Hm, when reading articles about Apple or Samsung, I tend to read the comments as well on Yahoo!. I notice within the first couple of hours, the comments are all pretty much Apple bashing. There are hundreds of comments in support of Samsung with tons of flaming going on. Reading this, it all makes sense.
Samsung admits to posting fake user reviews on the web
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Why am I not surprised. Samsung has a history of imo unethical and questionable business practices. Samsung Inflates Galaxy Tab Sales, Gets Busted http://modmyi.com/content/360-samsung-inflates-galaxy-tab-sa... Quite smooth: Samsung actually sold 1/10 of the 2 million Galaxy Tabs it claimed in 2010 http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/151854/quite-smooth-samsung... Looks Like Samsung Pretty Much Lied About US Sales To Th…
That is an amazing list. They seem to be on top there together with Ryanair and european banks.
Forgot to add this:
"Tax evasion, bribery and price-fixing: How Samsung became the giant that ate Korea"
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/tax-evasion-bri...
"Samsung's rocky legal past paints a picture of scandal and corruption"
http://www.theverge.com/policy/2012/8/7/3226651/samsung-lega...
"Samsung Bribery Probe Points to Pattern of Graft in South Korea"
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#103Imagine the furore if Apple was caught doing this.
There's no need, they have John Gruber.
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Eventually all you have to do is mimic human behavior closely enough and it's untraceable. Sometimes that's expensive, but it's always doable.
It didn't sound to me like this is an automated system. Just humans pretending to be who they're not.
Yep, FTC doesn't like that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/10/endortest.shtm
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#105Sort of like how Reddit used a bunch of sockpuppet accounts to spark interest in their site?
I go there every now and then and still wonder if half the comments are left by bots/shills/etc.
Unfortunately, most of the default/large subs are full of jokes/one-liners/"viral marketing" (aka spam).
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#106They all do this.
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That is an amazing list. They seem to be on top there together with Ryanair and european banks.
Samsung's antics are hardly contained to smartphones & tablets either.
"Ethics" in Asia are not the same as the rest of the industrialized world. While I can't speak for Korean ethics, I've had dealings in other Asian countries where business ethics are really more like guidelines, elastic ones at that.
I wouldn't be surprised if the execs who sanctioned this behavior on Samsung's part don't even understand that it was wrong.
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#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
Samsung's antics are hardly contained to smartphones & tablets either.
"Ethics" in Asia are not the same as the rest of the industrialized world. While I can't speak for Korean ethics, I've had dealings in other Asian countries where business ethics are really more like guidelines, elastic ones at that. I wouldn't be surprised if the execs who sanctioned this behavior on Samsung's part don't even understand that it was wrong.
I don't accept this - everyone surely knows its wrong, however its a matter of how wrong. Is it seen to be wrong like driving 5kmh over the speed limit is?
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Samsung's IP theft issues would lead me to believe that their credo is "whatever it takes to win" and this kind of behavior isn't out of line with their track record.
>Samsung's IP theft issues You mean the time when Apple tried to patent "0-length-swipe" and a shape of a box?
Yes, because Apple did something bad its ok for Samsung to. What? It's a good thing most people and companies don't work like that.
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#110Great, now I have to prove I'm not a "Samsung shill" before being positive about Samsung products.
Not really. Most readers look at a person's entire posting history before making that kind of claim. And most people who post phony reviews, post too many of them to escape attention.
I'm not sure that people look at posting history even here, where posting is generally considered and careful.