Hey guys,
There seems to be some confusion about The Community Preview Program that we want to help clear up as we would love to have more community members participating and it seems like people are being held back.
TLDR is here
Too Long Didn’t Read
- Impressions don’t have to be long
- It’s okay to post a negative impression
- We’ll ask for your permission before posting your review on the main site
- If something has already been reviewed you can still review it. It’s great to get multiple perspectives.
Impressions / Reviews don’t have to be longform.
- They need to be fleshed out impressions that are more than “I liked them or I hated them”. If you want to do a full-fledged review that’s a bonus but it’s not a requirement.
- The Program is in place to allow access to gear that you may not have access to otherwise but also to provide helpful information to the rest of the community
Negative impressions/reviews are absolutely OK.
- We understand that there is going to be gear that you don’t like and that is fine. We also know that writing about gear that isn’t enjoyable can be a pain.
- You are required to write impressions of gear from the Community Preview Program but you are not required to write a full-fledged review.
- If a piece of gear isn’t up to your standards, rather than just saying that you don’t like them let us know what you don’t like them about them.
Not all reviews go up on the main site.
- Not every review is going to be going on the main site. Those are picked based on a number of factors (information, writing, photography).
- A review will not be posted on the main site without the author’s permission. Main site reviews go through @torq who has guidelines that he can send you.
Multiple reviews of the same gear are not only allowed, but are also encouraged.
- Multiple perspectives on gear is great. There is a lot of subjectivity in this hobby and hearing multiple opinions on a piece of gear is valuable to everybody.
- You don’t need to choose a piece of gear from the program just because it has not been reviewed yet. The Preview Program is about our Community and if you really want to try something like the Focal Clear even though there are multiple impressions/reviews out there, that’s perfectly OK.
If you ever have questions regarding the program always feel free to send a message to myself, @andrew, @Torq or @Nic and we would be happy to clarify.