I write a fair number of online reviews…I did so even before I retired! While I will write reviews on many websites, they are concentrated on a few. I am fairly active on Tripadvisor. I am a Top 100 reviewer on Wondrium (Great Courses), which sells and streams educational videos. And, of course, Amazon, although I am hit and miss on there as to whether I review a purchase or not.
I have never had a review rejected on Tripadvisor, but on Wondrium and Amazon I have had two on each site rejected. At least on Wondrium there is a method in place for discussing with them why the review was rejected. Amazon has an email address for this, but it strikes me as not being monitored.
Wondrium Rejected Reviews
I know Wondrium does, and I suspect that Amazon does too, that is that they use 3rd parties to monitor the reviews. I had one review rejected then later accepted on Wondrium as I used the “foreign” phrase, “C’est la vie.” The reviewer, most likely with English as a second language, rejected it as they did not understand the phrase.
Wondrium also initially rejected my Continue reading “Review Accepted!”