[wp-forums] Answer to why WordFence got so many plugin reviews rcently

[Ipstenu the Half-Elf]

Sure, blackmail bad. It's just having two requests for feedback, one in 
bold, in an announcement newsletter, is a totes legit sales technique I 
don't like. But that's totally personal and I know it :) S'why I said 
it's fine, just not something I personally like.

On Mon Feb 10 16:07:58 2014, Otto wrote:

> It does not bother me for a plugin to ask people to leave them good
> reviews, as long as they're not actually being dicks about it.
>
> Like, "If you found this alert helpful, please give us a 5 star rating" is
> fine. But something like "Give us a rating to continue to get updates" or
> "Give us a rating to stop getting updates" or "Give us a rating or we'll
> shoot this dog", not so fine.
>
> http://i.imgur.com/mNsAs92.jpg
>
> Asking your happy customers to give you good reviews is a proven technique.
> As long as they don't tie reviews to anything else, my advice is to let it
> go.
>
> -Otto
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