If you want your product or service reviewed...
As has been noted, the product review request situation has led to some serious flooding of places that don't benefit from it. Add in the fact that a big chunk of the people posting them have used them as WSO pre-selling systems, and you've got an abuse problem.
Here's the new process:
1. Product review requests should be posted in the Wanted - Members Looking To Hire You section. Not here.
2. All review request thread titles must start with the tag [Reviewers wanted].
3. You may ask potential reviewers to contact you via any combination of the following: Post in the thread, PM you, or send you an email. No outbound links (other than an email address) may be included in the body of the request, and you must close your thread prior to posting a WSO link for the product being reviewed.
In short, don't try to use this as a pre-selling system for an upcoming WSO.
4. Product creators may put whatever qualifying criteria they wish on potential reviewers. Must have X posts, must have been a member for Y amount of time, first name must begin and end with a vowel... whatever. If you do not meet those criteria, don't ask for a review copy of the product.
5. Critiques should be sent via whatever method the product creator specifies. Don't ask for a copy if you aren't going to actually review it and provide feedback. "Cool stuff" is not feedback.
This same process may be used to find beta-testers for new sites and software.
Here's the new process:
1. Product review requests should be posted in the Wanted - Members Looking To Hire You section. Not here.
2. All review request thread titles must start with the tag [Reviewers wanted].
3. You may ask potential reviewers to contact you via any combination of the following: Post in the thread, PM you, or send you an email. No outbound links (other than an email address) may be included in the body of the request, and you must close your thread prior to posting a WSO link for the product being reviewed.
In short, don't try to use this as a pre-selling system for an upcoming WSO.
4. Product creators may put whatever qualifying criteria they wish on potential reviewers. Must have X posts, must have been a member for Y amount of time, first name must begin and end with a vowel... whatever. If you do not meet those criteria, don't ask for a review copy of the product.
5. Critiques should be sent via whatever method the product creator specifies. Don't ask for a copy if you aren't going to actually review it and provide feedback. "Cool stuff" is not feedback.
This same process may be used to find beta-testers for new sites and software.