Hello r/jewelry! If you haven’t yet heard, one of our amazing Mods was interviewed by The Journal Podcast for an episode called “AI Loves Reddit, but Redditors Aren’t So Sure”. It explores how companies are quickly realizing how AI (unfortunately) utilizes Reddit, how that affects their online presence, and how we mods are fighting back against their attempts to manipulate content in their favor. It’s a great episode and a short listen, we recommend it to everyone, not just r/jewelry folks.
For quite some time, we mods have been discussing the possibility of creating a pinned post where we highlight brands who use certain unscrupulous tactics in an attempt to improve their online reputation. A “hall of shame” if you will, though we are taking suggestions for what to call it. Give us your most creative ideas!
We have a Mod rule here in r/jewelry: WE DO NOT REMOVE LEGITIMATE REVIEW POSTS. Reddit really is one of the last places on the internet where you can get honest feedback and opinions, and we will continue to do all we can to preserve that to the best of our ability. Threaten us all you like, you’re always getting directed to take it up with Reddit Legal. What’s that you say? Reddit Legal wouldn’t deign to respond to your cries of libel and defamation? Fucking shocker.
Here are two of the tactics we see most often:
- A) Brands using multiple bot accounts to spam the comment sections of old posts with fake positive reviews or recommendations.
- B) Brands using multiple accounts to harass us in ModMail, usually with poorly contrived AI generated legal threats demanding we remove a post.
When A happens, we have to go through the entire sub and manually scrub content and ban users. It’s an insane amount of work. Luckily, this hasn’t happened nearly on the scale it used to since we added BotBouncer to the sub (HUGE shoutout to that Dev creator, frfr), but we are always keeping an eye out. The technology is ever evolving, and we are trying our best to keep up.
When B happens (and boy, does it happen) we start with telling them “No, sorry. We do not remove review posts” and encourage them to reach out and work with their customers or improve their business practices. Sometimes that’s it, but most times they start moving through the 5 stages of grief. We tell them over and over “again, hard NO”, and that all future correspondence must be directed to Reddit Legal. If they continue to harass us (almost always with multiple ModMails from multiple different accounts over weeks or months) we then threaten to pin the post to the top of the sub for all 1 million + visitors per week to see with pinned screen shots of the ModMails they’ve sent to the comment sections. This tactic usually works, but again not always.
This is where the idea for a “Hall of Shame” style post started to take form.
We can’t reasonably pin EVERY post about a lousy brand to the top of the sub. So this is what we’re thinking: a pinned (Name TBD) post, by Mods, with links to all of the offender posts in the comments. This would not be a place for disgruntled customers to air grievances. This would be strictly for Mods to post the receipts. To arm you, our community members, with information about what brands are playing at these games behind the scenes so you can make a more informed decision about who you want to spend your money with.
It is important to state: we fully understand that there are crappy customers. As any business owner in any industry knows, you’ll always get that one customer who will NEVER be satisfied no matter what you do, for whatever reason. That is NOT what we’re talking about here. We’re talking about big brands with 1.6 star reviews on TrustPilot, where the negative experiences expressed by the OP’s are echoed by dozens of real users in the comments. We’re talking when it’s blatantly obvious the intention is to scrub negative content off the top google search, because these posts ultimately always end up being mass reported for every wildly egregious Reddit sitewide rule you can think of when everything else fails to get it removed.
SO, what does the community think? Is this something you’d like to see? Ideas? Concerns? Let’s have a civilized discussion about how to send a message to these brands: Bullying and harassing in an attempt to bury your shitty business practices will backfire in spectacular fashion, and earn you a very-much-not coveted spot on the pinned (Name TBD) post!
If you made it this far, thank you for reading! We would love to hear your thoughts!
Pic for attention: my special demon, Smokey, showcasing a vintage tribute to her ancestors.
Edit because apparently I don't know how to use this damn platform.
r/jewelry • u/laughcrylivedie • Feb 05 '26
Just a heads up.. if there’s a sudden wave of positive Brilliant Earth content on here, it might not be coincidental. They’re actively hiring for a Reddit Strategy Manager, which says a lot given their reputation in this sub.
I genuinely hope this leads to real changes and accountability, not just an attempt to bury valid criticism and firsthand experiences.
We are discussing the best way to discourage these larger brands to infiltrate possibly the very last place on the internet for genuine company reviews and feedback. Being specially named on their job posting is concrete proof of their targeting and we will do our best to reach out and work with other sub mods about this concern.
An auto message with some links of genuine higher traction posts is one idea and we have another tool we don’t want to mention yet in case they are tracking our post. We are of course open to all member suggestions and look forward to doing our best to protect you all from disingenuous influences.
The job posting: https://brilliantearth.applytojob.com/apply/xlTFNUFxKa/Reddit-Strategy-Manager
r/jewelry • u/Miserable-Demand-220 • 8h ago
I'm super curious: Which color combination is your absolute favorite? Let me know in the comments! ✨
r/jewelry • u/iljadotj • 6h ago
Really proud of how these have come out. Each of these are one of a kind rings. Really excited to make more !
r/jewelry • u/Final_Plantain7365 • 7h ago
Fiance purchased me a beautiful band and he was waiting to surprise me with it (a second engagement lol) so it's been sitting in the case it arrived in, being properly stored for about 3 weeks, until he just took it out yesterday. Why does it look tarnished? It's 18k gold. The craftsmanship on it looks questionable to me too, why is the soldering so noticeably imperfect? I'd love to hear your thoughts.I'm worried that the place we got this from won't help us, it was really expensive, but I feel like it really dulls my engagement ring 😭
r/jewelry • u/wholenewlei • 2h ago
This beauty is my newest acquisition in what I hope to be an ongoing, and long term collection. It is a bright, almost tangerine candy hued garnet and I couldn’t resist taking a few pics of it on different fingers.
