fun fact

gamespot/faqs makes revenue by being paid from game companies to give games good reviews

that's why they've gone on so long despite not having much advertising and seemingly no other methods of moneymaking

no shit

how do they get paid to make good reviews

isn't this stuff like

illegal or something???

Princess Daisy wrote:how do they get paid to make good reviews

isn't this stuff like

illegal or something???

no it's like giving some guy two dollars and saying "hey pretend to be my friend" or slipping the judge at a talent show twenty bucks and saying "hey say i'm tha best"

oaky wrote:

Princess Daisy wrote:how do they get paid to make good reviews

isn't this stuff like

illegal or something???

no it's like giving some guy two dollars and saying "hey pretend to be my friend" or slipping the judge at a talent show twenty bucks and saying "hey say i'm tha best"

why isn't stuff like that illegal

Princess Daisy wrote:

oaky wrote:

Princess Daisy wrote:how do they get paid to make good reviews

isn't this stuff like

illegal or something???

no it's like giving some guy two dollars and saying "hey pretend to be my friend" or slipping the judge at a talent show twenty bucks and saying "hey say i'm tha best"

why isn't stuff like that illegal

it is if you try it on a cop
and its difficult to prove

Princess Daisy wrote:

oaky wrote:

Princess Daisy wrote:how do they get paid to make good reviews

isn't this stuff like

illegal or something???

no it's like giving some guy two dollars and saying "hey pretend to be my friend" or slipping the judge at a talent show twenty bucks and saying "hey say i'm tha best"

why isn't stuff like that illegal

only if youre doing it to government officials.
even mailmen

it's not illegal at all, you have the right to publish what you want in the united states, even if it's influenced by money

there are some companies that hire people to go onto video game centric forums (/v/ in particular) and troll threads about competitors and promote their own shit

it is also illegal lying about a medical product (as in like not listing side affects n shit)

Red Dead Revolver wrote:it is also illegal lying about a medical product (as in like not listing side affects n shit)

yeah false advertising

since things like gamespoot are considered to be "journalism" they have every right to say what they want though

faggot wrote:there are some companies that hire people to go onto video game centric forums (/v/ in particular) and troll threads about competitors and promote their own shit

yeah that's fucking pathetic

oaky wrote:

faggot wrote:there are some companies that hire people to go onto video game centric forums (/v/ in particular) and troll threads about competitors and promote their own shit

yeah that's fucking pathetic

just about all of them do it lol