A suggestion: Product Reviews/Recommendations section

[Rosie1]

I'm not sure what to call it but I'd really like to have a section where we can post to ask about product recommendations.

I wanted to started a thread yesterday to ask about favorite/cheap vegan shampoos and conditioners. I had asked Pickle Juice about where the best place might be to post the thread and we figured either under the Vegan section or under the country section.

I am still thinking that a separate Product Recommendation section would be good, though, to kind of corral those types of threads together.

Just an idea!

 

[Pickle Juice]

I think it's a good idea. We've just gotten distracted with a few other issues lately.

 

[Lord Snot]

Recommendations will often be country-specific or even area-specific. I don't know about other non-USers, but it can get a little frustrating when posters assume everyone else is in the US and posts without mentioning countries. I'm not against having this forum, but personally I wouldn't read it and if I wanted recommendations, I would post them in the UK forum.

 

[Rosie1]

^^ Here's an idea (and I dunno if it would work):

You know how in the Recipes section, if you start a thread you're able to pick from a drop-down box if it's vegan or vegetarian, etc.? Would that be possible for when people make a thread in Product Recommendations? The drop-down could be country-specific.

 

[Envy]

I'm going to review a blender.

With 10 levels of speeds.

 

[Mel]

^^ Here's an idea (and I dunno if it would work):

You know how in the Recipes section, if you start a thread you're able to pick from a drop-down box if it's vegan or vegetarian, etc.? Would that be possible for when people make a thread in Product Recommendations? The drop-down could be country-specific.

That's not a bad idea.

 

[Pickle Juice]

I think it's a good idea Mel, if you want to try it. If it doesn't get a lot of action it can always be deleted later. As mentioned before we really don't have a clear-cut place for threads like this.

 

[Mel]

How about a Product Recommendation Sub-forum in each of the 4 Globetrotting forums? That could work?

Or would people rather have the snazzy prefixes to choose from?

 

[Rosie1]

Oh,, I don't know! Whatever you guys think would work best. I wonder if some product threads would even be country-specific, so maybe one prefix could be "Everywhere" or something. haha

 

[Second Summer]

Sleepydvdr made a proposal here:
Feedback wanted on the forum structure!

I'm hoping to install a special add-on that may possibly be used for product reviews, but not entirely sure. Will definitely be well suited for restaurant reviews.

 

[Alice-Bee]

Recommendations will often be country-specific or even area-specific. I don't know about other non-USers, but it can get a little frustrating when posters assume everyone else is in the US and posts without mentioning countries. I'm not against having this forum, but personally I wouldn't read it and if I wanted recommendations, I would post them in the UK forum.

This. I dont see why we cant just make threads within the Globtrotting section.

 

[Second Summer]

For now, if you'd like to just use the Globetrotting section, that's fine with me. Maybe we can have a Reviews subforum within each area (one in UK & Eire, one in the US, one in Oz etc).

 

[thefadedone]

I'd love a forum for reviews for vegan products, cookbooks , and restaurants. There's quite a few new vegan products recently introduced that I am interested in , but would like to read some reviews on before I purchase.

 

[Moll Flanders]

There's quite a few new vegan products recently introduced that I am interested in , but would like to read some reviews on before I purchase.

Have you looked for reviews on VB?

 

[hungryraccoon]

This. I dont see why we cant just make threads within the Globtrotting section.

Yes. We have a nice little UK product thread which is handy. Everyone can have one in their section, surely?

 

[Alice-Bee]

Exactly. I dont see the need for more sub sections...just make a new thread in your desired location, like we have in the UK sub, we have product and restuarant recommendations/reviews..Its really not that hard

 

[Spang]

Just go to Trader Joe's.

 

[Pickle Juice]

Have you looked for reviews on VB?

Yeah but I can't find Amy's Saliva-soaked Pancake in a store near me.

 

[SummerRain]

I think the idea of sub-sections in the globtrotting section is a good one, I love the product and resturaunt reveiw threads in the UK forum - they're exactly the kind of thing I am interested in and ones with lots of US recommendations are just meaningless to me, however personally I also feel like this board already has too many sections for the amount of posters - hopefully we will grow into it, but in my opinion making more will make it look sparse.

 

[KLS52]

Yeah, I want to start a thread on hair dye...animal friendly ones and maybe a "henna, how to" thread and I don't where to put it. I looked at the US section but then I'm limited to Northeast which I'd rather not do.