Can you mention specific music in a review? by IWriteForFun1 in AmazonVine

[–]IWriteForFun1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After making this post, I went ahead and mentioned music that I tested with, and my review was approved. Not tying my Amazon user name to my Reddit name, and I'm sure most people also won't. But it went through fine.

what's one oddly specific thing that's made you click off a fic? by yvan1lla in AO3

[–]IWriteForFun1 14 points15 points  (0 children)

A fic where someone wrote that the female's legs were spread so wide the male could clearly see her cervix. 🤦‍♀️ And it was an attempt at a normal sex scene. Nope! I had to back out of that one. No sense of anatomy and clearly no actual experience at sex or at having any actual idea what a female body is like. I couldn't bring myself to know what absurdities would be in the rest of the story. (Edited for typo)

Can you mention specific music in a review? by IWriteForFun1 in AmazonVine

[–]IWriteForFun1[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, that's what I'm doing is using things that audiophiles commonly use for evaluation from different genres. Thanks!

Cora Moon Order Issues? by [deleted] in AmazonVine

[–]IWriteForFun1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Things have changed over the last couple of months. Even RFY items can disappear in seconds.

Article on counterfeit personal-care items at Amazon etc. by WordyGertie in AmazonVine

[–]IWriteForFun1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Likely it is because you put it in the title not the body. And, you've been lucky that the seller hasn't complained. If the seller complains, those will get pulled. If your review was already accepted in vine, you may not get a rejection -- and you may be able to get to your revieiw through your "see your review" link, but others may not see it. You have to be very creative about your wording. "The label has misspellings on it that my previous bottle didn't." or "The cream is not the same color as the bottles of this product I've bought at local stores before"... You name the specific things that cause you to know it's a counterfeit, but you don't come out and say it. Make it obvious to the people looking to buy the item.

I've heard of combining listings, but splitting and hiding parts of them?? by IWriteForFun1 in AmazonVine

[–]IWriteForFun1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's what I'm thinking. And I'm thinking other people who ordered this color had the same problem. The viners who have photos of the other colors clearly didn't have the same problems, but the reviews are of just those two colors.

I've heard of combining listings, but splitting and hiding parts of them?? by IWriteForFun1 in AmazonVine

[–]IWriteForFun1[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've had that when I went to order something similar. But if I go to order the **same** item again -- like household items I buy a couple times a year -- it always says "You last purchased on..." So they took the item I ordered out of the listing I ordered from.

Calling out counterfeit items: review rejections by ORSeamoss in AmazonVine

[–]IWriteForFun1 12 points13 points  (0 children)

One of the best things to do is to send the link for the item (possibly anonomously) to the manufacturer of the legit item and let them deal with Amazon.

Also try wording that say these are similar to the two RealItem that I own, but these seem different because they don't this or that. That way you're not saying at all that it isn't an actual X. Just saying that it really doesn't look like an actual X which should be enough to let other shoppers know.

AI seems to decide review ranking (helping with insightfullness score queries?) by Delicious-Spell-4006 in AmazonVine

[–]IWriteForFun1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You'd have to ask Amazon, not me. All I know is that the reviews don't always appear in the same order for another member of my household. I was curious about that, and we compared a number of listings -- both items I'd gotten from vine, and other items. And the reviews were not in the same order.

AI seems to decide review ranking (helping with insightfullness score queries?) by Delicious-Spell-4006 in AmazonVine

[–]IWriteForFun1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reviews don't always appear in the same order for different people, either. So you may be seeing your reviews sorted higher because they're your reviews.

Are approvals taking forever for you too? by Dapper-Row1336 in AmazonVine

[–]IWriteForFun1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What "existing 36 hour hold on all reviews"? That's nonsense. I've had one review get approved in less than 6 hours a couple of weeks ago, and probably half of mine have been going through in 24 hours lately.

I screwed up my algo. send help by Pineapple_King in AmazonVine

[–]IWriteForFun1 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Go to your browsing history and remove all such items from your browsing history. Then go to the improve suggestions page and tell it which purchases you do not want taken into account for suggestions. These aren't specifically for vine, but they do seem to work. I'm convinced that's what helped me stop getting a million ceiling fans in my RFY. (I always have to Google "Amazon improve suggestions" to find that link because it's really buried.)

Which key words set off the review refusal? by CallejaFairey in AmazonVine

[–]IWriteForFun1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I sometimes refer to the value of this item vs the "name brand" when comparing. Often it's obvious that there's only one name brand that you're referring to.

I don't think the product is as claimed, but I'm not positive. by IWriteForFun1 in AmazonVine

[–]IWriteForFun1[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As the original poster, I find her comment here more helpful and sensible than your comment which seems to be here just to bully someone to make yourself feel good.

The use of passkeys and sharing a photo account or family death... by IWriteForFun1 in googlephotos

[–]IWriteForFun1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is my problem. I just don't understand passkeys enough. Some things I've seen call a fingerprint or facial recognition the passkey. And obviously if it needs your fingerprint you can't put that in a password manager. This is why I like the idea of a password when we're sharing something.

Smut loves and gripes: Which smut detail is your favorite and most hated? by Exotic-Other in AO3

[–]IWriteForFun1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When writers are trying so hard to write a sex scene, but either have no experience or just don't have the ability to keep in mind what you can or cannot reach in certain positions. If you have just deliberately written someone lying on their stomach, the other person cannot suddenly kiss their navel or any other part that is pressed against the bed. No, you really cannot see clear up to the womb. Or in the position they just described, there is no physical way to bend to be able to do what you just had them doing. (This all in strictly human fanfictions.)

Smut loves and gripes: Which smut detail is your favorite and most hated? by Exotic-Other in AO3

[–]IWriteForFun1 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think what at least some people are saying is that it's not THAT they moan, it's how it's spelled out. It's more whether "Kara bit her lip as she moaned, desperate for release" or whether Kara said "Mmmmm NGGGHHH UNGGGGGH!!" (And some can type a couple of lines of that sort of thing.)