Fresh Reviews Facebook Application
What is the “Fresh Reviews†Facebook application?
The Fresh Reviews Facebook application allows you to review almost anything and to share that review on your profile and with your friends. You can choose an existing category in which to write a review (books, movies, restaurants, CD’s, ect.) or you can come up with a new category (why not review your washer/dryer and let the world know how you feel about it?). Your review will appear on your profile, and you can also easily access the reviews of your friends.
Fresh Reviews Pros:
- A great concept! Everyone likes to throw in their 2 cents about things and let people know what they have or have not been enjoying.
- Seeing what your friends are or are not liking can help you make decisions about what movies to see or what new coffee shop to try.
- Leverages the social network aspects of Facebook very well. Posting your reviews is a great way to spark conversations and interact not only online, but in the real world as well (you love Tony’s Pizza? I love Tony’s Pizza? Let’s go there this Saturday!).
- Another nice touch is that personalized suggestions are displayed based on what your trusted friends liked and disliked. A good way to discover new music and movies that you might like.
- Even if you don’t feel like writing a review, can you simply rate the item from 1-4 stars. Quick, easy, and fun.
Fresh Reviews Cons:
- When I first downloaded Fresh Reviews I was given an error message which made me think something had gone wrong. But when I clicked on the link in my profile, it was fine.
- Your profile picture can be displayed next to your review. But the resolution isn’t very good, and made me look drunk and weird.
- I wrote a quick review for testing purposes. I then tried to delete it. After, if I clicked on the link under my profile picture the review was nowhere to be found. But the link still said “Reviews (1).†The review was also still displayed lower on my profile page. And when you clicked on that link is said “Warning: Unknown Review.†This definitely needs to be fixed. We’ve all given something a review we reevaluated later, and we should be able to delete it completely from the page.