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pat362 (0)
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I checked your first review in 2007 of AW and the one you did in 2011 and they aren't comparable because they are like night and day. The original one had no data. There's nothing wrong per say but is that really a review or just a fan talking about his favorite site.
I would have been fine if one person had made a review of Jo's site and picked a score that was at least close to what TBP gave the site but you got 3 people in a row who scored the site at 95, 98 and 100 and none of them could actually say anything except that the content is artistic(what does that even mean?). There is now a 4th review but we finally see a score that makes sense and there is info that is important to someone who wants to make an educated choice.
I don't know if the reviews were planted by someone associated with the site but 4 reviews in a 3 day period of a site that had none looks suspicious.
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06-02-13 12:05pm
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messmer (Disabled)
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REPLY TO #1 - pat362 :
Oops, you know I had no idea that I did a review, Pat. I thought it was a comment. Must go back to see what I wrote at the time! :-) In any case, I agree, when I saw all those very short reviews with high marks .. for ONE site ... my suspicion meter went way up as well. I'm just saying that fans of a site, in their enthusiasm for it, may write a very inadequate review at the suggestion of a web master without being shills. Just sincerely in love with it.
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06-02-13 12:28pm
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pat362 (0)
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REPLY TO #2 - messmer :
I can't accuse them of the crime and I don't want to but we wouldn't be talking about this if it had been only one review. We got 4 new reviews of a site that had none and 3 of them were so bad that the info and score are not to be taken seriously.
At least the last review is dead on and that's the one I will use to make a decision.
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06-02-13 06:21pm
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RagingBuddhist (Disabled)
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Well, I'm the forever skeptic and, especially now that there's a fifth "review" up, I don't like what I see. Having someone associated with a site send their members to do reviews reeks of free advertising. And I doubt I'm the only one who's wondering if there's been any sort of compensation for putting up the high marks.
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06-02-13 08:02pm
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messmer (Disabled)
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REPLY TO #4 - RagingBuddhist :
No doubt Abby Winters wanted some free advertising at the time but I was a willing participant and no, I never expected compensation nor did I get any. I was just glad to spread the Gospel of, what I thought was a great site at the time. I do agree, however, that a flood of extremely short, favourable reviews, might make one suspicious!
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06-02-13 10:06pm
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messmer (Disabled)
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REPLY TO #3 - pat362 :
I agree about the last review, Pat!
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06-02-13 10:10pm
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