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03 Apr This post is from from my other blog here Just in case no one had filled you in on it yet - people are gaming the system. Yes, shocking but true. In today's story, via TechCrunch, it seems a company named Slide was caught putting fake reviews of their FaceBook app (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/03/slide-caught-posting-fake-positive-reviews-for-their-own-app/). Now I am sure this comes as no suprise to you as aptly put by Duncan; Fake reviews seem to be part of the norm these days. however most companies are smart enough to cover their tracks. Ain't it the truth? These turkeys actually used company linked FaceBook accounts. The point here is more about the ones we don't see and the viability towards many aspects of trustability for said networks. Will they soon become poisoned?It reminds me of a story that I covered (/news/latest/creating-content-the-easy-way..html) a year and a half ago about newspapers using automated software to write news stories (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8JMB7E00&show_article=1)... ha ha ha... by now I...
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