Comment · Thu, February 27, 2020
ND edits reviews and doesn't tell you before or after you post it?
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bulldog521521 · 13 points
I submitted a review for the KSM-66 capsules yesterday, and I went back to read it after it officially posted to make sure I didn't make any major typos or anything, and I noticed that a couple things were definitely changed from how I originally wrote it. Nothing big, but they changed any time I wrote the word anxiety and replaced it with anxiousness or anxious feelings about...
I'm a little concerned by this. While they didn't change anything about the overall message of my review, they did change some words and that bothers me. If they're willing to do that without disclosure, what else could they be changing on other reviews? What if they're changing certain words on negative reviews to make them less harsh? Idk. It's just sketchy.
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Aldarund · 3 points
Is word anxiety requires this? I mean, if u do search for example on iherb you will get bunch of products that have anxiety in their title and in comments too
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
Yes, the word anxiety is the one that was an issue with this specific review. What iHerb is doing should not be a measure of what is legally defensible in this industry. Honestly, I could sue iHerb for countless things on their site right now. I am not a piece of shit, so I won't. However, I need to protect us from those out there that will not hesitate to do it to us. I am not just making this stuff up. There is a very real reason we are doing the things we are doing. Whether or not iHerb has had to deal with similar issues yet, I can't say. This is an industry-wide problem, though. The FDA would love to come in and put the hammer down on the entire supplement industry. Discussing diseases on supplements just gives them justification for doing it. Frankly, you'd have a hard time disproving their statutory justifications. The letter of the law is what it is. Whether or not it fits the spirit of the law, or fits what I feel is morally right, is kind of irrelevant in this case. All that matters in law are the strict facts and precedent.
If this is the hill people want Nootropics Depot to die on, I think they need to seriously reevaluate the mission we are on here. If I have to shut Nootropics Depot down for something stupid like this, what happens to my mission to advance the analytical testing standards of the industry? Who is going to come along after I get destroyed in legal battles for something as meaningless as a review saying anxiety instead of anxiousness? Does everyone want me to risk my mission for semantics?