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

[Michael Atkins]

yes & yes

On 28 Mar 2014, at 09:58 am, Daniel <danielx386 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> Daniel Fenn
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