AsstModerator
FPA Forums and Reviews Admin
- Messages
- 5,613
Hey Dude, Where’s My Review?
Be patient. The review moderation queue can get backed up. Every time you post a review, there’s a note about reviews taking from 3-5 business days to be processed. The time spent answering this same question over and over again every day from people who left reviews less than 48 hours before adds at least 1 day to the moderation process.
Please don’t give incorrect information about your location. You don’t have to give your city, but if you give false information about what country you are in, your review will probably be deleted. The bulk of reviews with fake countries are fake reviews. There’s an idiot in Latvia who spent more than 6 months leaving hundreds of fake reviews claiming to be from all over the world. He thought he could rearrange the top rated brokers. He failed. If you are traveling outside your home country, select the country you are currently in from the country dropdown box and write “(home country), currently visiting” in the location box if you feel the need to say where you are originally from. The FPA’s reviews don’t require you to give your real name, so your privacy is protected. If you have an issue with a company that’s threatened you and are worried that they can identify you just from the country you live in, then please use the contact instructions on this page to send a message to the FPA.
Is your review really a review? “I need contact info for the company or a reviewer.” Or “Hello person who left a review long ago, how’s it going?” aren’t reviews. People go to the reviews to read about experiences dealing with companies. If you want to argue about best settings or chat with other users, all but the most recently listed companies have a discussion thread linked to the review page. “Has anyone used this product?” is only appropriate if you are submitting a new site. It won’t make users come to the review page and share their experiences.
Is your review a Waiter Review? "John Honcho answered all my questions. 5 Stars!" isn't helpful. This might as well say "My waiter answered all my questions so I'm rating the restaurant as 5 stars." You need to try to broker (or the food) before leaving the review if you want it to be approved. You can read more about Waiter Reviews HERE.
About bonuses. "Wow! My account number is 123456 and I got a no deposit bonus!" and similar will not be approved. Would you give a bank a good review because they gave you some free money before you actually used their services? If you are aware of any broker offering bonuses or other incentives in exchange for leaving reviews, use the form on this page to report the program immediately. Please make sure to include enough information so that the FPA can verify the accusation.
Do you have a conflict of interest? IBs and other affiliates are no longer permitted to leave reviews for companies they are affiliated with or for competitors of those companies.
Our readers are worldwide. This website has chosen English as its primary language. Bilingual reviews are very welcome, as long as one of the languages is English. Reviews containing no English don't serve the majority of our readers and limit the ability of our moderators to check the content.. The FPA does have regional areas in the forums where the postings come in a variety of languages, but the reviews are supposed to be available to as many of our regular readers as possible.
Regarding profanity. The FPA had been editing profanity to things like f*** or s***. Later, creative euphemisms were added to try to discourage the use profanity. There is a problem. Some reviews have large amounts of profanity, and editing it takes up time needed for other tasks. Because of this, I am giving a large amount of discretion to the FPA Review Moderation Team. Any review containing profanity or offensive language may be edited however the moderator sees fit or may be deleted at that moderator's discretion. If you don't want to risk your review getting dumped by a busy moderator in a bad mood, write your review in a civilized fashion.
If you leave a followup review, use the same name and location you used in the first review. Don’t try submitting multiple reviews under different names. One trader gets one vote. Submitting a second review under the same name lets you change the rating if you want to. If you get caught cheating, the best that you can hope for is to have all of your reviews deleted. The FPA is always working to improve detection of those who try to cheat.
If you left a review, it hasn’t shown up in 5 business days, and this page doesn’t explain why, use the Missing Review Inquiry Form at the bottom of this post. Someone here will check on your review. If you give a valid email address, someone will get back to you.
Related Questions
Are you a company representative checking on missing reviews? If so, CLICK HERE.
Are you wondering why the FPA moderates reviews? CLICK HERE to learn why the FPA takes time and effort do this
Want to know what happens if a company employee gets caught leaving fake reviews? CLICK HERE to find out.
Other Review Questions? CLICK HERE
Please note that the form below is exclusively for reviewers, not for company representatives.
