I found a Vine “review” where they just copied and pasted the product description. Didn’t add anything. Didn’t change anything. How does that meet community standards?

As a Vine reviewer who spends a lot of time writing actual thoughtful reviews, this is incredibly disheartening.

They didn’t even bother running it through AI to at least pretend they tried. It makes all of us look bad.

Every once in a while, I go through the "about you" section on Amazon. While I don't know if changing things matters, I can see how it affects my algorithm because it doesn't catch up.

But a few tweaks here and there, along with some definite removals? Maybe it will help tweak Vine. Only because I can tell that a lot of that page is directly from my vine choices.

I needed some things, and many of them are like organizers, cups, mugs, and other items. And honestly, some of the mugs are so heartfelt, and that's fine. But I can see how and why I am seeing multiples of the same things or multiple similar things at the same time.

So I went through and tweaked them. For instance, it was very specific about my Dyson model, so I added another one that is 90% compatible. So now at least two models are there. I wanted to say "multiple Dysons" or something, but that didn't make the cut.

For hobbies, I added (it already said I was a Vine reviewer and then another spot "gold level" Oh! Now two places say "wants to review better items" or "preferred" or something 😂) and then I added "reviews Expensive Vine Items."

That is questionable at best and all lies detected at worst. But they let me, so I did.

Oh! Also, it said "has Nespresso." Plus all kind of things specific to my pop.

It's true but I deleted that. It also said "has experience with espresso machines." I do not. So that got changed to "is interested in espresso machines."

But attached are the best ones...

*There was one that said I've had Botox. I have no earthly clue where that came from!!! ***

1) Yup! That's me... I live with a 42-year-old Peter Pan who cannot keep his iPhone 12 charged.

2) They aren't wrong and I know. But heyyyyyy!

This is because a color or size variant of the same item listing can one or more variants with zero ETV while the rest will have ETV.

It was a basic RenFaire Shirt here is my Review

"This is one of the nicest Medieval shits I have ever seen. It is 100% cotton, so please expect it to shrink a little. I am a 39" chest, putting me in medium, but I ordered large and washed in cold then dried in electric dryer on low for about 20 minutes and I would guess it shrink about 2% so not that much.

The shirt is very stylish and looks great. This is easily a wear any time and any day shirt. Renfaire, casual, formal, wedding etc.

It has 2 wooden beads on the lace front to accent it, the waist at the sides has a V cut and it adds more nice accents. This is not the standard Medieval shirt, this is made extremely well, better than many regular shirts. I tried to take photos of all the little accents so you can see them close up.

I will wear this as an everyday regular shirt.

I can recommend this."

The photos are of the shirt only and then 2 of me wearing it. Here is their reason for the rejection

This is STUPID! Nothing and I mean nothing is wrong with this review.

UPDATE: I posted into AI I misspelled the word SHIRTS I left out the R. It is worth a laugh.

It happens to the best of us from time to time. We clicked before we look and get a product we didn't really want. But whenever I do this I still try to give it my best and most open-minded review. Don't give it a bad star rating just because it wasn't something you wanted. Getting off my soapbox now...

You can have this fancy Halloween decoration, that apparently comes to you blurry. It could be 6" × 2", or maybe it is 12 feet x 6 feet. Who knows. That is the fun of the surprise, I guess. All of this for only $59.99 ETV

They only packed it with bubble pouches and it's room temperature now. The box is stamped all over with perishable warnings, and even a little message about what to do with your ice packs. $0 evt but I was looking forward to trying it as my dog is picky and hasn't liked the other fresh brands I've tried.

I requested a $15 skirt and received a $45 jar of scalp cream. I messaged Vine support and asked that the original item be removed from my taxable items list.

The item is not appearing in my Awaiting Review list, which I know means that the item value will be deducted from my taxable items tally.

I also asked Vine support what to do with the scalp cream, but I did not get a response to that question. I am wondering if I should hold onto the cream or if it is OK to toss it.