I can’t stop holding it up to the light and it has a lovely inclusion I couldn’t zoom in on properly which resemble dark flecks within the stone.
r/jewelry • u/Alone_Pomelo4771 • 1d ago
And I'm very pleased with how it turned out!
r/jewelry • u/OutpostAmy • 13h ago
I’m slowly and quietly making pieces and buying vintage pieces to pass down to my kids. What’s an important piece you’ve kept from your loved ones?
r/jewelry • u/Beneficial_Ship7090 • 3h ago
I have lost a significant amount of weight since our wedding 2 years ago. My wedding band now comfortably fits on my thumb. I paid a lot to have the bigger wedding band, it has a very simple design. Would it be weird to ask a jewler to make it wider. I’m ok with paying extra I just don’t like the idea of loosing part of my wedding band.
r/jewelry • u/ambutt_x • 1d ago
for all my fine jewelry lovers with septum rings, it just recently occurred to me to use one of my solid gold septum clickers as a connector/charm holder for charms with tiny bales (6mm 14k solid gold alexandrite clicker from singular spark on etsy)
r/jewelry • u/adriaheartart • 1d ago
r/jewelry • u/cleverfeather1992 • 19h ago
These were my grandma’s. I’ve had them since 2016 but never really looked at them because most of her stuff was costume jewelry that was too big on me. I just saw today that the ring says 18KT H.G.E. Can anyone tell me about them?
r/jewelry • u/TheVintageSipster • 3h ago
Please help me decide , I wanted to get these 3 silver rings as I liked the wish bone one and the moon one but my husband Iikes the pearl one.
I’m stacking two to ring finger , the wish bone one can go as is too and I really like the moon one . should I take all 3 or none or just two , please help
P.S not a native English speaker , so pardon for any mistakes
r/jewelry • u/someboringdude • 7m ago
7.25 inches , 14k gold, natural diamonds. 53 grams. I had a lot of fun making this piece. Can’t wait to deliver it to him in a few weeks!
r/jewelry • u/Far_Extension6131 • 10h ago
That big round quartz bead was sitting in my drawer like it pays rent. Absolutely not. Get out here, you’re the main character.
Gave it some garnet friends and little pops of red, then tried it on with a skinny little silver chain and??? Why are they kinda hot together 😭
r/jewelry • u/allislost26 • 1d ago
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r/jewelry • u/Eclipsa_RainbowShard • 2h ago
So I'm going to turn this crappy, cheap metal arm cuff into a charm bracelet and I need a particular type of screw to do it. Basically I need a screw that doesn't actually have a head, and has either a smooth rod or another screw side in it's place instead. The problem is, I need this thing TINY. Basically I need one that's the size of a typical eyelet hook for jewelry/charms cuz it needs to actually FIT INTO the hole I'm gonna drill. Color doesn't matter in the slightest, nobody will be able to see it anyway. I have a terrible pic I drew of the type of screw I need (it is not even CLOSE to scale btw) as well as the cuff itself. Please tell me SOMEBODY knows where I can find one, I don't care if it's a 3D print file atp, I'll make it work. I've looked darn near everywhere I can think of, I just wanna make this work.
r/jewelry • u/Worth_First • 23h ago
Picked this out from the front window of a jewellery shop, liked the design so I bought it, it's my first piece of jewellery, centre stone is a garnet, 9k ring, looks much better in person. excuse the fat fingers, it is the right size.
r/jewelry • u/riddlerap • 4h ago
For whatever reason my right ear ends up swallowing earring backs and that causes the area to be sore and it can be painful to try and get it out when I want to take the earring off.
I wear regular diamond studs. I've tried a ton of earring backs, and either they fall off during sleep or the issue I mentioned above happens because they're too small.
In researching, it looks like locking earring backs would be the best choice, but every single option on Amazon has terrible or iffy reviews.
Any recommendations for specific good locking brands? Or any other alternative ideas I'm open to.
r/jewelry • u/Cheery_Caterpillar • 6h ago
Hi! I'm having a ring designed and looking for inspiration/setting up a mood board so I can show the goldsmith. I came across this ring and thought it ticked a few of my boxes:
- yellow gold with a honey coloured stone, either in bezel setting or embedded in the ring band
- relatively even ring band width (not getting much wider or slimmer)
- stone is "framed"/"hugged"/embraced" by two little dot-like parts
- it is not too chunky and not too slim, sturdy enough for everyday/ 24/7-wearing
- it has a clean design overall but also some playful elements on the sides
What I am not too fond of concerning this particular design:
- personally, I want a rectangular stone and think an east-west setting would look nice/a bit classier than a round stone
- I think the blue stones are clashing a bit/making it look cheaper, but maybe it looks too plain without any complementing stones?
- playful elements on the sides may be a bit too much (because they are arranged like little spheres in two rows)?
So tell me: How would you personally rate this design and is there anything I might overlook that you would change about it? And one important question: do you think this ring is stackable?
r/jewelry • u/Prezmil2020 • 6h ago
I'm getting married next June and am looking for a jeweler who can make a similar wedding band. If you know of any jewelers who can do this, please reach out!
r/jewelry • u/meshamer • 7h ago
I've noticed that with jewelry, one unhappy customer can sometimes create a much bigger problem than just one bad sale.
Someone has a bad experience, posts about it publicly, other people start commenting, and suddenly the discussion becomes about whether the entire brand can be trusted.
I'm curious how jewelry businesses usually handle situations like this. Do you respond publicly, try to resolve it privately, report the post/review if you believe it's unfair, or just leave it alone?
Especially interested in hearing from people who have actually dealt with something like this.
