love to see a product review section come back

Hiya,

I see from searching that M-F's used to have member product review section. I would love to see it return. It is really hard to get a consensus on a product or type of product via the search tool. I found comments that members could not follow the rules about posting there and it got all messed up. Since we have sooo many members now, maybe we could assign a few moderators to police it.

I would like it best if it was NOT a forum. Threads are too hard to follow for something like this, IMO. I would prefer a list with categories and subcategories. Some items might go in more than one category.

Like this:

Hardware>desktops>monitors
Software>graphics
Accessories>bags


OK, I did that very quick, just to get my idea across. It would need some planning to do it well.

It should be searchable by product type, name, and/or rating, and have an alphabetical list option as well.

I would want the following options/requirements for adding a review:

1. 50 post minimum
2. username listed in review
3. where you purchased it
4. new or used
5. how long you've used it
6. overall rating. 1-5 or something like that
7. user comment field

There's my 2+ cents.

thanks,

I like this idea, and would gladly put up some reviews.

I like this idea too, could be very useful to switchers

Not sure if the forum software is capable of it, but I like the idea too.

http://diaperpin.com/diapers/diaperpages.asp This is one I've used before and like. It's not perfect, but it's not too bad, either.

rcronin said:

http://diaperpin.com/diapers/diaperpages.asp This is one I've used before and like. It's not perfect, but it's not too bad, either.

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Not to get too far OT, but that's a really cool site. We're close to potty-trained with our three year old, but that will be helpful with the new one!

I am currently working on a review of the MacBook Pro from a Windows System Admin's perspective. I hope to have the time to finish it at the first of April. It is as of yet undecided where I will post the review, but if you ahve a section here, I will post it here.

Randy

That idea sounds pretty cool, Becky ! Let's see what schweb thinks about it.

I like it too, I would definitely be willing to put in some reviews. That would be really helpful for new users.

Totally agree.

So, any word on the possibility of a review section? I have two reviews in the works and will need somewhere to put them

We used to have a product reviews forum, barely anyone participated in it or followed the rules to writing standardized reviews so it was removed.

We're looking at alternatives, but do not have a timeframe to share at this point.

that would be awesome , mainly because you can check before you buy anything!! please do it!!

Well it's June now and I'm wondering if this "Product Review" couldn't be just a simple thing. For example, under the "Review, Hardware" section, someone could offer "Comments on the Western Digital Velociraptor 10K rpm hard drive" Then if anyone else has bought and /or used one, they could respond/add. I'm thinking it wouldn't need a lot of organization, maybe like the OP's suggestion... Review, Hardware; Review, Software; Review, OS X apps; Review, Accessories; etc...

We're doing a lot of this now when a poster asks a question about external back up drives, for example. There are bunch of threads on this subject already and they could all have been consolidated under a single category rather than many single threads.

Just my opinion...

Noel

We had something like that, to put it bluntly, it was a flop. The forum format is not good for reviews, etc.

We will have something that replaces it, but I don't think it's a good thing to bring back what we had because it clearly wasn't working.

What if reviews had to be submitted? So a minimum quality could insured.

I think there would be enough input from regular members to provide enough content.

Just a thought

The problem was two fold. They were low quality and we didn't get enough

We are going to revamp the process, you just need to give us time

schweb said:

The problem was two fold. They were low quality and we didn't get enough

We are going to revamp the process, you just need to give us time

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No! Now!

cheesybanana said:

What if reviews had to be submitted? So a minimum quality could insured.

I think there would be enough input from regular members to provide enough content.

Just a thought

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Excellent idea!