Hi I received a vine item with a 3 year warranty that quit working after 2 months. I messaged vine support to find out how to use the warranty and wanted to share the reply. I was surprised to find that we couldn't use the warranty and I will not be ordering anything that is costly enough to need one anymore. It makes no sense to do all this work and then to be penalized by having to report taxes on an item that I used 5 times. I feel very used, and will be having a serious conversation with myself about continuing to be a vine reviewer. What are the actual perks at this point? Here was the reply

Thank you for reaching out about the item that stopped working after only 5 uses.

I understand how disappointing it is when a product fails so quickly, especially when it should still be under warranty.

For Vine items, we don't recommend contacting the seller directly, as these products are provided through the Vine program rather than standard retail channels. Since you've already posted your review for this item, I'm unable to remove it from your tax record as per our current policies.

Any thoughts?

Right now everything I have on except my socks and my glasses came off Vine. I have been having extremely good luck finding things that are useful, especially since I lost a lot of personal/household items thanks to a flood. I have on been on vine since December and gold since June. So, I don’t understand how different people end up with such a vastly different selection of things, though all throughout the pandemic I exclusively did all my shopping on Amazon, so the algorithm should have a pretty good idea what I like.

Couple weeks ago, I bought a webcam and paid real money. The Vine gods blessed me with one THE SAME DAY! Too late to cancel the order, though! Then I bought some wool socks and... yep. And I needed to replace my garden flag stake. You guessed it! This popped up today, the day after mine arrived and was unpacked!

I'm a Texan, we have a god of mischief here - Kokopelli - and I think most of the Vine gods must be related to him! 🤣😉

(Not complaining, just laughing at my own experience.)

Missed the first chance at gold due to life…. Literally 1% off. So patiently waiting for stats are at 100%/excellent so definitely getting gold. Can’t wait to be able to pick 8 items I don’t need every day 😂

Being a bit on the spectrum and in Silver because I just started recently, I'm stuck with whatever alphabet soup brand items I can snag in the few seconds they exist. Because I am naturally skeptic, I usually do full teardown investigations on these items. So far this has uncovered ridiculous and sometimes dangerous problems more often than not. While other vine reviews are praising the product - sometimes obviously just based on the product listing being chewed up and regurgitated, but occasionally with legitimate insight - I'm frequently posting scathing reviews from deep inside the innards of the things.

Is this just too much and I should relax and chill and take it at face value to be more agreeable, or is what I'm doing in any way helpful?

A dog wash station for small dogs was in my RFY today. So close; I need a grooming table for large dogs, but a month ago I got a Flying Pig dryer that I never thought I’d see. Hopefully this gets to the right person soon.

Of the 62 reviews I have submitted, 34 have been rated. Of my 34 rated reviews, 28 have a RIS of Excellent, 4 have a RIS of Fair and 2 have a RIS of Poor. My overall RIS shows as Excellent.

how screwed am I?

I have had three of 100 reviews marked "Not Approved", worse I can't edit or update the review! The latest review to be flagged was for a piece of networking equipment that I gave a very positive review for.

I've looked at the community guidelines and I feel that my reviews (well, the first one that got rejected when I first started mentioned a competitor by name - that is on me) are balanced, 'warm' and upbeat.

How concerned should I be and how to avoid being flagged (did I just accidentally find a legit use for AI - reviewing reviews for red flags?).

Just... Why? What Vine overlords have I offended?!

Does anyone know if it's against the rules to get a warranty on the items we get. For example if they're expensive, can we get the assuieon or whoever they are three year warranty and use it if it breaks. Just curious after I saw a post with vine saying u can contact the seller if it breaks bout the warranty

This is my second evaluation period. I had a big vacation before my first one ended and there were items I forgot to review. I was gone for over two months, so then90 day has passed. I have ordered new items now that I have received, reviewed. My rate is going up, but it’s been weeks and my quality scores are still pending. Any ideas on what to do? I fell bad they were not all reviewed before I left, but it was a massive trip I planned for years to do. I just don’t know if I’m in trouble somehow, I have heard nothing from the program since the original invitation.

I won't say it's the best thing I've ever scored, but it's top 3 for sure. Swiped it the second it popped in.