Reviews without pictures

I posted this question in the Moronic Monday thread earlier today:

Why is there no rule about posting reviews without pics? Can we make that a rule?

/u/2cblover asked me to make a post about it to the community. So here we go...

I know most of the community members here have seen what the various substances reviewed look like, but maybe some other people don't....and how the hell are we going to know that you got the dankest nugs if you don't show us?

I want to see the artwork on tabs, the glistening crushed champagne beauty of molly, the fresh off the brick white coke, and the jagged ice-like meth we all are here about. Let's do reviews right and share the beauty of our scores with everyone! If you go through the trouble of writing a review, might as well click the mouse a few more times and add a picture. That is really all it takes

OH, if you are worried about "backend data" don't be...there are TONS of guides on the various forums to remove said data. Hell there was one of the front page here last week.


Comments


[1 Points] None:

Feedback is great. At a minimum can we agree for pot they are required


[12 Points] DooshNozzzle:

I don't have a problem with reviews without pictures. you just have to take them for what they are, and check out the person's post history for credibility, same as any other post. Lots of people want to make a review but don't have the time or the inclination to take a picture, upload it, remove the EXIF data. I think the community would suffer from the lack of the many reviews that don't have pictures.

For example, I know what fucking xanax looks like . I don't need to see pictures of someone's xanax I just need to know if it's potent, how the stealth was, how long it took to ship etc.


[11 Points] Elisa-Yamaha:

Simple text post (which already is an offer of your time) vs taking pictures, making sure they're safe, uploading them, posting them.

Reviews with a picture is preferred of course, but banning reviews without pictures would just do more harm than good.


[3 Points] mjmedstarved:

I'd also suggest having their username in the photo (even if it is a throwaway) to prove it's the OP's picture.


[3 Points] None:

We go over this at least once a week. PICTURES PROVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Any vendor can take a picture of his product and post a review himself, or give pictures to a shill. Sure it might be nice to have pictures, especially with weed. But are we really gonna harm one of the most important parts of this community by making a rule of it? I bet there are many, many useful reviewers who will simply not post reviews because they don't want to post pictures for whatever reason. That is utter stupidity.


[2 Points] thatskank:

I'm pretty sure I got review with pics on lockdown. Especially when it comesss to the myriad of drugs I reviewed and pretty much every xanax vendor to ever post a listing. ENJOY:

https://pay.reddit.com/user/thatskank/submitted/


[2 Points] None:

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[2 Points] JstAnotherBuyer:

For drugs where pictures are substantial to the review, I agree. Though sometimes I buy products that simply don't matter what they look like/it doesn't indicate anything at all(thc lollypops that look like nothing but a sucker, TWS liquid mushrooms, etc) so I don't feel it is always necessary. I can agree for things like bud/shrooms/etc.

As for things like acid where it's mainly the artwork, I don't consider that a need. As much as I love to look at it not only can it be a hassle to get good pictures sometimes but some people aren't comfortable uploading pictures or not willing to go through the effort, but that doesn't mean the review shouldn't be out there.


[2 Points] None:

I'm not a fan of banning reviews without pictures. There are useful reviews without pictures and there are useless reviews with pictures.

Look at the partysquadNL reviews. I don't care how many pink redbulls I've seen, those reviews are sketchy af and they don't tell you how good the product is.

On the other hand, I don't make many big orders but will once in a while order a 10-20 bars. I like to post a review if the product and shipping time are both reasonable. That way anyone else who wants to place a small order of bars can search and at least see that someone was successful. They can feel confident it isn't a shill account if they look at my history and my shit posting as well as the fact that not many people would make shill reviews for 15 bars. Then when I placed the review (which I just did for the benefit of the community) all the replies were "pics?"

I'm like dude it's a fucking white pill that says xanax on it.


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[1 Points] fatttyjawn99:

LOL can a mod please change the flair


[1 Points] theslutbag:

But what about my netflix account how am I gonna take a pic of that


[1 Points] None:

Definitely agree that pics should be mandatory depending on substance. Bud and coke come to mind. I can not stand seeing a coke review without a picture. What the fuck is that worth?


[1 Points] None:

I find reviews much more credible if there's a dick pic.

Also, we should probably sticky something on various ways of how to remove data from images.