Please note that the form above is exclusively for reviewers, not for company representatives.
Be patient. The review moderation queue can get backed up. Every time you post a review, there’s a note about reviews taking from 3-5 business days to be processed. The time spent answering this same question over and over again every day from people who left reviews less than 48 hours before adds at least 1 day to the moderation process.
Please don’t give incorrect information about your location. You don’t have to give your city, but if you give false information about what country you are in, your review will probably be deleted. The bulk of reviews with fake countries are fake reviews. There’s an idiot in Latvia who spent more than 6 months leaving hundreds of fake reviews claiming to be from all over the world. He thought he could rearrange the top rated brokers. He failed. If you are traveling outside your home country, select the country you are currently in from the country dropdown box and write “(home country), currently visiting” in the location box if you feel the need to say where you are originally from. The FPA’s reviews don’t require you to give your real name, so your privacy is protected. If you have an issue with a company that’s threatened you and are worried that they can identify you just from the country you live in, then please use the contact instructions on this page to send a message to the FPA.
Is your review really a review? “I need contact info for the company or a reviewer.” Or “Hello person who left a review long ago, how’s it going?” aren’t reviews. People go to the reviews to read about experiences dealing with companies. If you want to argue about best settings or chat with other users, all but the most recently listed companies have a discussion thread linked to the review page. “Has anyone used this product?” is only appropriate if you are submitting a new site. It won’t make users come to the review page and share their experiences.
Is your review a Waiter Review? "John Honcho answered all my questions. 5 Stars!" isn't helpful. This might as well say "My waiter answered all my questions so I'm rating the restaurant as 5 stars." You need to try to broker (or the food) before leaving the review if you want it to be approved. You can read more about Waiter Reviews HERE.
About bonuses. "Wow! My account number is 123456 and I got a no deposit bonus!" and similar will not be approved. Would you give a bank a good review because they gave you some free money before you actually used their services? If you are aware of any broker offering bonuses or other incentives in exchange for leaving reviews, use the form on this page to report the program immediately. Please make sure to include enough information so that the FPA can verify the accusation.
Do you have a conflict of interest? IBs and other affiliates are no longer permitted to leave reviews for companies they are affiliated with or for competitors of those companies.
Our readers are worldwide. This website has chosen English as its primary language. Bilingual reviews are very welcome, as long as one of the languages is English. Reviews containing no English don't serve the majority of our readers and limit the ability of our moderators to check the content.. The FPA does have regional areas in the forums where the postings come in a variety of languages, but the reviews are supposed to be available to as many of our regular readers as possible.
Regarding profanity. The FPA had been editing profanity to things like f*** or s***. Later, creative euphemisms were added to try to discourage the use profanity. There is a problem. Some reviews have large amounts of profanity, and editing it takes up time needed for other tasks. Because of this, I am giving a large amount of discretion to the FPA Review Moderation Team. Any review containing profanity or offensive language may be edited however the moderator sees fit or may be deleted at that moderator's discretion. If you don't want to risk your review getting dumped by a busy moderator in a bad mood, write your review in a civilized fashion.
If you leave a followup review, use the same name and location you used in the first review. Don’t try submitting multiple reviews under different names. One trader gets one vote. Submitting a second review under the same name lets you change the rating if you want to. If you get caught cheating, the best that you can hope for is to have all of your reviews deleted. The FPA is always working to improve detection of those who try to cheat.
If you left a review, it hasn’t shown up in 5 business days, and this page doesn’t explain why, use the Missing Review Inquiry Form at the bottom of this post. Someone here will check on your review. If you give a valid email address, someone will get back to you.
Related Questions
Are you a company representative checking on missing reviews? If so, CLICK HERE.
Are you wondering why the FPA moderates reviews? CLICK HERE to learn why the FPA takes time and effort do this
Want to know what happens if a company employee gets caught leaving fake reviews? CLICK HERE to find out.
Other Review Questions? CLICK HERE
Please note that the form below is exclusively for reviewers, not for company representatives.
Please note that the form above is exclusively for reviewers, not for company representatives.