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Asus UK PR believes it is ‘legal to buy positive reviews’

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Re: Asus UK PR believes it is ‘legal to buy positive reviews’

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Post by kevin_thibedeau »

MrGilbert wrote: post #55
bastardoperator wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You do understand that this drama is for enabling them to get more views? Dude literally has two side by side mountains of free asus gear and is crying. The white motherboard, he doesn't say he bought it, he says he "requested" it and goes on to cry that his request for free shit wasn't handled properly. I ended up blocking his channel because sensationalist BS on youtube needs to die.

I do understand that there are channels out there doing drama for the sake of drama. I do understand that, after over 6 years of following now, JayzTwoCents and especially GamersNexus are no such channels. Furthermore, I do understand that if you have a business relationship with a sponsor, you request products which you will then show on your channel for the sake of reviewing. You are not getting it for free. Compan…

> Companies do get a review or visibility in return.

They get a favorable review or they cut the channel off. This is how media centered around consumable gear has always worked. Honest players aren't given early access or any at all so as to diminish their influence.

Re: Asus UK PR believes it is ‘legal to buy positive reviews’

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Post by bastardoperator »

Throw73849 wrote: post #63
bastardoperator wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You do understand that this drama is for enabling them to get more views? Dude literally has two side by side mountains of free asus gear and is crying. The white motherboard, he doesn't say he bought it, he says he "requested" it and goes on to cry that his request for free shit wasn't handled properly. I ended up blocking his channel because sensationalist BS on youtube needs to die.

This guy has way more credibility than regular gaming "journalists"!

He's not that guy pal...

Re: Asus UK PR believes it is ‘legal to buy positive reviews’

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Post by [deleted] »

kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #71
MrGilbert wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do understand that there are channels out there doing drama for the sake of drama. I do understand that, after over 6 years of following now, JayzTwoCents and especially GamersNexus are no such channels. Furthermore, I do understand that if you have a business relationship with a sponsor, you request products which you will then show on your channel for the sake of reviewing. You are not getting it for free. Compan…

> Companies do get a review or visibility in return. They get a favorable review or they cut the channel off. This is how media centered around consumable gear has always worked. Honest players aren't given early access or any at all so as to diminish their influence.

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Re: Asus UK PR believes it is ‘legal to buy positive reviews’

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Post by mrweasel »

necovek wrote: post #2

But it is legal. The obligation is on the reviewer to highlight they've been paid for a review, otherwise they are illegally misleading their readers. Whether that's moral is another thing.

It's just always surprising when companies think that legality and morality are the same thing. Either they didn't expect to get caught, or they see nothing wrong with it, that latter being worse.

The majority of companies that gets punished by consumers these days seem to me to be those who think that just because something is legal, then it's without consequences.

Re: Asus UK PR believes it is ‘legal to buy positive reviews’

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Post by newsclues »

DizzyDoo wrote: post #66

My dentist here in Canada has signs up that advertise that you get a free electric tooth brush if you leave a 5 star review on Google. I've not done that, it seems quite wrong, but I would imagine this is also very much against Google's policies? I was surprised how clear and obvious the signage was. Seems to have worked though, the dentist's office has lots of 5 star reviews.

People will give up passwords for a cheap pen. Free stuff is a hack for many peoples minds.

There is a reason salespeople will bring you a coffee and donut.

Re: Asus UK PR believes it is ‘legal to buy positive reviews’

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Post by r3trohack3r »

MrGilbert wrote: post #8

Asus is currently in a bad spot, as they released a BIOS update as Beta, which should address an issue where their boards would cause a CPU to explode. They did, however, leave the usual "this is beta, install on your own risk, this will void your warranty" disclaimer on, which currently backfires, as it seems as if Asus does not want to take responsibility. It is unknown if the statement was intentional , or just th…

> this is beta, install on your own risk, this will void your warranty

I’ve seen an increasing number of products I own prompt me to join a beta program that, if accepted, voids the warranty of the device.

I help them vet early features before they roll them out to all of their users and, in exchange, they… ask me to let them maybe brick my device at my expense?

Who agrees to these terms?

Re: Asus UK PR believes it is ‘legal to buy positive reviews’

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Post by abyssin »

DizzyDoo wrote: post #66

My dentist here in Canada has signs up that advertise that you get a free electric tooth brush if you leave a 5 star review on Google. I've not done that, it seems quite wrong, but I would imagine this is also very much against Google's policies? I was surprised how clear and obvious the signage was. Seems to have worked though, the dentist's office has lots of 5 star reviews.

Last week I returned a borrowed suit and I was afraid to be late because it had been more than a week. The owner of the place told me it would be fine if I left a 5 stars review. Now I’m wondering how common this gaming is.

Re: Asus UK PR believes it is ‘legal to buy positive reviews’

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Post by r3trohack3r »

DizzyDoo wrote: post #66

My dentist here in Canada has signs up that advertise that you get a free electric tooth brush if you leave a 5 star review on Google. I've not done that, it seems quite wrong, but I would imagine this is also very much against Google's policies? I was surprised how clear and obvious the signage was. Seems to have worked though, the dentist's office has lots of 5 star reviews.

This sign always has the opposite desired effect on me. If I see a sign trading for 5-Star reviews, there isn’t any way for me to tell which reviews were written for a free burrito. So I immediately discredit all 5-star reviews the restaurant receives.

Re: Asus UK PR believes it is ‘legal to buy positive reviews’

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Post by jeltz »

mk67 wrote: post #30
pevey wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the US, truthfulness of a statement is an affirmative defense to libel/defamation, but believe it or not, that is not the case everywhere. Specifically, it is not the case in the UK.

Damn, that sounds insane. Is the UK the only country in the world with this? What is the reason?

Sweden, and to prevent character assassination. For example, back when that was taboo, by revealing that someone was homosexual.
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