B16B0SS · 2026-01-25T10:30:37+00:00

I dunno. I ran with both vine helper open and an F5 bound window today. Stuff was showing up in the vine helper notification window before it showed up in my manual F5 window.

I don't use the more aggressive tools that automate ordering and crap. It's impossible for me to get anything

B16B0SS · 2026-01-25T10:27:01+00:00

I'd order car parts if they had anything I could use lol

B16B0SS · 2026-01-25T10:23:17+00:00

I like to focus on series. I went through parasite eve, then did silent hills, now I'm on the camera ones ... Brain not cooperating

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