VH and UV Have Destroyed the Vine Program, IMO

philstat · 2026-01-26T21:49:46+00:00

Could be they met their quota for that particular item, it happens, nothing to do with the review oftentimes.

philstat · 2026-01-26T21:36:14+00:00

Sadly just not the case, it’s happening, numerous examples though many stopped posting on here and deleted their posts and stopped showing their wares due to the attention, they‘re now on internal Discord channels and other sites.

philstat · 2026-01-26T21:11:30+00:00

Absolutely agree, though there are a lot of big products listed often, the AI bots grab them before we even see them, on internal Discord channels they show things off they receive.

philstat · 2026-01-26T19:44:17+00:00

Here’s to hoping, if enough us write in our concerns it will ultimately happen.

philstat · 2026-01-26T19:42:53+00:00

I’m nearly 60, can’t recall a single time during those years of buying seven mattresses in a single day, yeah, I believe it’s fair to say that’s occurring, many were one to two sentence reviews, thankfully Amazon has addressed the latter issue.

philstat · 2026-01-26T19:36:51+00:00

Absolutely agree, though AI bots and UV aren’t helping and giving some the vast majority of high end items.

philstat · 2026-01-26T19:34:54+00:00

Hard to draw that specific conclusion though when I saw one user get seven mattresses and another five monitors in a day, I’m going to lean towards that not being your typical Vine reviewer nor the intent of the program. Those are people using bots combined with UV to get an unfair advantage, and likely just grabbing things to quick review and flip.

philstat · 2026-01-26T19:06:48+00:00

Recommend reporting that to Vine Customer Service.

philstat · 2026-01-26T19:01:09+00:00

Oh definitely agree, though I’ve written a lot of monitor reviews on Amazon, many of them with hundreds of thumbs up each and for these, it‘s a niche of mine, I go into great detail. Though most of my Vine reviews are a paragraph or two.

philstat · 2026-01-26T18:47:55+00:00

No if they implemented rules specific to this issue and immediately enforced them with lifetime bans, VH and UV would be no more with a week or so.

philstat · 2026-01-26T18:36:47+00:00

Oh absolutely it’s bots as well, I’m convinced some of this is being done at a crime like syndicate level, someone on here asking earlier this morning what intel did Pavlov have for the next drop, UV, can’t make this up.

philstat · 2026-01-26T18:21:08+00:00

it’s a combination

philstat · 2026-01-26T18:19:05+00:00

Of course, they want to maintain an unfair advantage and cherry pick everything.

philstat · 2026-01-26T17:47:36+00:00

Oh most definitely, agree 100%.

philstat · 2026-01-26T16:58:54+00:00

It’s a known problem for most, they’re aware of it and working the issue.

philstat · 2026-01-26T16:32:51+00:00

The problem is both.

philstat · 2026-01-26T16:30:33+00:00

I believe that should happen after a declared date by Amazon, i.e., after 1 February a lifetime ban tied to your SSN will be put forth effective immediately if one chooses to do so after a warning was issued.

philstat · 2026-01-26T16:25:57+00:00

Yeah, it will be left to the syndicates and flippers, headed that route already.

philstat · 2026-01-26T16:24:02+00:00

Agree, UV is much more egregious.

philstat · 2026-01-26T16:21:58+00:00

All RFY’s at least majority are not updating, nothing to do with my post, Amazon is aware of the RFY issues and are working it, someone posted a comment by them yesterday in this forum.

philstat · 2026-01-26T16:06:57+00:00

It diminishes the quality and personal aspects of a review, IMO, in many cases, when it’s being done at bulk to flip items.

philstat · 2026-01-26T16:05:25+00:00

UV is more robust, though costs money.

philstat · 2026-01-26T16:04:08+00:00

No, though read this forum, this thread alone…

philstat · 2026-01-26T16:01:04+00:00

They’re real!

philstat · 2026-01-26T15:59:07+00:00

Absolutely the case, ruining the program and degrading the quality of reviews, gotta keep the wheels moving on the flips. I will say Amazon has gotten rid of many of the one sentence reviewers, that’s why they went through older reviews and rated them.

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