there are two people up now that only have 1 review...what's up with that?

I bite. But not on the forum....

It's very simple. Don't vote for anyone that only has one review up.

As for activity - people are here for a lot of different reasons. The mission statement indicates "sex positive" community. For some people, they came because of the toys, others because they love online interactions, others sexual knowledge.

Everyone has a real life and everyone is different. I feel strongly that reviews should be voted on based on the quality of the writing and if all issues are addressed- either in the review or the comments. Beyond that you are demanding that others meet "your" standards of participation in Eden. Not specifically standards of good writing in reviews.

As a newbie here I was glad to find this post. Its good to look at what you are all saying then going back over my reviews. I am getting ready to write my 3rd review and have made a request for upgrade but I am being very paitent and taking constructive criticism to heart. Thanks for this thread.

RosesThorn

Hmm perhaps this subject doesn't concern me since I am not an advanced reviewer, but I would like to give my two cents. When I wrote my first review and pressed submit, I was sadden that my review didn't even meet the word count. I was so nervous about what I was suppose to be saying in my review and I just didn't really know how to review. I have been spending some time looking at other reviews and the comments on them and seeing how other people write them. This lets me see what should be applied to my own reviews and possibly what not to add.

I am also a really big fan of the forum. You can come in here and just write your random thoughts down and you won't really get critiqued on what you say. I think it gives a great chance to get to know the other members of the community on a bit more of a personal level since reviews tend to me mostly factual.

If (or should I say when ) I become an advanced review, I would look not really at how well they write, since there is much room for improvement, IF they are active. People who take the time to come back to their reviews and see what people wrote and either edit their review and/or comment. I am currently working on redoing my one review since I feel I could do so much better. And like Pleasureman mentioned before, it does take an hour or more sometimes for a good review, but these reviews should be by people who are excited to be doing this and feel strongly about what they are contributing not only to this community but also to buyers.

And with that I will ask you to check me out

Ive been wondering about this...I saw someone get voted in a few weeks ago who had not even done there mandatory first 2 reviews! It only showed they had done one single review and I checked their page for activity and there was none, AND on top of that, the one review they had done was...to be kind...not all that good (and yes, that was kind). Im wondering, considering it is mandatory to do the first 2 reviews AT LEAST before requesting the upgrade, how was this person able to be upgraded with only ONE??? Shouldnt there be some sort of block that prevents people from requesting the upgrade unless they had done the first 2???

For me, my only requirements are, you have to care about your writing (and obviously you do ) and answer to the best you can any questions asked, and lastly show that you want to improve. For me, I am always wanting to improve myself, I have a few reviews that have been voted "extremely useful" but I know there is room for me personally to improve.

Anyway Pandahb, I wish you luck with your review, and if you need any help feel fre to message me

I was given a lot of help and tips when I came here almost 3 months ago, and I would be glad to help anyone who needs it

I was surprised at how quickly I got voted in when I first requested my upgrade.

But I'm very surprised at the kind of things that seem to squeak through. Every couple of days I go back and read the reviews that are up for people requesting upgrades and I won't lie, if I'm less than halfway through and you haven't done much more than talk about how awesome sex was for you because of this item, I don't read the rest of that review or your other reviews either. I know this sounds picky and I haven't been here that long, but I feel that writing these reviews should be something that you really put some effort into. Telling me things I can easily read on the product page and how it worked for you the one night doesn't help anybody.

But there are still some reviewers looking for an upgrade that show some great potential and I have voted a few in that have been doing well so far.

I signed up for EF back in the summer- My first sex toy, seems like just yesterday! =) I put up four reviews, and tried submitting to advanced, but I was told there was an error- and I'd have to resubmit my form. Then when i tried again, it was this new version, where you write 150 characters about what makes you a good reviewer? I myself think that's kind of hard... I wanted to talk about how all my reviews were voted useful, and how I have a friendly personality and answer/respond to all questions, I've got a varied vocabulary and I take the time with grammar, blah blah- All of which I think are important to being a reviewer, not just here but anywhere.

So I gave up and didn't try again until last month. I had my wisdom teeth pulled right after that and have been knocked out for about a month. I just recently bought some new things and finally requested my first item for review that I didn't even take it for free. I went for 30%. I feel like I'm new, it's my first advanced project- I should be a little modest. I started looking at more reviews and voting/commenting, but I still have not touched the 'vote me to advanced' thing yet... I dunno, If I saw a really promising person I would, but I feel like I might be too 'fresh' of a face to just start adding people. Maybe in a few months I'll approach it again.

I started looking at the forums too, I'm kind of a shy person. As you can see I'm posting now, instead of just lurking... I dunno, I wasn't here for the old system, but I think that yes there should definitely be a few tweaks to this system. I dunno how to go about it, but... It does seem like there are a few people slipping through the cracks.

As a newcomer with dreams of becoming an Advanced Reviewer, I have to say that this thread has been fairly enlightening. I had been curious as to what you look for in potential peers, and what determines if a person is worthy or not of your vote. I believe, for the most part, everything I've read has been reasonable. You should: Be literate, be active in the community, show some minute amount of effort to accurately describe the product and it's effectiveness in your reviews, & have the courtesy to respond to comments and edit or revise your reviews as necessary. Generally speaking, these are the main points that I gleaned. All of which I am fairly confident I can follow through with. My main area of concern is this.. I am relatively new to the use of toys. I don't have much experience or technical know-how, and I was really drawn to this site to explore new possibilities I hadn't before considered. I only hope that my lack of "experience" doesn't lessen my chances of advanced status.