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msmobiles.com_robot · Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 16777215

Read more at http://www.msmobiles.com/news.php/8722.html

l3v5y · Joined: 29 Oct 2009 Posts: 2

So, you were on the list at one point, and then they decided not to invite you this year because your an idiot, and so now you hate them?

EJR · Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 2629

Gryffyn · Joined: 29 Oct 2009 Posts: 1

This probably falls under the new FTC regulations of full disclosure if you're "in bed" or receiving kickbacks from the people you're reviewing.

http://overlawyered.com/2009/10/required-ftc-blogger-disclosure/

(see also http://cmp.ly/ which is very handy for disclosing your relationship with the product you're reviewing)

Also, I'm sure it's not just Microsoft who does these things. This is the kind of stuff that most big companies in most industries do. It's a bit slimy and IS engineered to gain favoritism with the reviewers, but any reviewer with any kind of integrity won't let it affect their judgment much. And if they don't get invited to the following year? then at least they were honest.

As consumers, we also have the burden of deciding for ourselves. If you read someone's review, buy based on that review and end up hating the product, then you probably know not to listen to that person again. It's always safer to read MANY reviews, get a good cross section of opinions, facts and other tidbits of information then make an informed decision ourselves.

The issue being pointed out here, though, is that "informed decisions" can't be made if the people informing us are biased. Guess what, though.. even without these 'bribes', people are biased and that always needs to be factored in, whether they're a company shill or not.

thelondonthing · Joined: 25 Nov 2004 Posts: 236

Wow! Edward this is amazing - thank you so much for compiling such a handy list of websites that are better than yours - I can't wait to visit them all!
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kupe · Joined: 18 Aug 2004 Posts: 513

I love this time of year - it's when MSMobiles acts like a middle-school nerd who's just been stuffed into his locker by the cool guys on the football team.