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Drooler (Disabled)
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I've been "approached," by e-mail, from various sites offering me free access and asking me to do this or that regarding my posts about their sites.
They haven't directly asked me to show any bias in my views, but the I think the implicit "understandings" have been there.
I've changed my e-mail preferences to keep sites from contacting me away from the posts that appear on PornUsers.
These "offers" are the kind of thing that could very easily undermine credibility here, to where one wouldn't be sure about reviews even by an established reviewer. It wouldn't take long for it to get out of hand.
And for all I know, maybe it has already started to.
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09-02-07 08:42am
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Denner (0)
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REPLY TO #1 - Drooler :
Yeah, maybe this is a start of new undermining of this good PU.
As I stated concerning this LSG- "hoax-offer": IF i'd get such a free access, I would stand down (is that the right frase?) from making any review/comments on the site in question.
But it does not seem to be necessary, because I think most of these sites are doing scams - even with us PU's.
It's good to warn about this and I certainly agree on the the question of credibility here at PU.
And maybe we all should publish if we get an offer like that - and take it.
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09-02-07 08:57am
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Drooler (Disabled)
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REPLY TO #2 - Denner :
Well, as the saying goes, "Everyone has their price." If I could do as I wished for weekend with, say, Marina/Euphrat at LSG models, I'd hand out out 100 point reviews with no shame at all!
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09-02-07 09:26am
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jd1961 (0)
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Maybe we should change the phrase from "shilling" to "payola"!
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09-02-07 06:01pm
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Denner (0)
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REPLY TO #4 - jd1961 :
to jd1961 and Drooler:
You guys make this place more fun.......
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09-03-07 06:59am
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Drooler (Disabled)
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REPLY TO #4 - jd1961 :
You've got a point there. A shill is normally someone who is part of the group that wants its stuff promoted, but payola is received from an outsider, as is the case with DJ's getting perks from record companies for giving airtime to particular songs.
So for us, payola is free porn stuff.
But I want free sex. You could call it "layola."
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09-03-07 08:03pm
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Monahan (0)
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Denner,
Sorry to hear that. So far the P U commentary suggested that this was a good site with an interest in high standards, including their business practics. Their pricing in sensible and their samples are efective. (I plan to try LSG after I've checked out FTV throroughly and have written a comprehensive review.)
The noton that you can pull a stunt like that suggests that the webmaster doesn't expect to maintain any loyalty even with the discounted price for renewing members.
I suspect that our friends in the business will discover how lousy practices like this really are. The old story in business is, if you make one customer happy, one person knows. If you make one person unhappy, five people know. If you make one person REALLY unhappy 25 people know.
Add to that if you piss off a P U member enough, it may result in "hasta la vista, baby" for the site itself.
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10-13-07 01:06pm
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