[wp-forums] One for the sock puppet whisperer?

[Daniel]

Are all the post from different accounts and ip address?

On 3/28/14, Michael Atkins <michael at cubecolour.co.uk> wrote:
> Something very fishy about the reviews for this plugin:
> https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/pricefish-pricing-tables
>
> In four months this plugin has had just 800 downloads and received exactly
> zero reviews, then today it has had 45 five-star & 5 four-star reviews from
> accounts that were set up in the last three hours and have had no other
> activity.
>
> Some of the reviewers have poor English and don't seem to know what they are
> reviewing. My guess is that suggest that rather than sock puppetry, these
> might be paid shill reviews.
>
> I'll remove the reviews & block the accounts. Do plugins get removed from
> the directory for attempting to undermine the reviews system?
>
> Michael
> @cubecolour
>
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Regards,
Daniel Fenn