Hey meatheads, we've got the Supplement Review section ready to go but we need some suggestions for product rating categories.

Examples:

Taste
Energy
Recovery
Pumps
Endurance
etc

Considering my main supplements are cigars and shitty food I'll defer this to you.

Can you have an N/A option if the category doesn't apply? That way, we don't have people artificially boosting scores like they have been doing in the School Review section.

Yeah, N/A is possible.

mixability (for powders)
digestability
unpleasant side effects
free field for comments
PRICE

you might consider a minimum post count to contribute ... to help keep folks from spamming their products.

I'd add "mass gain/preservation" (or anticatabolic) , "weight loss" and "hormonal balance/restoration" (for things like Tribulus Terrestris and anti-aromatase like Novedex) in the ratings.

Also, I'd add potential side effects such as jittery/restlessness, bloating/constipation (the most common side effects) and "other" for anything else (assuming the reviewer explains it.)

How about "Comparable products" - I think a bunch of us have tried variations on a theme so it might be worth having a listing field so people get what something is like even if they haven't heard of that specific item under review.

That would have to be a user-filled field as we currently don't have a good means of automatically matching them.

mixability (for powders)
digestability
unpleasant side effects
free field for comments
PRICE

you might consider a minimum post count to contribute ... to help keep folks from spamming their products.


Seconded.

Mixabilty is a good one. Some **** doesnt mix well with water.
I also like the comment field. For example,

"I found that it didnt mix well with water, but using a smaller amount of milk made it much better"

How about Frequency? Some of that **** you have to take 6 times a day, making it awkward for some of us. So if you have to mix it up that much, it might not be as good as say the pill supplements.

Hmm, I'd would rephrase that as "ease to follow up prescribed servings" or something like that. I dunno.

This could get very complex, so at some point we should aim at having no more than 12 options (12 is already stretching it IMO.)

That would have to be a user-filled field as we currently don't have a good means of automatically matching them.
Yep, agree. I assumed whoever was writing the review would list comparables if they knew them.

nut shrinkage factor.