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On April 16 2013 23:06 Djzapz wrote:Show nested quote +On April 16 2013 22:25 Existential wrote:
Not gonna lie. Probably would have done this for free.. I love Samsung hahaha. As much as I like Samsung *products*, I'm lucid enough to realize that the company itself is a piece of shit that's just after my money. I don't understand why people like companies... Blind brand loyalty is such a plague.
Out of all the HD TV's that I / my friends owned mine is by far the oldest without any issues. Maybe dumb luck or maybe Samsung makes a better product. I personally always want the best product unless there is some serious shady shit behind it, but you really can't avoid that. Paying people to falsely make statements is one thing, but let's say I knew my TV was made by slave labor or whatever then I might reconsider.
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On April 16 2013 23:20 Wombat_NI wrote:
I think you are mistaken on that. Most are aware this goes on, but it's rare that such behaviour actually results in anything tangible.
And also because there is an infamous banned poster who did the exact thing on TL. There may be other paid shills lurking around, but they are far more subtle than that guy. Affinity_12 was really obvious because of all the marketing speak he was using.
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On April 16 2013 23:33 andrewlt wrote:Show nested quote +On April 16 2013 23:20 Wombat_NI wrote:
I think you are mistaken on that. Most are aware this goes on, but it's rare that such behaviour actually results in anything tangible. And also because there is an infamous banned poster who did the exact thing on TL. There may be other paid shills lurking around, but they are far more subtle than that guy. Affinity_12 was really obvious because of all the marketing speak he was using.
I love most samsung products but a lot of the "comparison" sites he was linking had like 1 review on it.
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lol i just spent way to long reading Affinity_12 posts.
if i didnt already have an S3 i would totally get one now.
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I guess all those ads saying I could earn lots of $$$ sitting at home in front of the computer weren't false advertisement after all...
I wonder how much they pay, though, just out of curiosity.
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On April 17 2013 01:19 iMAniaC wrote:
I guess all those ads saying I could earn lots of $$$ sitting at home in front of the computer weren't false advertisement after all...
I wonder how much they pay, though, just out of curiosity.
I would be more interested on how their review their perfomance. I mean, how they know the guy is doing a good troll job.
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Oh man I can't believe affinity_12 infiltrated Team Liquid! To think we had a corporate shill, right here, advertising their products  . I take solace in the fact that he is banned now, but I wish we could have interrogated him a bit  .
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If i remember correctly there was a guy on TL who chill eventually banned for doing something exactly like this with samsung recomendations..could he be one the these people????
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On April 16 2013 16:51 ControlMonkey wrote:Relevant.
First thing that came to my mind, too.
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On April 17 2013 01:38 Aveng3r wrote:
If i remember correctly there was a guy on TL who chill eventually banned for doing something exactly like this with samsung recomendations..could he be one the these people????
Geez, it's not like it's in the OP and most of the discussion in the thread is about him.
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I would buy Samsung or LG anyway because these companies support esports unlike Apple or HTC
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On April 16 2013 23:21 NoobSkills wrote:Show nested quote +On April 16 2013 23:06 Djzapz wrote:On April 16 2013 22:25 Existential wrote:
Not gonna lie. Probably would have done this for free.. I love Samsung hahaha. As much as I like Samsung *products*, I'm lucid enough to realize that the company itself is a piece of shit that's just after my money. I don't understand why people like companies... Blind brand loyalty is such a plague. Out of all the HD TV's that I / my friends owned mine is by far the oldest without any issues. Maybe dumb luck or maybe Samsung makes a better product. I personally always want the best product unless there is some serious shady shit behind it, but you really can't avoid that. Paying people to falsely make statements is one thing, but let's say I knew my TV was made by slave labor or whatever then I might reconsider.
Like I said, it's fine to appreciate the products, but the company is there to profit from you. My old Galaxy S has served me well and I'm happy with that, so I'll most likely buy another Samsung phone in the future, provided they turn out to be good. I won't praise Samsung though, I won't pledge my "allegiance" to them, and I won't defend their "good name" online just for the sake of defending the name.
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I remember that ban...
Corporations have far reach. scary.
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Still tho, half my stuff is samsung as well. Maybe I should apply for a job.
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Only makes you wonder what other stuff you read on TL (and, of course, the internet as a whole ) is backed by special interests.
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On April 16 2013 16:51 ControlMonkey wrote:Relevant.
This is the exact first thing that came to my mind too hahaha
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There has been cases in the US about things like this all the time, that is where it started I believe.
Most commonly it's people who get paid to advertise in their own neighbourhood, talking about how great they find certain products to their friends.
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On April 17 2013 02:41 Cinim wrote:
There has been cases in the US about things like this all the time, that is where it started I believe.
Most commonly it's people who get paid to advertise in their own neighbourhood, talking about how great they find certain products to their friends.
There have been shills since the dawn of consumer society, so no, it didn't really start in the US.
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Hoooooly crap that ban... lol
It's funny because I caught myself "shopping" a few months ago online and had the thought, "Why aren't big companies taking advantage of these 'online reviews?' Surely they realize that the savvy internet folks read lots of reviews before making a final decision?"
Well, apparently I was years behind on that thought. I mean, it's not like I believe(d) every review I saw, it just didn't seem that widespread, especially since a lot of products have no reviews at all.
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I loved that guy.
*game of thrones thread, yo guys did you hear about the new galaxy?*
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