[wp-forums] Bought reviews (again)?

[Otto]

Emailed them about it. I might have been a bit harsh.

-Otto



On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 6:06 AM, Jan Dembowski <jan at dembowski.net> wrote:

> This is why we can't have nice things. Also this may have been reported
> already.
>
> While looking at the review section (morning routine. What?) I saw a large
> number of dodgy reviews for this plugin.
>
> https://wordpress.org/plugins/feed-them-social/
>
> https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/feed-them-social
>
> Which made me look and find this old post from the author.
>
> https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-plugin-just-
> what-i-needed?replies=2&view=all#post-3641678
>
> But that was a year ago so I thought "They can't still be doing that
> right? Right???"
>
> *Moar coffee*
>
> https://www.slickremix.com/review/
> https://www.slickremix.com/downloads/feed-them-social-premium-extension/
>
> "It's Very Simple. Leave a review on any of our free plugins before buying
> the premium version and we will give you 20% off."
>
> That's a lot of bogus reviews. At least it's only a 20% discount.
>
> https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/feed-them-
> social?filter=5
>
> I don't mind when the authors do "Hey buddy, if you like the plugin why
> not review it?" 'cause they should do that. But getting a discount for
> leaving a review on the forums just rubs me the wrong way.
>
> --
> Jan Dembowski
> https://blog.dembowski.net/
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