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pat362 (0)
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Thanks for the info. I was wondering why we got so many new reviews of the site. Not to mention that I now understand what karl was talking about when he said he wanted his free magazine.
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07-25-10 06:21pm
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Sevrin (0)
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Considering that none of the reviews we've seen so far will count toward the ranking, that's a pretty dumb promotion. The other review site that was mentioned is also being spammed even worse than this one, mostly because posting comments is less involved.
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07-25-10 08:04pm
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atrapat (0)
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Good catch. Looking at their forum, it looks like they are encouraging non-members to submit reviews since this JABloid is already available to paying members.
In the forum thread where they announce the new JABloid for members, they say:
If you're not currently a member, you have a chance to see the JABloid for free by submitting a good review for us at the following review sites. More details on our home page at: ...
We would appreciate it if existing members submit their reviews and comments as well: ...
On the other hand, JAB (the author of the sites' comics) has been around for a long long time. I remember his cartoon parodies from more than 10 years ago.
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07-26-10 01:42am
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rearadmiral (0)
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Thanks for pointing that out. My first suspicion was that this was JAB's cousins promoting his site, but I guess it's worse than that. I hope this concept gets nipped in the bud soon as the legitimate reviews are getting flooded out by these 'fake' ones. Should the PU staff consider de-listing JAB Comix for this tactic?
And if JAB Comix thinks it could really push sites like ALS Scan, Met Art and Videobox out of the top ten here then I suspect that they're delusional. Is anyone here a member of rabbitsreviews? Are they getting spammed too?
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07-26-10 03:51am
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Sevrin (0)
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REPLY TO #4 - rearadmiral :
It's much worse over at Rabbitreviews. All you need to do is post a name and email addy with your comment and rating there. The site was 91/100 there the last time I looked.
Since it appears that people are doing this to get a freebie that members already have access to, they're likely not truthful about the status of their membership, as stated in their reviews.
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07-26-10 04:26am
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Khan (Suspended)
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Thanks for passing on that additional info. We figgured something was prompting the sudden rash of positive reviews.
As you'll notice, we've removed all those reviews and won't be accepting any new ones for that site for a while.
We do not accept reviews where the webmaster/site owner has offered an incentive/promotion.
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07-26-10 07:23am
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