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The most frustrating thing about reviews on platforms like Amazon is that they are written barely after the product has been bought. Like, how is one supposed t
by hubraumhugo 5y ago
The most frustrating thing about reviews on platforms like Amazon is that they are written barely after the product has been bought. Like, how is one supposed to evaluate a brand new product?
I think it’s time to start a new kind of product review: the exit review. Let's reflect upon how a product performed over its duration of service instead of when it first arrived and people haven’t spent much time with it to learn the quirks.
That's why I'm building exitreviews.com to change the way people review products. We can then build a collection about where things break and how to fix them. We can then learn how to identify cheap products, keep corporations accountable, and start caring about the amount of waste we produce.
Aside from adding a product when it breaks, I also let users add it when they buy it. They then receive a yearly reminder of the products they have added and if they want to update their status ("hey there, did anything break or deteriorate? Click here if the condition is unchanged")
What's next?
- Identifying the common failure modes of products
- Collect fixes for common product failures. Integrate iFixit repair guides
- Aggreagation on a brand/product level (important because companies discontinue products)
- Trend analysis to see if a product's/brand's quality has changed or gone down at some point