Ratings and reviews are meant to be helpful and trustworthy. Reviewing content
is a great way to share valuable feedback and assist other users in finding
great content and services.
Guidelines for writing a good review
- Make your reviews valuable and informative.
- Try to include both positives and negatives.
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Keep it readable; check grammar and spelling, and don't use excessive
capitalization and punctuation.
- Be nice to others.
Spam and fake reviews
Your reviews should reflect the experience that you've had with the content or
service that you're reviewing.
- Don't post fake or inaccurate reviews.
- Don't post the same review multiple times.
- Don't post reviews for the same content from multiple accounts.
- Don't post reviews to mislead other users or manipulate the rating.
- Don't post reviews on behalf of others.
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Don't misrepresent your identity or your connection to the content that
you're reviewing.
Off-topic reviews
Keep reviews on-topic and relevant to the content, service, or experience that
you're reviewing.
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Don't post solicitations, political or social commentary, or anything else
that is irrelevant to the content, service, or experience that you're
reviewing.
Advertising
We want reviews to be useful, and they aren't useful if they're promoting
something other than the content or service you're reviewing.
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Don't post promotional or commercial content for any products or services,
including affiliate- or referral-based promotions.
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Don't post phone numbers, email addresses, or links to other websites.
Conflict of interest
Reviews are most valuable when they're genuine and unbiased. They should be
written by people who aren't motivated by financial gain.
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Don't offer or accept money, products, or services in exchange for posting
reviews.
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Don't review content, services, or experiences if you own or work for the
business that created them.
Copyrighted content
Reviews should be your own and reflect your personal opinions.
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Don't post reviews that infringe on the intellectual property rights of
others, including copyright.
Personal and confidential information
Reviews are meant to share experiences; you can express how you feel about
something without revealing sensitive personal information.
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Don't post personal or confidential information, such as a physical address
or driving license number.
Illegal content
Your reviews must comply with the law and any terms or legal agreements that
you have agreed to.
- Don't post reviews that contain or link to illegal content.
Sexually explicit content
As a broad audience, reviews should reflect that.
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Don't post reviews that contain, promote or solicit sexually explicit
content.
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Don't post reviews that depict children in sexual situations or sexually
address them.
